FRANCE – IARC POST DOCTORAL FELLOWSHIP 2011
IARC PostDoctoral Fellowship For Training in Cancer Research 2011 – France
About IARC:
The objective of the IARC is to promote international collaboration in cancer research. The Agency is inter-disciplinary, bringing together skills in epidemiology, laboratory sciences and biostatistics to identify the causes of cancer so that preventive measures may be adopted and the burden of disease and associated suffering reduced. A significant feature of the IARC is its expertise in coordinating research across countries and organizations; its independent role as an international organization facilitates this activity. The Agency has a particular interest in conducting research in low and middle-income countries through partnerships and collaborations with researchers in these regions.
Detail:
Applications for training fellowships in 2011-2012 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.
Eligibility:
1. 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.
2. 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 lowand medium-resource countries 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.
3. It is expected 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. In principle, applicants should provide reasonable assurance that they will return to a post in their own country at the end of the fellowship and continue working in cancer research.
4. Candidates are required to have spent less than five years abroad (including doctoral studies) and have finished their doctoral degree (M.D. or 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.
5. Candidates already working as a postdoctoral fellow at the Agency at the time of application or who have had any contractual relationship with IARC during the 6 months preceding the application deadline or who have already spent more than one year at IARC cannot be considered.
Selection Of Candidates:
The selection of candidates is made by a Selection Committee composed of scientists of international reputation in the field of cancer research who are not members of the IARC staff, together with scientists working in the IARC. Eligibility of candidates is checked, and candidates remaining after the preselection are interviewed by one member of the Selection Committee,
usually during February or March. The Selection Committee meets at the Agency in March/April and reviews and ranks all applications. Provided that applications reach the required high standard, the number of awards is determined by the available funds. Successful applicants will be notified before 31 May and will be sent in detail all the conditions of the fellowship and the amount of their stipend and allowances
Tenure:
The fellowships are tenable in any research Group at the Agency in Lyon, France. They are awarded for a period of one year, with the possibility of an extension for a second year subject to satisfactory appraisal. Fellowships must be taken up by 30 November of the year of award. Applicants must contact the host Group(s) of their choice at IARC before application in order to interact closely to establish a proposed programme of mutual interest. Details regarding the IARC’s research programmes are available on the Agency’s web site: http://www.iarc.fr , through which contact can be made with the Group Heads.No IARC Fellow will be eligible to be employed at the IARC for a period of three years following completion of the initial training
period.
Reports:
Fellows are required to submit a report to the IARC at the end of their fellowship. The supervisor is also asked to submit a confidential report on the fellowship
Stipends:
The annual stipend is currently 31 860 Euros and will be paid monthly in advance. Stipends are not considered as a substitute for any salary paid to a Fellow at home
Return Grant:
A small grant to start up an independent research programme linked to IARC’s activities upon return to the home country may be provided to selected IARC postdoctoral fellows upon successful completion of the fellowship, as certified by the IARC supervisor. The Fellow will submit a project to the Fellowship Committee during the second year of the fellowship. The amount and duration of the grant will be decided on a case-by-case basis. The grant may not be used to pay the returning Fellow’s salary.
Travel Allowances And Health Insurance:
Travel allowance up to a maximum of a tourist (economy class) return fare will be provided for the Fellow. Normally air and/or rail tickets will be provided by the IARC. Fellows will be responsible for meeting passport, visa, immigration and vaccination requirements. The IARC can assist only to the extent of providing letters as evidence of appointment and financial support.
The cost of health insurance cover for the Fellow and agreed accompanying dependants will also be reimbursed up to the ceiling rates applied by IARC.
Dependts Allowances:
The IARC may provide travel for one dependent who accompanies the Fellow for a period of at least 8 months, under the same conditions as those for the Fellow, or reimburse travel for the Fellow and dependents accompanying for at least 8 months, up to a maximum of 2 full economy class adult return air fares; family allowances are paid: for a dependent spouse US$400 and for
each dependent child US$450 annually. Any matters of detail not expressly provided for above will be dealt with, as appropriate, in accordance with the fellowship regulations and travel rules of the IARC. June 2010
Application deadline: Applications must reach the Agency no later than 30 November 2010
Contact:
International Agency for Research on Cancer,
150, cours Albert-Thomas,
69372 Lyon Cedex 08, France
(tel.: 33 472 73 84 48, fax: 33 472 73 80 80;
e-mail: fel@iarc.fr
Source: http://www.iarc.fr/