Deadline- 30 November 2013
The International Agency for Research on Cancer (IARC), World Health Organization is seeking applications for Postdoctoral Fellowships for Training in Cancer Research Program. The postdoctoral fellowships are offered for junior scientists who intend to pursue a career in cancer research and wish to complete their training at the IARC in Lyon, France working in a research Group.
The annual stipend with dependant allowance is competitive compared with other international fellowships schemes. The cost of travel for the Fellow, and in certain circumstances for dependants, will be met and health insurance covered.
Eligibility & Criteria-
- The IARC fellowships are intended for junior scientists who are engaged in research in medical or allied sciences, and wish to pursue a career in cancer research.
- IARC wishes to stimulate research in those areas of cancer research related to its activities, namely, 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, with emphasis on interdisciplinary projects, and applicants can only be accepted in these fields. Applicants are eligible from any country. The IARC is particularly keen to promote the development of expertise in cancer research in low- and medium-income countries (LMICs) by training postdoctoral researchers from these countries who can return to apply their new skills and expertise. Therefore, applications from candidates from low- and medium-resource countries or from any part of the world but with projects related to low- and medium-resource countries are encouraged.
- It is anticipated that with widened experience gained from working at the Agency, the Fellows will return to their home institute, able to make an increasing contribution to cancer research. As an international Agency with an interest in capacity building in LMICs, an important selection criterion is return home, especially with regard to candidates from LMICs: additional points will therefore be granted to applications from LMIC candidates who are likely to return to their country of origin.
- Candidates are required to have finished their doctoral degree (Ph.D.) within five 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 attached to commercial entities or who have an association with the tobacco industry are not eligible.
- Candidates currently working as IARC-funded postdoctoral scientists, or candidates who have worked at the Agency for a period greater than six months, cannot be considered.
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