Cornell Travel Award announcement (Banff 2026)

Applications deadline: May 31, 2026

With generous support from a longstanding member of the Renal Pathology Society, Dr. Lynn Cornell, we are pleased to announce the availability of two (2) grants to fund travel to the 2026 Banff conference on allograft pathology, October 5-9, 2026, in Banff, Alberta, Canada.

Each Cornell Travel Grant will provide up to USD $2,500 to pathology trainees and junior pathology faculty within 7 years of finishing training, with interest/involvement in renal transplant pathology, from countries classified by the World Bank as low-income or lower-middle-income economies (link here) to defray the costs of registration, travel, housing, and expenses directly related to the meeting.

Applications for the Cornell Travel Grant should include:

• 1.      Applicant CV
• 2.      A brief statement describing the applicant's interest in kidney transplant pathology and anticipated benefit from attending the Banff meeting.
• 3.      A letter of support, if available (self-nomination is allowed).

Applicants should be RPS members; non-members can apply for membership at the time they submit their applications [Renal Pathology Society - Join the RPS]

Applications must be received by the RPS Secretary (secretary@renalpathsoc.org ) no later than May 31, 2026.

Please direct any questions to the RPS secretary

Kidney Week 2026 Educational Session Suggestions

On behalf of the Kidney Week 2026 Education Committee, we are soliciting proposals for kidney pathology-focused 2-hour educational sessions at the KW26 meeting in Denver. Topics can range from basic/clinical science to clinical practice to translational topics. Suggestions received by the deadline (December 10 2025) will be curated and selections submitted to the KW26 Education Committee for consideration. Selections not used for KW26 will be archived for consideration at future meetings Please include the following information:

1. RPS member submitters name
2. Session title
3. Description of session
4. Lecture title + faculty speaker #1 + expertise (PMID)
5. Lecture title + faculty speaker #2 + expertise (PMID)
6. Lecture title + faculty speaker #3 + expertise (PMID)
7. Lecture title + faculty speaker #4 + expertise (PMID)
8. Please keep faculty diversity in mind (gender, race, institution, geographic location, etc)

Submit your proposals here

Distinguished renal pathologist Dr. Michael Kashgarian died peacefully at home in Hamden, CT on June 28, 2025 at the age of 91.  A founding member of the Renal Pathology Club (which would become the RPS), he was a past President of the RPS, recipient of the Jacob Churg Distinguished Achievement Award and the Robert Heptinstall Lifetime Achievement Award, and mentor to many RPS members. Please see his obituary here