Breast Cancer Ireland (BCI), administered through the Royal College of Surgeons in Ireland (RCSI), under the direction of Professor Arnold Hill, was established to raise much needed funding for breast cancer research.

We aim to provide every patient, diagnosed with breast cancer, with their own personalised and tailored treatment plan. New drugs are being developed that can be targeted to specific parts of a patients cancer tissue. To determine which drugs may be effective for a patients cancer requires sophisticated analysis which it is hoped will be made available to all patients.

BCI’s ambition is to seek integration and collaboration amongst breast cancer researchers nationally and to improve patient outcomes. As a result of our very successful fundraising efforts last year, we wish to award a National Breast Cancer Ireland Research Fellowship to a maximum value of €80,000. This fellowship will cover salary and consumables etc for one year.

Applications should include specific details on how breast cancer units throughout the country could collaborate for the common good.

Applications to be forwarded to Aisling Hurley, Director Development, Breast Cancer Ireland, Royal College of Surgeons in Ireland, 123 St Stephens Green, Dublin 2 or via email to ahurley@rcsi.ie

Applications to be received no later than 6th March 2009.

To find out more about Breast Cancer Ireland please visit our website at www.breastcancerireland.ie