January, 2009

Fellowship possibility

I am pleased to announce that within the frames of our Fellowship Program supported by National Cancer Institute (USA) there are open three long-term (1 or 2 years) fellowships for young cancer research scientists, who are willing to work in Research Division at our Center of Oncology in Gliwice. Our Research Division encompasses a number of laboratories working on several projects in the field of experimental and clinical oncology, cell biology, genetics and radiobiology. We have well experienced staff and good laboratory facilities.

For details see: http://www.cd.io.gliwice.pl

Long-term fellowships

Eligibility requirements

1. Candidates must have M.Sc. or Ph.D. (or equivalent) degree and basic proficiency in laboratory work.

2. Preferred are candidates possessing university level of education in biochemistry, biology, genetics or biomedicine.

3. Candidates must have knowledge of English, sufficient enough for easy communication. Knowledge of basic Polish will be welcome, but is not obligatory.

General conditions

1. Fellowship Program covers monthly subsistence allowance in Polish zloty equivalent to $700 ( for fellows with M.Sc. degree) or $750 (with Ph.D. degree) and $2500 per year for laboratory consumable materials.

2. Fellowship Program does not cover travel expenses to and from Gliwice.

3. Fellowship Program does not cover personal insurance. The successful candidate is advised to arrange insurance in her/his home country.

4. Fellow are eligible to apply once a year for reimbursement for active participation in international meetings and symposia held in Europe.

Applicants must submit the following documents:

a) Curriculum Vitae

b) List of publications

c) A letter of recommendation from a two senior scientists with recognized scientific status

d) Field of interest statement

Short-term fellowships (1-3 months), e.g. to learn methods, are also available. Eligibility and documents as abowe. The subsistence allowance amounts 1.350 Polish zloty per month. This fellowship is founded by the Polish Committee UNESCO

For more detailed information please contact:

Prof. M. Chorazy, Program Coordinator

Department of Tumor Biology, Maria Sklodowska-Curie Memorial Cancer Center and Institute of Oncology, Gliwice Branch, Wybrzeże Armii Krajowej 15, 44-1O1 GLIWICE – POLAND, e-mail: chorazy@io.gliwice.pl, fax: (48.32) 231.35.12, tel. (48.32) 278.98.42

Please post this information to other research centers where there might be people interested in this offer.

Thank you.