General Information
Over recent years, the ISN Fellowship Program has expanded to allow opportunities for nephrologists from emerging countries to train in Host Centers in their own region of the world, rather than exclusively in North America, Europe, or Australasia. Such Fellowships are consistent with the overall goal of the Fellowship Program to build capacity by offering appropriate clinical and research training.
ISN - ERA-EDTA Fellowship
A partnership agreement with the European Renal Association - European Dialysis and Transplant Association (ERA-EDTA) was also finalised in order to enhance the advancement of nephrology in Eastern & Central Europe, Northern Africa and the Middle East
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ISN-APSN Fellowship
A partnership agreement with the Asian Pacific Society of Nephrology (APSN) was also finalised in order to enhance the advancement of nephrology in the Asian Pacific region
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ISN-CREED Fellowship
ISN signed an a partnership agreement with the Cross Regional Education and Exchange in Dialysis (CREED) program that is committed to working for the advancement of nephrology in the developing world, more particularly in Oceania and SE Asia (OSEA).
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ISN-University of Michigan Fellowship
ISN and University of Michigan have concluded an agreement to develop a partnership to express their mutual commitment to the advancement of nephrology in the Caribbean area and the developing world
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ISN-CASN Fellowship
The ISN-Chinese American Society of Nephrology Fellowship is awarded to Chinese applicants that are going to any host institution in North America where the Fellow's host mentor is a member of CASN and ISN.
The first applications are expected as of 31 July 2009 (session 2009-2) and must focus on IgA Nephropathy.
ISN-Hong Kong Visiting Fellowship
ISN offers a Special Fellowship in collaboration with the Hong Kong and Chinese Societies of Nephrology. This Fellowship scheme is designed to enable Chinese Fellows to train in selected host centers in Hong Kong. Three short-term fellowships will be made available each year. Each grant consists of three months of training, which ISN will support with US$ 6,500.
Download detailed information and the list of training centers.
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ISN-TSN Fellowship
ISN offers a special opportunity for young nephrologists from Turkey that have been awarded a training grant from the Turkish Society of Nephrology. TSN Fellows that are interested in receiving additional funding by the ISN may apply to the ISN Fellowship Program. Provided they are successful, they will receive supplementary assistance on top of their TSN training grant, as well as the title "ISN-TSN Fellow" and the regular benefits granted to ISN Fellows.
The first ISN-TSN Fellow was selected in Fellowship session 2007-2. Dr. Murat Hayri Sipahioglu from Erciyes University in Turkey will train for 12 months at the Renal Research Institute in New York under the supervision of Dr. Nathan W. Levin.
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ISN-Amgen Fellowship
In recognition of Amgen's great generosity and contribution to the ISN Schrier fund, the title of ISN-Amgen Fellow is awarded to the highest-ranked candidate from the first round of application each year in order to to reflect Amgen’s important contributions to the ISN global mission.
ISn-Schrier Family Fellowship
Mrs. and Professor Schrier have made a very generous donation to the ISN – the Schrier fund which is dedicated to supporting ISN's substantial outreach and capacity building programs in emerging countries. It helps to enhance programs such as (but not limited to) the ISN Fellowship Program, the ISN Renal Sister Center Program, the ISN Educational Ambassadors Program and Continuing Medical Education Program. It will also seed the development of new initiatives to help the prevention and progression of renal disease.
In recognition of Mrs and Prof. Schrier's great generosity and contribution to ISN, the title of ISN-Schrier Family Fellow is awarded to the 1st best candidate from Africa in the first round of application each year in order to reflect the Schrier's important contributions to the ISN global mission.
ISN-Salmasi Family Fellowship
The Salmasi Family has generously donated funds to ISN to support a yearly Fellowship for nephrologists coming from developing countries. The title of ISN-Salmasi Family Fellow is awarded to the highest-ranked candidate from the second round of application each year in order to to reflect the Salmasi Family’s important contributions to the ISN global mission.
The selected ISN-Salmasi Family Fellow for 2009 is Dr. Wei Chen from the First Affiliated Hospital of Sun Yat-sen University, China, who will train for 12 months at the University of Colorado in the USA under the mentorship of Dr. Richard Johnson.
ISN-OTsuka Fellowship
In recognition of Otsuka's great generosity and contribution to the ISN Schrier fund, the title of ISN-Otsuka Fellow is awarded to the second best candidate from the second round of application each year in order to to reflect Otsuka’s important contributions to the ISN global mission.
ISN-John Dirks Fellowship
The ISN-John Dirks Fellowship is awarded to one candidate each year for training in the field of education.
The selected ISN-John Dirks Fellow for 2006 is Dr. Rodolfo Flores Bravo from La Paz, Bolivia, who trains for 12 months at the Mario Negri Institute for Pharmacological Research in Bergamo, Italy under the mentorship of Dr. Giuseppe Remuzzi.
