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APA/SAMHSA and APA/AstraZeneca Minority Fellowships

 APA/SAMHSA and APA/AstraZeneca Minority Fellowships

These Minority Fellowships are supported by the Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration (SMAHSA) and AstraZeneca 

The Fellowships are designed to 1) provide fellowship recipients with enriching training experiences through participation in the APA Fall and Annual Meetings, 2) provide recipients with resources to support activities that enhance culturally relevant aspects of their training program,  3) stimulate their interest in pursing training in areas of psychiatry where minority groups are underrepresented, such as research, child psychiatry, and addiction psychiatry, and (4) develop leadership to improve the quality of mental health care for the following federally recognized ethnic minority groups: American Indians, Native Alaskans, Asian Americans, Native Hawaiians, Native Pacific Islanders, African Americans and Hispanics/Latinos.

 E L I G I B I L I T Y

 Psychiatric residents must be at least a PGY-2 in July. Applicants must be APA members.  SAMHSA applicants must be U.S. citizens or permanent residents at the time of application. Permanent residents must submit, by 7/1/08 a notarized statement indicating possession of the alien registration receipt card, I-151 or I-551. AstraZenca applicants need not be U.S. citizens or permanent residents, or graduate of a U.S. medical school.  All applicants are welcome to apply regardless of race, ethnicity, gender, national origin, religion, sexual orientation or disability. Federal employees are ineligible. 

 Applicants must submit three letters of reference, curriculum vitae, and an essay outlining career goals, along with a completed application form.

 S E L E C T I O N

 Fellows are selected on the basis of their commitment to serve ethnic minority populations, their awareness of the importance of culture in mental health, their interest in the interrelationship between mental health/illness and transcultural factors, and their demonstrated leadership abilities.  All applications will be reviewed by our Selection Advisory Committee.  In May, applicants will be informed of the committee’s decision.

S U P P O R T

 The APA/SAMHSA fellows (subject to the availability of funds) receive monthly stipends for nine months. The AstraZeneca fellows do not receive stipends and serve for two years. You must be in a psychiatry residency program for both years of the fellowship. Transportation, lodging, meals, and incidentals in connection with the trainee's attendance at program-related activities are reimbursed.

APPLICATION DEADLINE

 Applications and supporting material must be received by January 31, 2008

 FOR AN APPLICATION FORM OR MORE INFORMATION, CONTACT:

Marilyn King
Office of Minority and National Affairs
 American Psychiatric Association
      1000 Wilson Blvd., Suite 1825
Arlington, VA  22209
(703) 907-8653
 FAX (703) 907-7852
 E-mail: mking@psych.org