NEW ADVANTAGES AND GRANTS FOR YOUNG NEPHROLOGISTS
| FELLOWSHIPS |
Long-Term Fellowships are awarded for prolonged visits (12 to 24 months) and are intended for advanced training through research. The fellowships provide the travel costs and a stipend for the fellow and his/her family. Applicants should have a long-term commitment to perform research in the field of kidney function or disease and related areas, including renal pathology, pathophysiology, hypertension, cardiovascular consequences of renal disease, clinical epidemiology, dialysis and transplantation. Short-term fellowships (up to 3 months) are established to visit other institutions to learn about new techniques or to facilitate research links between institutions. Click here for more info. |
| SPECIAL MEMBERSHIP FEE: EURO 50.00 for young nephrologists (35 years old or younger). All the necessary details and forms, can be found on our web-site. |
EXTREMELY LOW CONGRESS REGISTRATION FEE for students less than 28 years old or younger who live in the country where the Congress is held (on-site registration only). More details will soon be available on the Congress web-site: www.wcn2009.org |
| There will also be a Student fee (on-site registration only) for students 35 years old or younger, independently of the country of origin. |
| TWO TRAVEL GRANTS FOR EACH CME COURSE for nephrologists that are 35 years old or younger (more details and the necessary forms are available on the pages of every single course. Please see the course list at http://www.ndt-educational.org/eracourses.asp). |
| ONE GRANT FOR EACH EUROPEAN NATIONAL SOCIETY OF NEPHROLOGY for the best presentation by a young nephrolgist. For more details and the necessary forms click here: |
| http://www.era-edta.org/IMAGES/ERA-EDTANATIONALSOCIETYOFNEPHROLOGYGRANT.pdf |
| TRAVEL GRANTS FOR THE BEST ABSTRACTS submitted to the WCN 2009 (Milan, Italy, May 22-26, 2009) by doctors 40 years old or younger. More details will soon be available on the WCN209 Website: www.wcn2009.org |