Renal
National Kidney Foundation
Shaul G. Massry Distinguished Lecture
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Purpose: This lectureship was established to honor Dr. Shaul G. Massry for his scientific achievements and his contributions to the kidney health care community and to the National Kidney Foundation.
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Donald W. Seldin Distinguished Award
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Purpose: The Donald W. Seldin Award was established to recognize excellence in clinical nephrology in the tradition of one of the foremost teachers and researchers in the field, Dr. Donald W. Seldin.
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Garabed Eknoyan Award
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Purpose: The Garabed Eknoyan Award was created to recognize an individual who has promoted the mission of the National Kidney Foundation in Making Lives Better for people with kidney disease through exceptional contributions to key initiatives of NKF such as the Kidney Disease Outcomes Quality Initiative (KDOQI) or clinical research in the field of kidney disease.
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David M. Hume Award
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Purpose: The David M. Hume Award was created in memory of one of the National Kidney Foundation’s most distinguished members. The Hume Award is the highest honor given to a distinguished scientist-clinician in the field of kidney and urologic diseases. It is bestowed upon an individual who exemplifies the high ideals of scholarship and humanitarianism in an outstanding manner
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The J. Michael Lazarus Lecture
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Purpose: This award was established to honor Dr. J. Michael Lazarus for his major contributions to the clinical science and care of dialysis patients, and to recognize individuals whose research has yielded novel insights related to renal replacement therapy.
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Joel D. Kopple Award
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Purpose: The Joel D. Kopple Award is an annual award honoring an individual who has made significant contributions to the field of renal nutrition.
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Medical Advisory Board Distinguished Service Award
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Purpose: This award has been established to recognize an individual for their educational activities and community service in promoting the mission of the National Kidney Foundation on a local level.
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Young Investigator Research Grant
Due Date Month: Feb
Purpose: Recognizes the importance of the accomplishments of individuals who are early in their investigative careers in the advancement of our knowledge about the treatment and prevention of kidney disease. To raise awareness and create interest in the challenge of developing better treatments for kidney disease and its complications, the NKF has established a Young Investigator grant program to support clinical research studies addressing important issues for patients with kidney disease. Promising young scientists are encouraged to submit proposals for investigating clinical research questions in nephrology, or closely related fields
Eligibility Criteria: Applications will be considered from individuals who will have completed training in nephrology prior to the start of the grant award and who intend to pursue research directly related to these areas. At the time funding begins (July 1, 2020), the applicant must hold a full-time appointment to a faculty position at a university or an equivalent position as a scientist on the staff of a research-oriented institution, e.g., National Institutes of Health (NIH) or other research organization, in the United States
Nominator Eligibility: Applicants must have nephrology training
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American Society of Nephrology
Lifetime Achievement
Belding H. Scribner Award
Due Date Month: Jan
Purpose: The Belding H. Scribner Award is presented annually to one or more individuals who have made outstanding contributions that have a direct impact on the care of patients with renal disorders or have substantially changed the clinical practice of nephrology. Established in 1995, this award honors the physician who developed the arteriovenous shunt that first made long term hemodialysis for chronic renal failure possible.
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Donald W. Seldin Young Investigator Award
Due Date Month: Jan
Purpose: The Donald W. Seldin Young Investigator Award is presented annually to an individual with an outstanding record of achievement and creativity in basic or patient-oriented research related to the functions and diseases of the kidney. This award is co-sponsored by the American Society of Nephrology and the Council on the Kidney in Cardiovascular Disease of the American Heart Association and is limited to individuals who are age 45 or younger on December 31 of the year during which the award is presented.
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Homer W. Smith Award
Due Date Month: Jan
Purpose: American Society of Nephrology The Homer Smith Award is presented annually to an individual who has made outstanding contributions which fundamentally affect the science of nephrology, broadly defined, but not limited to, the pathobiology, cellular and molecular mechanisms and genetic influences on the functions and diseases of the kidney. Established in 1964, this award recognizes one of the major intellectual forces in renal physiology.
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John P. Peters Award
Due Date Month: Jan
Purpose: The John P. Peters Award recognizes individuals who have made substantial research contributions to the discipline of nephrology and have sustained achievements in one or more domains of academic medicine including clinical care, education and leadership. Established in 1983, this annual award is named for one of the fathers of the discipline of nephrology.
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President’s Medal American
Due Date Month: Jan
Purpose: Society of Nephrology “ASN awards the ASN President’s Medal to individuals who have helped advance ASN’s mission to “”lead the fight against kidney disease by educating health professionals, sharing new knowledge, advancing research, and advocating the highest quality care for patients.”” The medal also recognizes individuals who have made contributions, broadly defined, to the kidney community, and who are unlikely to be eligible for ASN’s other five awards. As a result, patients, members of Congress, and other advocates have received the ASN President’s Medal in the past.”
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Robert G. Narins Award
Due Date Month: Jan
Purpose: American Society of Nephrology The Robert G. Narins Award honors individuals who have made substantial and meritorious contributions in education and teaching. This award is named for Robert G. Narins, who is also the first recipient of the award.
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Mid-Career Awards
Distinguished Clinical Service Award
Due Date Month: Jan
Purpose: “Recognizes individuals who combine the art of medicine with the skills demanded by the scientific body of knowledge in service to patients.Exemplifies leadership and excellence in the practice of nephrology and whose time is spent primarily in the delivery of patient care.
Has initiated or been involved in volunteer programs or has provided volunteer service post-training.”
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Distinguished Educator Award
Due Date Month: Jan
Purpose: “Honors individuals who have made substantial and meritorious contributions in clinical or research education as it relates to nephrology on both the local and national levels.
Has made significant contributions to the education and training of trainees and/or junior faculty.
Has acquired special knowledge and keeps abreast of the latest advances in clinical care or research through participation in lifelong learning.”
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Distinguished Leader Award
Due Date Month: Jan
Purpose: “Has sustained achievements in leadership and advanced ASN’s mission to “”lead the fight against kidney disease by educating health professionals, sharing new knowledge, advancing research, and advocating the highest quality of care for patients.””
Recognizes leadership in any number of areas of medicine, including clinical, educational, research, or administrative efforts.”
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Distinguished Mentor Award
Due Date Month: Jan
Purpose: “Recognizes individuals who have made contributions to the kidney community through the mentorship and development of other clinicians or researchers.
Inspires trainees to pursue nephrology and become leaders in the transformation of healthcare through innovations in research, education, and practice.”
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Distinguished Researcher Award
Due Date Month: Jan
Purpose: “Recognizes individuals who have made substantial research contributions to the discipline of nephrology. Displays innovation and excellence in research to advance the science and/or practice of nephrology.”
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The Renal Association
Raine Award
Due Date Month: August
Purpose: This prestigious annual award is made to a relatively junior investigator who has not reached consultant grade or senior lecturer for non-clinical scientists and who has made a significant contribution to renal research. The awardee usually makes a presentation of the work which has led up to the award at a Renal Association Conference and will also receive a full article-processing charge waiver to publish one article in BMC Nephrology
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Walls Bursaries
Due Date Month: August
Purpose: These bursaries were established in memory of the late Professor John Walls, President of the Renal Association 1995-1998, who died in 2001. Their aim is to help Renal Association members to spend short periods (e.g. weeks or months) at other centres, generally outside the UK, to learn new laboratory techniques or gain new clinical skills.
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Lockwood Award
Due Date Month: August
Purpose: They are the successor to the Milne-Muehrcke award. £1,000 is awarded to help Renal Association members to present work and combine this with a visit to a collaborating laboratory or clinical nephrology unit overseas. https://renal.org/about-the-renal-association/prizes-awards/
International Society of Nephrology
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International Society of Nephrology
The Lillian Jean Kaplan International Prize for Advancement in the Understanding of Polycystic Kidney Disease (PKD)
Due Date Month: Nov
Purpose: The prize recognizes individual(s) exhibiting excellence and leadership in PKD clinical or basic research and whose seminal scientific work constitutes tangible achievement toward improving knowledge and treatment of PKD.
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Nominator Eligibility: All nominations and supporting materials are to be sent via email to Jo-Ann Donner at jdonner@theisn.org.
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Jean Hamburger Award
Due Date Month: awarded annually-November 4, 2019.
Purpose: Recognizes exceptional research in nephrology with a clinical emphasis
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Nominator Eligibility: All nominations and supporting materials are to be sent via email to Jo-Ann Donner at jdonner@theisn.org.
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Bywaters Award
Due Date Month: awarded annually-November 4, 2019.
Purpose: Recognizes outstanding contributions to the understanding of Acute Kidney Injury and honors the recipient for lifetime achievement in this field
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Nominator Eligibility: All nominations and supporting materials are to be sent via email to Jo-Ann Donner at jdonner@theisn.org.
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Alfred Newton Richards Award
Due Date Month: May
Purpose: Rewards outstanding basic research in fields relevant to nephrology
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Nominator Eligibility: All nominations and supporting materials are to be sent via email to Jo-Ann Donner at jdonner@theisn.org.
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Roscoe R. Robinson Award
Due Date Month: May
Purpose: Acknowledges outstanding achievements in the field of education in nephrology and medicine the internationally recognized physician, educator, and researcher, founding Editor of Kidney International and past-president of the ISN.
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Nominator Eligibility: All nominations and supporting materials are to be sent via email to Jo-Ann Donner at jdonner@theisn.org.
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Pioneer Awards
Due Date Month: May
Purpose: Recognize individuals who have made outstanding and sustained contributions to the establishment and/or development of nephrology in their own country or region
Eligibility Criteria: “born in, and have worked in, a developing country (low or middle-income countries by World Bank criteria) for the great majority of their career medically qualified; have not previously won an international award made by a major nephrology society; are NOT active in current ISN leadership, i.e., Councilor, ExCom member, Committee member, or Regional Board member”
Nominator Eligibility: All nominations and supporting materials are to be sent via email to Jo-Ann Donner at jdonner@theisn.org.
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