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 Matthew L. Edwards, M.D., Deputy Editor (
[email protected]).
George Ginsberg Fellowship
Organization: American Association of Directors of Psychiatric Residency Training (AADPRT)
Deadline: September 26, 2018
Brief Description: This fellowship program acknowledges the excellence and the accomplishments of outstanding residents interested in education and teaching.
Eligibility: Applicants must be in a general or child and adolescent psychiatry residency program or in a psychiatry subspecialty fellowship.
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Geriatric Mental Health Foundation’s Honors Scholarships
Organization: American Association for Geriatric Psychiatry (AAGP)
Deadline: October 1, 2018
Brief Description: Provides residents a 1-year membership to AAGP; registration and travel costs to attend the AAGP Annual Meeting; and participation in an academic project related to geriatric psychiatry under the supervision of an assigned mentor.
Eligibility: PGY-1, 2, or 3 in an accredited psychiatry residency program.
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Scott Schwartz Award
Organization: The American Academy of Psychodynamic Psychiatry and Psychoanalysis (AAPDPP)
Deadline: November 1, 2018
Brief Description: The Scott Schwartz Award recognizes the best original, unpublished paper on psychoanalytic or psychodynamic psychiatry, written (and first-authored) by a psychiatry resident or medical student.
Eligibility: Psychiatry residents and medical students are eligible.
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Alonso Award for Excellence in Psychodynamic Group Theory
Organization: American Group Psychotherapy Association (AGPA)
Deadline: November 1, 2018
Brief Description: This award recognizes original work in the field of psychodynamic group theory. Suitable entries include doctoral dissertations, videos, published papers, and other creative research. An annual cash prize of $500 is presented.
Eligibility: Varies
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Karl Jaspers Award
Organization: Association for the Advancement of Philosophy and Psychiatry
Deadline: December 15, 2018
Brief Description: The Association for the Advancement of Philosophy and Psychiatry offers the Karl Jaspers Award for a paper authored by a student, trainee, or early-career academics or practitioners. This award is given for the best paper related to the subject of philosophy and psychiatry and carries a cash prize.
Eligibility: Eligible applicants include medical students, graduate students in philosophy, psychology, and related fields, residents in psychiatry, and individuals who have completed such education and training no more than 3 years prior to the end of the academic year in which the award is to be conferred.
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