The aims of the awards are threefold: to facilitate rapid international transfer of cancer research and clinical technology; to allow exchange knowledge and enhance skills in basic, clinical, behavioural, and epidemiological areas of cancer research; and in cancer control and prevention to allow acquisition of up-to-date clinical management, diagnostic, and therapeutic expertise.

Topics for research training are the following:

* Cancer control and prevention (including tobacco control)
* Basic, applied and clinical cancer research
* Epidemiology, cancer registration, public education and behavioural sciences

Topics for clinical training are the following:

* Surgery, radio- and chemotherapy, medical oncology, multidisciplinary cancer care
* Clinical trials
* Detection and diagnosis

The fellowships permit successful candidates to spend time at a suitable host institute abroad. They are particularly aimed at investigators and clinicians working in places where such teaching is not yet available and where the necessary facilities exist to apply and disseminate the new skills upon return.

Fellowships are open to appropriately qualified investigators, pathologists, epidemiologists, cancer registrars, behavioural scientists, tobacco control activists, laboratory technicians, clinicians, and general practicioners, generally in the early stages of their careers; and clinicians who are established in oncology practice.

Who may apply?
Cancer researchers, Clinicians, Public health professionals, other possibilities

How to apply
Fill in the application form of the fellowship you are interested in and return it accordingly.

Experts from any country, who have been invited to teach these specialised skills at institutes abroad, are also eligible to apply (reverse flow ICRETTs).

Candidates who are already physically present at the proposed host institute whilst their applications are under consideration are not eligible for a UICC fellowship.

About 120–150 awards are available per year with an average award value for one-month stipend and travel of US$3,400. The maximum length is three months. Successful candidates usually receive UICC stipend support for up to one month only, while home or host institutes are expected to cover living costs for any additional periods. UICC also contributes to the least expensive international two-way (return) air fare or other appropriate form of transport.

Travel awards do not include costs for internal travel within the home or host countries. These and extra costs for visa, passports, airport taxes, etc. are the responsibility of the fellow. No financial support is provided for dependents.

Further Scholarship Information and Application

Application closing date None. Applications are accepted at any time

For additional information on UICC Fellowships, contact UICC

By mail

Ms Beate Vought (fellows[at]uicc[dot]org)
Fellowships coordinator
International Union Against Cancer (UICC)
62 route de Frontenex
1207 Geneva
Switzerland

By telephone or fax

Telephone: +41 22 809 1843
Fax +41 22 809 1810

Fellows in Experimental Particle Physics are invited to participate in DESY’s particle physics research:

* Experimental particle physics
* Theoretical particle physics
* Photon science
* Accelerator physics

Fellows in experimental particle physics are invited to participate in DESY’s particle physics research: The HERA experiments H1, ZEUS, HERMES, the AMANDA/IceCube experiment at the south pole and the preparations for experimentation at the future International Linear Collider ILC and R&D in particle detectors (FLC group).

Fellows in experimental particle physics are invited to participate in DESY’s particle physics research: the HERA experiments H1, ZEUS, and HERMES; the LHC experiments ATLAS and CMS at CERN; the AMANDA/IceCube experiment at the south pole; and the preparations for experimentation at the future International Linear Collider ILC and R&D in particle detectors (FLC group).

Qualified fellows in theoretical particle physics are invited to participate in theoretical particle physics research within the DESY theory groups. At DESY in Hamburg, active areas of research include HERA physics and QCD, B physics, collider physics, neutrino physics and cosmology, unified theories, string theory and mathematical physics. At DESY in Zeuthen, the theoretical research includes lattice gauge theory, perturbative quantum field theory and physics at HERA, LHC and the projected ILC.

Fellows in photon science are invited to participate in DESY’s research at the HASYLAB, which uses the storage rings DORIS and PETRA and the free electron laser FLASH.

Fellows in accelerator physics will contribute to the development, construction and operation of accelerator facilities (HERA, DORIS, FLASH, PETRA III, XFEL, ILC, PITZ).

Individuals who have recently completed their PhD and who are younger than 32 years are invited to apply.

Handicapped persons will be given preference to other equally qualified applicants. DESY supports the careers of women and therefore encourages especially women to apply.

DESY Fellowships are awarded for a duration of two years with the possibility of a prolongation by one additional year. The salary for the fellowship is according to tariffs applicable for public service work.

Application Deadline: Wednesday 30th September 2009

www.zms.desy.de/career/academic_careers/fellowships

* Academic Fellowship 2009
* Media Fellowship 2009

Human Development Academic Fellowship

The aim of the Human Development Academic Fellowship for Asia and Pacific is to analyse issues from the human development perspective, with a focus on fostering creative thinking and innovative research among young people. The research must focus on a well-defined aspect of human development under the theme selected for the year (climate change and human development for 2009), and can be theoretical, applied, policy-oriented, or a combination. The Fellowship is intended for young PhD students, who are at an advanced dissertation stage working on a topic related to human development.

For details regarding the Academic Fellowship, please review the brochure, available in PDF format.

Human Development Media Fellowship

The objective of the Asia Pacific Media Fellowship is to contribute to building capacity in the Asia Pacific and support policy through advocacy and dissemination of research that bring people to the centre of development debates. The Fellowship encourages media professionals from Asia Pacific developing countries to undertake media advocacy on issues of concern in the region from a human development perspective on a new theme each year. The theme for the 2009 Media Fellowship is ‘Gender: Overcoming Political, Legal and Economic Inequality’.

For details regarding the Media Fellowship, please review the brochure, available in PDF format.
Application Information

Information regarding the application process and the eligibility criteria is indicated in the brochures linked above.
Applications or any queries should be sent to hdfellowships.rcc-at-undp.org
Contact

Contact
UNDP Asia Pacific Human Development Fellowships

Human Development Report Unit
UNDP Regional Centre for Asia Pacific, Colombo Office
23 Independence Avenue
Colombo 7
Sri Lanka

Topics for research training are the following:

* Cancer control and prevention (including tobacco control)
* Basic, applied and clinical cancer research
* Epidemiology, cancer registration, public education and behavioural sciences

Topics for clinical training are the following:

* Surgery, radio- and chemotherapy, medical oncology, multidisciplinary cancer care
* Clinical trials
* Detection and diagnosis

The fellowships permit successful candidates to spend time at a suitable host institute abroad. They are particularly aimed at investigators and clinicians working in places where such teaching is not yet available and where the necessary facilities exist to apply and disseminate the new skills upon return.

Fellowships are open to appropriately qualified investigators, pathologists, epidemiologists, cancer registrars, behavioural scientists, tobacco control activists, laboratory technicians, clinicians, and general practicioners, generally in the early stages of their careers; and clinicians who are established in oncology practice.

Experts from any country, who have been invited to teach these specialised skills at institutes abroad, are also eligible to apply (reverse flow ICRETTs).

Candidates who are already physically present at the proposed host institute whilst their applications are under consideration are not eligible for a UICC fellowship.

About 120–150 awards are available per year with an average award value for one-month stipend and travel of US$3,400. The maximum length is three months. Successful candidates usually receive UICC stipend support for up to one month only, while home or host institutes are expected to cover living costs for any additional periods. UICC also contributes to the least expensive international two-way (return) air fare or other appropriate form of transport.

Travel awards do not include costs for internal travel within the home or host countries. These and extra costs for visa, passports, airport taxes, etc. are the responsibility of the fellow. No financial support is provided for dependents.