IARC Fellowships for Cancer Research 

POSTDOCTORAL FELLOWSHIPS FOR TRAINING IN CANCER RESEARCH

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Applications for training Fellowships are invited from junior scientists wishing to complete their training in those aspects of cancer research related to the Agency’s mission: to coordinate and conduct both epidemiological and laboratory research into the causes and prevention of cancer. Disciplines covered are: epidemiology (including genetic and molecular), biostatistics, bioinformatics, and areas related to mechanisms of carcinogenesis including molecular and cell biology, molecular genetics, epigenetics, and molecular pathology. There is an emphasis on interdisciplinary projects.

IARC awards between eight and eleven new Fellowships per year, depending on the availability of funds.Fellowships are tenable in a research Group at IARC, Lyon, France. Applicants are eligible from any country. IARC is particularly keen to develop expertise in cancer research in low- and medium-resource countries by training postdoctoral researchers from these countries who can then return and apply their new skills and expertise. Therefore, applications from candidates from low- and medium-resource countries or applicants from any part of the world, but with projects related to low- and medium-resource countries, are encouraged. The Fellowship is for a period of 2 years, the second year being subject to satisfactory appraisal. Candidates are required to have finished their doctoral degree (PhD) within 5 years of the closing date for application, or be in the final phase of completing their doctoral degree. The working languages at IARC are English and French. Candidates must be proficient in English at a level sufficient for scientific communication. Candidates who are currently working as IARC-funded postdoctoral scientists, or candidates who have worked at the Agency as a postdoc for a period greater than 6 months, cannot be considered. Candidates are encouraged to contact the host Group of their choice at IARC before application, in order to establish a proposed programme of mutual interest.Contact with the Group Heads can be made through the Agency's web site: www.iarc.fr (see Research Sections).

This project has received funding from the European Union’s Seventh Framework Programme for research, technological development and demonstration under grant agreement no 600406 IARC Fellows II

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