In this regards, we would be very grateful if you could try to encourage applications in your region by disseminating the information.
As a reminder, the ISN Fellowship Program provides relevant and contemporary nephrological training to physicians from emerging countries, with the ultimate goal of improving the standards in the Fellows' home countries upon their return.
For more detailed information about the Fellowship Program, please visit the ISN Gateway at http://www.isn-online.org/isn/society/outreach/isn_20082.html. Please find attached to this e-mail the most recent Fellowship leaflet and application form that you may wish to circulate as well to your contacts.
Also we would like to remind you of our current agreements with other organisations. You can find more details about these by visiting the ISN Gateway at http://www.isn-online.org/isn/society/outreach/isn_20084.html
ISN – APSN fellowship
For young physicians training in nephrology in the Asian Pacific area. Priority is given to the candidates applying for a fellowship within the Asian Pacific region.
ISN – CREED fellowship
For young physicians preferably from Indonesia, Cambodia, Vietnam, Laos or Myanmar (although other SE Asia countries will be considered) wishing to train in any appropriate country in Oceania and SE Asia only.
ISN – Genzyme fellowship
for applicants in the Asia Pacific or Southeast Asia regions focusing on chronic kidney disease – mineral bone disorder (CKD-MBD)
ISN – CASN fellowship
for Chinese applicants training in clinical nephrology, educational methods or research in North America. Preference for training in research related to IgA Nephropathy.
ISN – Hong Kong Visiting Fellowship
fellows from mainland China going to train in a pre-selected center in Hong Kong.
We thank you very much in advance for your most appreciated collaboration on the Fellowship Program.
We apologise that the deadline is not far away. Next round you will be given much more notice!
NEW INITIATIVE (Dec 2009):
Asian Pacific Society of Nephrology (APSN) Announces a New Fellowship Training Programme in Collaboration with the International Society of Nephrology (ISN)
The Asian Pacific Society of Nephrology (APSN) aims to promote and encourage the advancement of scientific knowledge, research, and clinical care in all aspects of nephrology, and to promote the exchange and dissemination of this knowledge in the Asian-Pacific area. It has close links with all regional national societies of nephrology, and with the International Society of Nephrology (ISN).
The International Society of Nephrology (ISN) is a global nephrology society with ~ 8000 fee paying members across the globe. ISN is dedicated to the humanitarian goal of advancing the diagnosis, treatment, and prevention of kidney diseases in the developing and developed world. One of its avenues to achieve these goals is to support nephrology education and training worldwide though the ISN Fellowship Program.
ISN and APSN intend to develop a new partnership programme to express their mutual commitment to the advancement of nephrology in the Asian Pacific area.
ISN – APSN Fellowship
This Fellowship scheme is designed to enable young physicians training in nephrology in the Asian Pacific area. Priority will be given to the candidates applying for fellowship training within the Asian Pacific region.
Applications will be welcome from those wishing to receive clinical nephrology training or training in research. If a research training fellowship is proposed, the key to a successful application is that the training is ‘appropriate’ so that the Fellow returning to their home institution and country is able to build on their Fellowship experience to assist the growth of nephrology at home. It is expected that the focus would usually be on clinical or epidemiological, rather than laboratory research.
After completion of the training and the return to their home countries, the candidate needs to submit an end-of-training form to the ISN. The candidate will be endorsed as an ‘ISN-APSN Fellow’ and will receive the regular end-of-training benefits granted to ISN Fellows.
The stipend will be set in line with that of other ISN Fellowships hosted in the same region. The final grant is proportionally calculated according to the duration of the training.
In any one year there will be a maximum of two long-term ISN-APSN fellowships (12 months) awarded. Funds may be distributed pro rata for short term fellowships to replace the long term fellowships.
Applications must be submitted to the ISN Fellowship Program using its standard documentation which includes an application form, a description of the aims and plans for the Fellowship, evidence of support from host and home mentors, and commitment of the home institution to re-employ the Fellow on return. There are two deadlines for applications each year: 31st January and 31st July. All forms are available on the ISN Gateway.
Applications for ISN-APSN Fellowships will be evaluated competitively by the ISN Fellowship Committee alongside all other applications for ISN Fellowships.
Please contact the ISN Global Operations Center for any questions at info@isn-online.org
APSN-Roche Nephrology Fellowship Program
Introduction and Objective
The objective of the APSN-Roche Nephrology Fellowship program, first established in 2009, is to assist nephrologists from the Asian-Pacific region to receive clinical training in established nephrology units within the Asian-Pacific countries, as a means of improving the standard of nephrology clinical service in the Fellows’ home countries. Priority will be given to applicants from developing countries, and those who are in the formative phase of their career
General Information
Duration and Fellowship subsistence rate:
The duration of the Fellowship is from a minimum of 2 months to a maximum of 6 months. The award will be calculated based on the rate of not more than USD2300 per month according to the living standard of the region of the host unit, plus a maximum of USD500 for transportation.
Commitments:
1) Fellows must return to work in their home countries after their training. Fellowship awardees who failed to abide with this commitment are to return to the APSN the awarded sum plus 20%.
2) Upon completion of the Fellowship training the Fellow must submit an End-of-Training Report, according to the specified format, to the current APSN President within one month. The report must be endorsed by the unit or department Head of his/her home unit.
Eligibility Criteria
1. An applicant must be a resident in Asian-Pacific countries whose nephrology societies are member societies of the APSN.
2. The proposed host unit must be within a member country of the APSN.
3. An applicant must be an Ordinary or Life member of the APSN.
4. The age of an applicant must be between 30 and 45.
Application and Selection Procedures
Application for the Fellowship should include the following documents –
1) a completed APSN-Roche Nephrology Fellowship Application Form [see link below]
2) a plan of training (maximum of two A4 pages), prepared by the applicant and endorsed by the supervisor in the proposed host unit, highlighting how the training would benefit the recipient and his/her home unit
Please send the application to the President of the APSN at the following address:
Professor Daniel T M Chan
Department of Medicine, University of Hong Kong
NCB303, Queen Mary Hospital
Pokfulam, Hong Kong
Tel: (852) 28554542
Fax: (852) 28725828
Email: dtmchan@hkucc.hku.hk
