The Joel D Kopple Award (JKA) will be awarded once a year by a Jury to a Council Member organisation or individual Member or Associate Member for outstanding performance re. kidney disease – detection, prevention, treatment, care – during the IFKF Annual Meeting. A panel of 3 individuals, appointed by the President, will form the Jury.
Outstanding performance refers to any initiative or action resulting in a considerable and visible short term or long term internal or external impact. Internal impact can be growth in finances, membership or other organizational attributes, improved management, professionalizing etc of the organisation. External impact can be any initiative or action resulting in the improvement of detection and prevention of chronic kidney disease, treatment of kidney disease or care of the kidney patient. Measurement of outstanding performance will be considered in the context of the local environment and resources (income, financial resources, manpower, skill sets) available to the nominated organisation or individual at the time of the contributions.
Please read the procedure and guidelines, that can be downloaded at the bottom of this page. We are looking forward to your nominations.
Prize Winning Posters in Vancouver 2011
Best Kidney Foundation Activities Poster:
First Prize – National Kidney Foundation of New Zealand
Second Prize – Dutch Kidney Foundation
Second Prize – Kidney Health Australia
Second Prize – National Kidney Foundation of Bangledesh
Second Prize – Pro-Renal Kidney Foundation
Best World Kidney Day Poster:
First Prize – National Kidney Foundation of Malaysia
Second Prize –National Kidney Foundation of Turkey
Second Prize – International Kidney Evaluation Association Japan
updated 30 May 2011