The ISN Global Outreach Fellowship Program

 

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.

 

Regional specific fellowships are outlined below:

 

ISN – APSN fellowship

For young physicians training in nephrology in the Asian Pacific area.

Details for application are provided in the ISN-APSN Fellowship link above.

 

ISN – Cross Regional Education and Exchange in Dialysis (CREED) fellowship

This fellowship is  the advancement of nephrology in the developing world, more particularly in Oceania and SE Asia (OSEA).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 – Hong Kong Visiting Fellowship

 

This Fellowship is for fellows from mainland China going to train in a pre-selected center in Hong Kong.

Three short-term fellowships will be made available each year. Each grant consists of three months of training that ISN will support with US $6,500.

Details for application are provided on the link attached.

 

 

APSN – Roche Nephrology Fellowship Program

Closing Date 31st Dec 2011.

Results will be announced 30th April 2012.

Introduction and Objectives

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:

Prof Yasuhoko Tomino
Juntendo University School of Medicine
Division of Nephrology
Department of Internal Medicine
Hongo 2-1-1, Bunkyo-Ku Pref.
Tokyo
113-8421 Japan
yasu@med.juntendo.ac.jp

Download the Application Form (.xls)

Download the End Of Training Report Form (.xls)

Successful Applicants

Fellowships

South Asia

East Asia

OSEA

SRC

South Asia

East Asia

OSEA

R&P

South Asia

East Asia

OSEA

Educational Embassadors

South Asia

East Asia

OSEA