As part of our strategy to encourage the best bioscience undergraduate students to progress to a career in scientific research we have a summer studentship scheme which provides a number of vacation scholarships for undergraduates to work in research laboratories during the summer. Several recent initiatives, which have contributed to the international dimension of our flourishing research student programme, include joint studentships with NCI-designated Cancer Centres, and with the National Institute of Immunology, Delhi, India.It has approximately 50 staff members, who together offer diverse functions and specialties, ranging from research fund administrations, alliance with private sectors, intellectual properties, biostatistics support, offices for research ethics (IRB) and COI committees. We support research projects on cancer prevention, diagnosis, and treatment conducted by hospitals, research institute, and other research centers in NCI. We also offer administrative functions in development and management of large-scale and project-type research involving multiple organizations in NCI.

The Fellowship Committee was established in 2007 to foster a career development programme through scholarships, as CRSC recognised the value of educating young individuals specialising in medical oncology.

Activities and responsibilities

• Fostering a career development programme, through scholarships to young oncologists
• Promote professional development, research, education and the science of medical oncology
• Encourage networking between oncology institutes and oncology Fellows
• Highlight the importance of mentors in supervising and guiding young oncologists
• Select the candidates for the CRSC Fellowships