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ESMO Fellowship in Clinical Research
ESMO offers young oncologists up to 6 Clinical
Research Training Fellowships per year at an outstanding European oncology
facility for a period of 1 year
Goal
Provide
training in clinical research in European centers of excellence with international reputation in
the field.
Benefits
- Collaborating with European institutions of
excellence
- Receiving support necessary to develop
specific clinical research projects in oncology
- Improving career development
Pre-requisites
- Candidates must
- be oncologists
- be no more than 39 years of
age
- be current ESMO members (or
must apply for membership)
- have a minimum of 2 years
clinical experience in medical oncology or internal medicine, radiation
oncology or surgical oncology
- have a reasonable knowledge
of the language of the host country or English
- Candidate's supervisors in both
host and home institute should be preferably an ESMO Full or Associate
member
- Application must include:
- Curriculum vitae
- Digital photo
- Detailed description of the
planned clinical research program
- Brief statement of
candidate's goals and how he/she proposes to utilize the acquired
techniques or knowledge in the home institute/country
- Name of selected host
institute
- Letter of acceptance from the
person responsible for the project at the host facility. Generally the
host institute cannot hold two ESMO fellows at the same time. Applicants
should discuss appropriate timing with possible supervisors
- Letter of recommendation from
the candidate's department head, mentioning the possibility of obtaining
a position in that department upon completion of the fellowship
- The 1 year ESMO Fellowship
Program encourages candidates to gain international experience. Therefore,
candidates must propose research fellowships for a clinical project in a
host institute outside of their home country.
Please note that candidates cannot apply for more than one fellowship with the same research project.
Amount granted
- The total grant amount for a 1
year ESMO Fellowship is Euro 35,000 in favor of the fellow
- Euro 1,000 is granted to the host
institute to help defray the institution's costs incurred by administering
the research project, etc.
Procedure
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Candidate applies for
fellowship or, if not an ESMO member yet, applies for ESMO membership and
fellowship
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Applications are received
and checked for completeness by the ESMO Head Office
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Acceptable applications
are reviewed by the ESMO Fellowship and Award Committee
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Fellowship recipients are
chosen by the ESMO Fellowship and Award Committee based on the originality
and validity of the proposed project and its relevance to the field of
oncology
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The fellowship will be
forwarded to the candidate upon receipt of her/his bank account number and
address
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The fellow makes her/his
own travel and accommodation arrangements
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The supervisor of the host
institute monitors the progress of the research project and liaise with the
ESMO Fellowship and Award Committee
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The fellow sends a
detailed report at the end of the research project to the Chair of the ESMO
Fellowship and Award Committee for a short summary publication in the ESMO Newsletter
and full publication on the ESMO Web site (maximum 1,500 words)
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