In addition to training in National Cancer Institute (NCI) intramural laboratories, supported under the
NIH Visiting program, the NCI Office of International Affairs (OIA) also partially supports training of scientists from low, middle, and upper-middle income countries in U.S. extramural laboratories and in overseas laboratories located in higher income countries. In FY2009, OIA sponsored overseas scientists from Albania, Argentina, Azerbaijan, China, The Gambia, Georgia, Ghana, India, Indonesia, Israel, Jordan, Kenya, S. Korea, Malaysia, Mongolia, Nepal, Nicaragua, Nigeria, Peru, Philippines, Russia, Senegal, Sierra Leone, Sri Lanka, Sudan, Tanzania, Turkey, Uzbekistan, Vietnam, and Yemen.
Each year, individuals from a number of foreign countries participate in the Cancer Prevention and Control Academic Course, offered by the Division of Cancer Prevention. In the period 2003 to 2010, sponsored participants came from Albania, Bolivia, Brazil, China, Costa Rica, Georgia, Ghana, Haiti, India, Kenya, Kyrgyzstan, Iran, Ireland, Israel, Jordan, Kenya, Korea, Lithuania, Malawi, Malaysia, Morrocco, Nepal, Nicaragua, Niger, Nigeria, Peru, Russia, Spain, Sri Lanka, Tanzania, Tunisia, Turkey, Vietnam, Ukraine, and Zambia.