22, 2002, at the EDSA Shangri-la Hotel, Man- 4, 1089 Budapest, Hungary. Fax: 361-2100-100; E-mail: daluyond City, Metro Manila, Philippines. For further rosivall@net.sote.hu (please mention Nephrology School information, contact: The Secretariat Congress Secre- in the subject line). The 20th Annual Meeting of the International Society tariat, Philippine Society of Nephrology, c/o National of Blood Purification, ISBP Kidney and Transplant Institute, East Avenue, Q.C. Fax: , will be held September 5–7, 2002, in Celle, Germany. The deadline for abstract sub- 632-924-2264; E-mail: psn.@skyinet.net; Web site: www. mission is June 1, 2002. For further information, con- asiancolloquium.org tact: ISBP 2002 c/o Congress Union Celle, Thaerplatz l, D-29221 Celle, Germany. Telephone: 49 51141 9193; AMERICAN BOARD OF INTERNAL MEDICINE Fax: 49 5141 919 444; E-mail: info@ISBP2002.com; The American Board of Internal Medicine announces Web site: http://www.ISBP2002.com the dates of the Board’s 2002 Examinations. The registraThe XIII French-Paraguayan Meeting on Nephrology tion period for the 2002 Certification Examination in and the International Meeting on Renal Nutrition will be Nephrology is January 1, 2002, to April 1, 2002. The late held September 13-15, 2000, in Asuncio´ n, Paraguay. The registration period is from April 2, 2002, to June 1, 2002. full scientific program is available at www.slanh.org. For The date of the examination is November 6, 2002. further information, contact: Francisco Santacruz, M.D. It is important to note that the Board now offers all Fax: (595.21) 48 01 72; E-mail: fsanta@uninet.com.py; or subspecialty certification examinations annually. For fur2287 2288 International Society of Nephrology AG (Grenzach-Wyhien/Germany), the annual award is The World Congress of Nephrology 2003 15,000 DM. The award may be shared, but the focus of the evaluation process is on one successful applicant. The World Congress of Nephrology 2003 is jointly The award is given to physicians in laboratories, scientists organized by the European Renal Association/Euro- or graduated engineers. Applicants should be engaged pean Dialysis and Transplant Association (40th Con- in the study of kidney failure and therapy in the clinic, gress) and the International Society of Nephrology surgery, or research. Only original scientific theses, either (17th Congress) in cooperation with the European So- published between 2001 and 2002 or as yet unpublished, ciety of Pediatric Nephrology (37th Congress), the Eu- are acceptable. These papers should be presented in Ger- ropean Kidney Research Association (3rd Congress), man or English. Reviews, dissertations, university lectur- the Gasellschaft fu¨r Nephrologı´e (34th Congress), and the Deutsche Arbeitsgemeinschaft fu¨r Klinische Ne- ing qualification papers, or papers entered into other phrologı´e (36th Annual Meeting). The meeting will competitions are not acceptable. Papers submitted by a be held June 8-12, 2003, at the International Congress group or many participants should list all the particiCenter in Berlin, Germany. The Congress President, pants, but specify one speaker. Applicants should also Eberhard Ritz, from Heidelberg, Germany, is quoted supply an abbreviated curriculum vitae and a list of publias saying “it will be a very special event in that for cations to date. Five copies of written works must be subthe first time the European Renal Association and mitted by July 15, 2002 to Deutsche Dialysegesellschaft the International Society of Nephrology have joined njedergelassener A¨ rtzee. V., Dr. med. Werner Kleophas, their forces” with the other European societies “to President, Postfach 132304, D 42050 Wuppertal. The organize a meeting of an outstanding scientific quality award will be presented at the Annual Meeting of the combined with a unique cultural offering.” DdnA¨ on November 9, 2002, in Mannheim, Germany. The Scientific Program will consist of state-of-theart lectures on a wide range of basic and clinical Charles E. Culpeper Scholarships in Medical Science nephrology topics and will present up-to-date infor- The Rockefeller Brothers Fund is currently accepting mation and research on topics such as physiology, applications for its 2003 Charles E. Culpeper Scholar- molecular biology, genetics, pediatric and adult ne- ships in Medical Science Program designed to support phrology, renal replacement therapy, including hemo- the career development of academic physicians. dialysis, continuous ambulatory peritoneal dialysis, Up to four awards of $100,000 per year for three years renal transplantation, hypertension, and cardiovascu- will be made to United States medical schools or equiva- lar complications in renal disease. Before the meeting, lent United States educational institutions on behalf of a training course will be offered for young nephrologists from Eastern Europe that will provide them with candidates who are citizens of the United States or aliens hand-on experience in various nephrological units in who have been granted permanent residence in the Germany. The Continuing Medical Education ses- United States (proof is required); who have received sions will be held in four languages: English, Spanish, their M.D. degree from a medical school in the United Polish, and German. States or