The International Society of Nephrology and the Kenya Renal Association are pleased to partner to deliver the Scientific Writing Course in Africa, to take place in Mombasa, Kenya, from 6 to 8 October 2025.
Course Overview
The ISN Scientific Writing Course (SWC) is a 2,5-days course given by experts in the field of scientific writing to help physicians and researchers from a range of backgrounds and specialization in nephrology to improve their scientific writing skills, so they achieve the skills needed to publish their research work.
The selected participants will receive hands-on and one-to-one mentoring from faculty on writing skills for their respective research work.
Audience
Fifteen (15) applicants are to be selected to participate in the course.
Program
The program will be available soon.
Dates
The course will be held in person from 6 to 8 October 2025.
Venue
Pride Inn Convention Centre, Shanzu, Mombasa, Kenya
Language
The official language of the course is English. Presentations will only be delivered in English.
Important Notes
- No fee will be charged to selected participants
- ISN membership is required to apply. A 50% discount on the membership fee is available by using code 50ISN25 -> Join/renew your ISN membership now
- ISN membership grants access to the ISN Academy. Below a list of relevant educational resources hosted at the ISN Academy to help you prepare for the course:
- ISN YNC Curriculum: Basics of Statistics for a Successful Start in Clinical Research
- ISN Webinar: Mixed Methods Research in Kidney Care
- Introduction to Qualitative Health Research
- ISN YNC Webinar: Understanding Basic Concepts of Clinical Research for Literature Appraisal: What Every Nephrologist Should Know
- A contribution toward travel will be granted to selected participants from low-, lower-middle- and upper-middle-income countries
- Accommodation will be provided to selected participants from low-, lower-middle- and upper-middle-income countries
- A completion certificate will be issued to participants at the end of the course
- Selected participants may continue to receive one-to-one mentoring on their papers from the faculty members after the course.
This course is no longer accepting applications.
The results will be announced by August 2025.
The guidelines can be found here.
Applications for the ISN Scientific Writing Course must be submitted via this online platform.
The course is for ISN members who:
- speak and write English fluently
- are early-career professionals (age <40y)
- work predominantly in clinical research (i.e. health research requiring approval from a human ethics board)
- have prior experience in basic research
- have manuscript(s) published in a peer-reviewed journal, or have other indicators of high potential in clinical research
- have an active research project
- are demonstrably motivated to improve their scientific writing skills.
For any questions related to ISN Scientific Writing Course, please contact swc@theisn.org.