Welcome to the ISN Scientific Writing Course Application Platform.
The ISN Scientific Writing Course (SWC) is a 2-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.
The ISN is no longer accepting applications to attend the Scientific Writing Course co-hosted by the Malaysian Society of Nephrology (MSN), to take place in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia, July 27-28, 2026.
The guidelines can be found here.
Outcome of applications will be announced by end of April 2026.
The preliminary program will be available soon.
Important notes
- No fee will be charged to selected participants
- ISN membership is required to apply. 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.
If you require any assistance with your application or have any questions, please email us at swc@theisn.org.
Scientific Writing Course
Welcome to the ISN Scientific Writing Course Application Platform.
The ISN Scientific Writing Course (SWC) is a 2-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.
The ISN is no longer accepting applications to attend the Scientific Writing Course co-hosted by the Malaysian Society of Nephrology (MSN), to take place in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia, July 27-28, 2026.
The guidelines can be found here.
Outcome of applications will be announced by end of April 2026.
The preliminary program will be available soon.
Important notes
- No fee will be charged to selected participants
- ISN membership is required to apply. 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.
If you require any assistance with your application or have any questions, please email us at swc@theisn.org.