WHAT THEY ARE
The ERA Registry Fellowships are designed to enable young people living in Europe, countries bordering Europe and the Mediterranean Sea to perform research on Registry data and to train in clinical epidemiology.
The Research Registry Fellowships are aimed at supporting Registry related activities of the Association (e.g. ERA Registry, ESPN/ERA Registry, EQUAL Study).
WHERE THEY ARE PERFORMED
The ERA Registry Fellowships will be performed at ERA Registry office in the Netherlands at the Amsterdam University Medical Center (AMC). The Fellows will be supervised by members of the Registry staff.
WHAT IT IS OFFERED
The ERA Registry Fellowships have a duration of a minimum of 4 weeks (28 days) to a maximum of 6 weeks (42 days).
The granted amounts are between € 4,000 and € 6,000 (depending on the duration of the Fellowship) and are supposed to cover travel and housing.
WHO CAN APPLY
Only ERA Full members who are 40 or younger at the time of submission can apply.
The ERA Registry Fellowships are
- Open to (paediatric) nephrologists or nephrology researchers (<40 years of age) from the ERA-EDTA geographic area.*
- The research proposal must use one of the data sets available at the ERA Registry Office (ERA Registry, ESPN/ERA Registry, EQUAL Study or EURODOPPS data)..
- Fellowships must have the aim of scientific publication.
HOW TO APPLY
In order to submit your Fellowship request you must fill in the online form accessible (to ERA members) via My ERA then click on “My Member Benefits” and select “Short Term Clinical Fellowship”.
Additional information on the application and the selection:
1) First (optional) step: if you are interested in an ERA Registry fellowship you can send a short proposal with title, research question and short description of planned analysis to the Registry by e-mail to k.j.jager@amsterdamumc.nl. The Registry staff will then judge if the research project is possible (i.e. availability of data) and relevant. If this is the case, you will be invited to submit a more comprehensive research proposal via the online application form.
2) Second (mandatory) step: It is also possible to submit a proposal for an ERA Registry Fellowship without consulting the Registry staff first. The application via the online application form is however mandatory.
3) The candidate will be selected by a small committee selected by the ERA Registry and then needs to be approved by the ERA Council. A proposal must have obtained minimum score for acceptance. In case of doubt the SAB (Chair; Co-Chair and Secretary-Coordinator) will be consulted.
FOR FURTHER QUERIES
For the complete instructions and rules please read the Registry Fellowship Regulations or visit the ERA Registry Official website and find further information within the “Registry Education – Fellowships” section.
For all questions about ERA Registry Fellowships, please contact Kitty Jager at k.j.jager@amsterdamumc.nl
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