Residents’ Resources
Here we highlight upcoming national opportunities for medical students and trainees to be recognized for their hard work, dedication, and scholarship.
*To contribute to the Residents’ Resources feature, contact Anna Kim, M.D., Deputy Editor ([email protected]).
December Deadlines
Fellowship/Award
Association for the Advancement of Philosophy and Psychiatry (AAPP) Karl Jaspers Award
Organization: Association for the Advancement of Philosophy and Psychiatry (AAPP)
Deadline: December 15, 2017
Brief Description: This award is given for the best solely authored, unpublished paper related to the subject of philosophy and psychiatry. Appropriate topics for the essay include, among others, the mind-body problem, psychiatric methodology, nosology and diagnostic issues, epistemology, biopsychosocial integration, the philosophy of science, philosophical aspects of the history of psychiatry, psychodynamic, hermeneutic and phenomenological approaches, and psychiatric ethics.
Eligibility: Resident or fellow in psychiatry, graduate students and postdoctoral students in philosophy, psychology, or related fields.
Contact and Website:
E-mail: [email protected]
https://philosophyandpsychiatry.org/jaspers-award/
Fellowship/Award
APA Research Colloquium for Junior Investigators
Organization: APA
Deadline: December 15, 2017
Brief Description: The colloquium provides guidance, mentorship, and encouragement to young investigators in the early phases of their training; held during the APA Annual Meeting.
Eligibility: Psychiatrists who are senior residents, fellows, or junior faculty; must have an MD degree or be a member of the APA or eligible to become a member of the APA; must be receiving training in the U.S. or Canada.
Contact and Website:
E-mail: [email protected]
https://www.psychiatry.org/psychiatrists/practice/research/research-colloquium
January Deadlines
Fellowship/Award
Jeanne Spurlock Congressional Fellowship
Organization: APA
Deadline: January 31, 2018
Brief Description: The aim of the fellowship is to provide an opportunity for a psychiatry resident or early-career psychiatrist with significant interest in child and/or minority mental health advocacy to work in a congressional office. The recipient will serve a 10-month fellowship in Washington, DC, during which he or she will be introduced to the structure and development of federal and congressional health policy focused on mental health issues affecting minorities and underserved populations, including children.
Eligibility: Must be an APA member, U.S. citizen or permanent resident, and psychiatry resident, fellow, or early-career psychiatrist.
Contact and Website:
E-mail: [email protected]
https://www.psychiatry.org/residents-medical-students/residents/fellowships
Fellowship/Award
APA Psychiatric Research Fellowship
Organization: APA
Deadline: January 31, 2018
Brief Description: The fellowship provides funding for a post-graduate psychiatry trainee, under the supervision and guidance of his or her mentor, to design and conduct a research study on a major research topic.
Eligibility: Must be an M.D. or D.O. and APA member who completed residency training prior to the time the fellowship commences.
Contact and Website:
E-mail: [email protected]
https://www.psychiatry.org/residents-medical-students/residents/fellowships
Fellowship/Award
APA/American Psychiatric Association Foundation (APAF) Leadership Fellowship
Organization: APA Foundation
Deadline: January 31, 2018
Brief Description: This fellowship provides opportunities for a psychiatry trainee to engage, interact, and participate at a national level and further develop his or her professional leadership skills, networks, and psychiatric experience. The program creates opportunities to expand relationships with peers and national thought-leaders in the field of psychiatry.
Eligibility: Must be an APA-resident member and enrolled as a PGY-2 at an accredited psychiatric residency training program.
Contact and Website:
E-mail: [email protected]
https://www.psychiatry.org/residents-medical-students/residents/fellowships
