The IACN-ISN-HKSN Scholarships are run jointly by the International Association of Chinese Nephrologists (IACN), the International Society of Nephrology (ISN) and the Hong Kong Society of Nephrology (HKSN).
Young nephrologists working in China train for three months at a stronger centre in China or Hong Kong, then return to improve kidney care at home. Applications can be made in Chinese.
Benefits & funding
- A stipend paid by IACN at the start of training; the amount depends on the host city and is not published.
- Three months of training; the host should charge no tuition.
- Duty: return home within three months and work at the home institution at least three years with yearly progress reports, or repay the grant.
Eligibility
- Under 45.
- Living and working in China as a nephrologist or nephrologist in training (the 2022 guidelines add: in a part of China with lower access to nephrology training).
- ISN full or trainee member; home and host mentors must be ISN full members (2022 guidelines).
- Post-graduate internal medicine training completed; a public home institution guaranteeing re-employment.
- Host in China or Hong Kong, or overseas under a Chinese nephrologist as supervisor, with an agreed training plan.
Can you apply?
Here's who can apply
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“Are you living and working in a part of China with lower access to nephrology training?” Eligibility
Residence required
China
Age requirement
≤ 44 yrs
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Application process
- 1Agree a training plan with a host mentor, attached to the host’s acceptance letter.
- 2Collect a home-mentor nomination letter, a re-employment letter, a local society endorsement and two recommendation letters from senior nephrologists.
- 3Submit on the ISN portal under the IACN-ISN-HKSN Scholarship by the deadline.
Program timeline
Latest deadline (passed)
Oct 1, 2026
About three months after the deadline
Results by email
February–September 2027
Training starts (October-round applicants, 2022 guidelines)
Next deadline
not yet announced