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UICC’S TECHNICAL FELLOWSHIPS

Application Deadline: 4 June 2026

LOCATION: Multiple Regions

UICC’s Technical Fellowships provide cancer professionals the chance to gain new knowledge, skills, and techniques in cancer control through short learning visits of two weeks to two months’ duration. Transfer of cancer control knowledge, skills, and techniques through international visits of two weeks up to two months.

ELIGIBILITY:

Public health professionals including epidemiologists, health educators, social workers, nutritionists, administrators and other specialised professionals working in the field of cancer control; cancer researchers performing translational, clinical and/or implementation research; clinicians, nurses and pathologists.

Applicants must hold a minimum of a Master’s degree, while qualified medical doctors may be considered in the absence of a higher degree (i.e an MD) if they hold or are within a year of holding a board certification (or equivalent) in a cancer-related specialty, and registered nurses who have an RN qualification are also eligible to apply.

An equivalent one-year’s training qualification in a specialty related to cancer post university degree can be accepted as an equivalent to a Master’s degree, for example training as a cancer registrar.

All candidates should have worked in the field of cancer for at least five years prior to applying.

Medical and PhD students are not eligible to apply.

The 2026 call will have a strong emphasis on public health and the training of health professionals on cost-effective and evidence-based cancer control strategies and interventions relevant to and appropriate to the applicant’s context and the wider health system.

Applicants from French-speaking African countries have the option to apply in French if they planned to visit a French-speaking country. For further details, please visit the Bourse pour l’Afrique Francophone webpage.

Applicants are generally expected to identify and contact potential host supervisors themselves. However, if they are unable to find a host supervisor, they should reach out to fellows@uicc.org for information on the organisations listed below that have expressed interest in hosting Fellows. Representatives from cancer centres or institutions interested in hosting UICC Fellows should contact fellows@uicc.org for more information. 

National Cancer Centre Korea (NCCK), is a Fellowship partner and host that supports applicants wishing to visit it. 

The Christie NHS Foundation Trust, United Kingdom. 

Princess Margaret Cancer Center, Canada is a Fellowship partner and host that supports applicants wishing to visit it. 

Hospital Moinhos de Vento, Brazil

A.C. Camargo Cancer Center, Brazil

King Hussein Cancer Center , Jordan

University of Colorado Cancer Center, United States

Hospital General Universitario de Elche, Spain

Baheya Foundation and Hospitals, Egypt

BENEFIT:

Fellowship award amounts are calculated by UICC based on the fellowship duration and published scales for living costs and economy flight estimates from the home country to the host country. For more information, refer to the application guidelines.

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BAYER FOUNDATION SCIENTIFIC FELLOWSHIPS FOR MASTER, PHD, AND MEDICAL STUDENTS 

Application Deadline: April 15, 2026.

LOCATION: Multiple Regions

The Bayer Foundation offers scientific fellowships for outstanding master’s, PhD, and medical students to pursue international research projects, internships, and more, providing additional funding for international placements to enhance their study programs.
In line with their commitment to gender equality in science, they strongly encourage applications from women, individuals from low- & middle-income countries, parents with caring responsibilities for children, and individuals working within Germany with German as a second language.

ELIGIBILITY:

Fellowship in Drug Discovery Sciences: For master’s or PhD students from all scientific disciplines, including pharmacy and data science, with fundamental or applied studies with relevance to the pharmaceutical and consumer healthcare (over-the-counter) industries.

Fellowship for Agricultural Science: For master’s or PhD students from all scientific disciplines, including data science, with fundamental or applied studies with relevance to the Crop Science industry.

Fellowship for Medical Sciences: For all students of human & veterinary medicine, or master’s and PhD students in medical engineering, applied medical sciences, data science in medicine, and public health.

These fellowships have been established in memory of Otto Bayer, former director of research at Bayer; Jeff Schell, co-founder of Plant Genetic Systems, now part of Bayer Crop Science; and Carl Duisberg, former Chairman of the Board of Management at Bayer.

New! Fellowship for Climate & Health: For students in the fields of human or veterinary medicine, or master’s and PhD students in natural sciences, pharmacy, public health, or epidemiology with relevance to the impact of climate change on health, with a focus on:

The health of women and other vulnerable populations  

Cardio-Renal Health  

Neglected Tropical Diseases  

Respiratory Health 

The fellowship can be used for research projects, internships, and more. People studying in Germany must undertake placements in a second country, and those studying outside Germany must undertake their fellowships at a German research institution. For more detailed information, please see the guidelines and frequently asked questions on the program website.

Application phase: February 18 – April 15, 2026. Applications can only be made through their digital portal below (click the button). 

Please contact them with any questions at: bayer.fellowship@bayer.com.

BENEFIT:

Applicants are eligible for up to €10,000 in funding and can undertake fellowships for up to six months.

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