Program Benefits
- Sponsorship to attend a minimum of four APA meetings:
- Two APA Annual Meetings
- Two Mental Health Services Conferences
- Develop leadership skills in the field of psychiatry and advance understanding of the life experiences of racial ethnic minority communities
- Gain hands on experience through field placement in a traditional underrepresented community mental health setting (up to 15 hours per month)
- Gain an understanding of APA/APAF Governance through service on an APA Council, Committee, or APAF initiative
- Cultivate a professional network with psychiatrists interested in minority mental health and services through exclusive events through engagements with APA leaders. Establish relationships and peer-mentorship with a diverse group of resident fellows with similar career interests and goals
Program Expectations
- Maintain APA membership and good standing in one's residency program throughout the fellowship
- Attend one APA Meetings, Mental Health Services Conference, and all fellowship related activities
- Participate in the Fellowship Forum during the APA Mental Health Services Conference
- Participate on an assigned APA Council, Committee, or APAF work group where organizational decisions are made and gain an understanding of APA/APAF governance
- Fulfill requirement of experiential field placement of up to 15 hours per month in a traditionally underrepresented community mental health setting
- Participate in Fellowship teleconferences (a minimum of 50%)
- Participate in mid-year and year-end evaluations with Fellowship Program Manager.
- Contribute items for APA/APAF publications or the All Fellows' e-Newsletter.
Number of Awards
Up to 5 per year, pending funding
Program Term
One year
Criteria / Eligibility
- Be an APA member
- At least a PGY-2 in an accredited U.S. or Canadian psychiatry residency program with one remaining years of training.
- Open to non-U.S. citizens, non-US residents, and graduates of international medical colleges.
- Members of underrepresented populations are strongly encouraged to apply, but all applicants are welcome to apply regardless of race, ethnicity, gender, national origin, religion, sexual orientation or disability
You may apply for as many APA/APAF Fellowships during an application cycle based on your eligibility. However, participation in more than one APA fellowship simultaneously is not permitted.
Selection Criteria
The selection committee will be looking for the following competencies in applicants:
- Excellence of the candidates's CV (leadership, creativity, clinical skills, extra-curricular activities, publications/presentations)
- Strong references (training director's evaluation, other references)
- Compelling personal statement
- Applicants will be selected within proximity of pending field placement sites and applicant's expressed ability to arrange field placements within a community mental health setting
Nomination / Application Details
- Completed online application form
- Curriculum vitae
- A 500-word personal statement explaining how the fellowship will impact the applicant's career
- The personal statement should address the following:
- Applicant's motivation for applying for the fellowship
- Applicant's leadership experiences
- Applicant's lived experience including any adversity you may have overcome
- Applicant's interest in field placement in community mental health setting
- Three references from psychiatrists, including one reference from the Training Director addressing trainee's contribution to minority and underserved populations
Apply Today
Deadline
March 17, 2025, at 11:59 p.m. (Hawaii-Aleutian Standard Time)
Notification
May
Contact
American Psychiatric Association Foundation
c/o Fellowships Team
Email: [email protected]
The Community Diversity Fellowship is made possible through the support of Sozosei Foundation.
