Only participants in the current year’s IARC Summer School can apply: cancer registry staff, health workers, health-related professionals, and post-graduate students interested in initiating or pursuing work in cancer epidemiology and related disciplines. Priority is given to applicants from countries in greatest need of development in the areas of cancer epidemiology and cancer registration. The application and selection procedure is explained during the course.

The Fellowship allows the awardee to return to IARC and spend a period of up to 3 months in one of the IARC Groups to receive further training in all areas of research, and/or to set up a research collaboration.