AJKD invites applications for its Editorial Internship Program, which will provide editorial experience to early career researchers interested in education, teaching, or medical editing/writing.

AJKD Editorial Interns will have the opportunity to follow manuscripts from submission to publication, gaining experience in the peer review process by using original submissions to develop skills in assessing manuscripts’ novelty, validity, and clinical relevance. They will meet regularly with AJKD editors via Zoom video conference for an overview of different roles within the journal and discuss ethical issues in journal publication and management.

AJKD Editorial Interns will be invited to attend the annual Editorial Board meeting and Editors’ Dinner during Kidney Week. For the duration of the internship year, they will receive complimentary membership to the National Kidney Foundation and free registration to the NKF Spring Clinical Meetings. AJKD Editorial Interns will be recognized on the website and masthead of the journal. Each Intern will be provided a stipend of $1,000.

Eligible applicants will meet one of the criteria below at time of program start:

1. Trainees in fellowship programs who have completed at least one year of clinical nephrology training or trainees in postdoctoral programs with a strong focus on kidney diseases;
   OR
2. Early career clinicians or researchers (MD, PhD, or equivalent) not more than two years after first faculty appointment who have a strong focus on kidney diseases.

Selection of AJKD Editorial Interns will consider candidates’ research experience and writing skills. The internship program will run from September 4, 2025 to June 30, 2026. Interns can expect to devote 2-4 hours per week to the program. Applicants from across the world are welcomed but must be available to attend these meetings regularly:

• Internship calls on 1st Thursdays and 3rd Fridays, 3-4.30pm ET (Editorial Interns are expected to attend 90% of these group calls)
• Editorial calls on Mondays, 3.30-5pm ET (Editorial Interns are expected to attend calls during any two months that work best with their schedule)

Application Materials:

• CV
• Letter of interest
• Letter from recent/current supervisor recommending the candidate
• Attestation from supervisor at start of internship program providing a commitment to ensure sufficient release time to attend internship and editorial calls

Please apply by e-mail to Staff@AJKDoffice.org, attaching all 4 documents as separate DOC/PDF files, with the subject line “Editorial Internship Application.”

The application deadline is April 30, 2025. Successful candidates will be notified by June 3, 2025.

To learn more about the program, listen to this interview with the 2019-20 Editorial Interns on an episode of the NKF podcast series, Life as a Nephrologist, and read about the experiences of the 2018-19 Interns in this AJKD Editorial, The AJKD Editorial Internship: Insights From the Inaugural Class of Editorial Interns.

2018-19 AJKD Editorial Interns. From L-R: Editorial Interns Adrian Whelan, Devika Nair, and Samantha Gelfand, with Editor-in-Chief Harold Feldman

2019-2020 AJKD Editorial Interns: From L-R: Harish Seethapathy, Editor-in-Chief Harold Feldman, Bethany Roehm, Amy Yau, and Deputy Editor Jeff Berns.

2020-21 AJKD Editorial Interns: Krishna Agarwal, (top left), Arun Rajasekaran (top right), Debbie Chen (middle of second row), and Racquel Holmes (middle right)

2021-22 AJKD Editorial Interns: Raphael Rosen, (top left), Orhan Efe (top right), Ana Farfan Ruiz (middle of second row), and Lachlan McMichael (bottom right)

2022-23 AJKD Editorial Interns: L-R, Mengyao Tang, Seolhyun Lee, Jeffrey Ha, Editor-in-Chief Harold Feldman, In A Few Words Editor Devika Nair, and Dilushi Wijeratne

2023-24 AJKD Editorial Interns: L-R, Deputy Editor Julia Scialla with Editorial Interns Megan Urbanski and Michael Granda

2023-24 AJKD Editorial Interns: L-R, Editor-in-Chief Harold Feldman with Editorial Interns Michael Granda and Rachel Shulman

2024-25 AJKD Editorial Interns: L-R, Somaya Zahran, Jillian Caldwell, Api Chewcharat, Benjamin Catanese, Madhu Rajagopal, with Editor-in-Chief Harold Feldman