Scientific Career
Scientific Career
FERO Cancer supports researchers at every stage of their career.
The scientific career is long and challenging. The first years after the doctorate are especially critical: the researcher needs funding, visibility, and a support network to establish themselves in a highly competitive ecosystem. FERO Cancer exists to make that stage as productive as possible.
Professional Development
Professional Development. More than funding.
FERO Cancer’s support for the professional development of its researchers goes beyond the financial endowment of the fellowship. The FERO Academy provides ongoing training in skills that doctoral programs do not cover: scientific communication, project management, team leadership, fundraising. Informal mentoring through the FERO alumni network is one of the least visible but most valuable assets of the community. A young researcher who needs advice on how to submit a proposal to a European call, how to negotiate a contract with a hospital, or how to build their public profile has people in the FERO network who have been through the same experience.
Young Talent
Young Talent. FERO Cancer's most profitable investment.
The early career years are the time when the scientific habits that will define a researcher for the rest of their trajectory are formed. Adequate funding at that moment allows the young researcher to choose projects based on their scientific potential, not on their immediate fundability.
FERO Cancer invests in young talent because that is where the impact of every euro is greatest. An established researcher has multiple funding sources. A young researcher with a brilliant project may have none.
The “feritos” — the name by which the community knows FERO Cancer fellows — are the most representative group of what FERO Cancer can achieve. They are proof that investing in young talent with rigorous scientific criteria produces extraordinary results.
FERO Scientific Retreat
FERO Scientific Retreat. The annual gathering of the FERO scientific community.
The FERO Scientific Retreat was born in 2020 — virtually, out of pandemic necessity — and has become one of the landmark events of the oncology research community in Spain. Each edition has strengthened the bonds among researchers and expanded the impact of the FERO Cancer network.
The first edition, born out of necessity, demonstrated that the FERO community was stronger than the circumstances.
The first in-person edition. A return to face-to-face scientific exchange.
The Retreat reaches new institutions and new perspectives.
The community grows with a more robust program.
First edition with expanded workshops and patient testimonials.
A new standard of scientific excellence and community engagement.
25 years of FERO science. Fundació Carulla, May 12 and 13.
The Retreat includes scientific presentations of ongoing projects, group work sessions, professional development workshops, and community moments that build the network of relationships that endures beyond the event.
Recognition
Recognition of FERO researchers. Excellence recognized beyond Spain.
A FERO fellowship does not only fund research. It also positions the researcher in the scientific community. Evaluators of national and international calls recognize the FERO seal as a guarantee of quality. And that recognition translates into more funding, more visibility, and more impact. FERO Cancer alumni fellows have received funding from the European Research Council, the Instituto de Salud Carlos III, the AECC, and some of Spain’s most important private scientific foundations. They have published in the highest-impact oncology journals. And some have made the leap to leadership positions at leading international centers. That is the real return on FERO Cancer’s investment in young talent. It is not measured in publications. It is measured in careers.
