Fellowships & funding

NDT is excited to launch its 2026-2027 Editorial Fellowship program to broaden the spectrum of expertise of the Editorial Board and to offer a learning opportunity in the process of medical publishing.

What does the Editorial Fellowship offer and ask:

Editorial Fellows work hand-in-hand with one of our Associate Editors (Natalie Staplin, Stefanie Steiger, Rajiv Agarwal, Michel Jadoul, Rainer Oberbauer, Rulan Parekh, Peter Rossing, Augusto Vaglio) and will be involved in all aspects of the editorial process, i.e., screening incoming submissions, triage or invite reviewers, evaluate their assessments, and then present and discuss these during the weekly Editorial Board meeting. They will support the response letters to the authors which must clearly define the editorial requests and priorities.

All NDT Editorial Fellows will be acknowledged in the list of NDT Editors in the issues of the journal. They will also receive an official certificate at the end of their term.

Required profile: 

Junior faculty/assistant professor level or senior postdocs (from all world regions) with a clinical or experimental research profile documented by (some) original first/last author publications. We also encourage candidates with an interdisciplinary background (nephrology +) or specific expertise in bioinformatics or innovative techniques to apply.

Other benefits:

• ERA YNP Members who become an NDT Editorial Fellow will receive a free ERA Congress registration.
• Non-ERA Members who would become an NDT Editorial Fellow will receive a free 1-year ERA membership provided that they are younger than 40 years of age (+ family care/military periods).

Are you interested in the exciting field of medical publishing? Then grab your chance and apply for the position of CKJ Editorial Fellow!

The Editorial Fellows will work closely together with the CKJ Associate Editors and will be involved in all steps of the editorial process (from submission to CKJ to eventual publication).

Other benefits:

• You will be added to the CKJ Editorial Board and receive an official certificate at the end of the fellowship.
• ERA YNP Members who would become a CKJ Editorial Fellow will receive a free ERA Congress registration.
• Non-ERA Members who would become a CKJ Editorial Fellow will receive a free 1-year ERA membership provided that they are younger than 40 years of age (+ family care/military periods).

The ERA offers the opportunity to apply for various fellowship programmes to support the development of young clinical investigators and researchers.

All ERA fellowship programmes are reserved for only members who are 40 or younger at the time of application submission. An extension of the age limit may be considered if the applicant’s career has been interrupted due to childcare or severe illness; in any case, this extension cannot exceed 2 years.

In addition to the fellowship programmes intended for young clinicians and researchers (up to 40 years), the ERA launched, for the first time in January 2025, a fellowship for ERA members with some professional experience (up to 55 years).

The ERAC and ENDI Foundation support the training of nephrologists (ERA Members only) and future clinical trials leaders by offering up to 6 fellowships. The MSc in Clinical Trials is a two-year, distance learning course with two residential sessions in Oxford that provides a thorough training in both the theoretical and practical aspects of conducting randomised clinical trials (more info about the course here). The candidate must provide a clear/relevant personal statement and work experience in the field of nephrology.