AWARD 2026
ERA is promoting an initiative that involves the National Societies of Nephrology.
Specifically, ERA is offering an opportunity for each National Society consisting in the ERA National Society of Nephrology Grant** which is given to a young person (under 40 years old) by the Swiss Society of Nephrology.
The YSN session is dedicated to the best four abstracts of the congress submitted by young colleagues.
The authors of these selected abstracts will be invited by the SSN Office to present their data at the SSN annual meeting. The grant will be chosen during the Young Swiss Nephrologists’ Award session on Thursday, 3rd December 2026, 14.30 - 15.15.
A jury will evaluate the presentation and award the two best presentations with dedicated prizes (YSN Award and ERA National Society of Nephrology Grant). The winners will be announced during the Networking Dinner and the prizes sponsored by Vantive and ERA will be awarded.
Registration for the ERA National Society of Nephrology Grant (Deadline: 27. September 2026 23h59).
For further information contact the SSN office at: office@swissnephrology.ch
** The grant consists of three years of free ERA membership (Junior membership) plus one free Congress Membership to the annual ERA Congress in 2027 in Rotterdam (June 3-6, 2027). The winner will be contacted by ERA directly
PAST ERA NATIONAL SOCIETY OF NEPHROLOGY GRANT WINNER
The role of casts in proximal tubule injury and atrophy
* Anna Faivre, Genève (2.v.l.)

Renal cell carcinoma after kidney transplantation: observational cohort study from University Hospital Zürich
Dusan Harmacek, Zürich
Identification of a novel senolytic compound to prevent chronic kidney injury and fibrosis
Anna Rinaldi , Lugano

