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Travel Scholarship for Medical Students

Funded by SAMHSA

These scholarships support travel and related costs for racial/ethnic and underrepresented minority medical students considering a career in psychiatry to attend the Annual Meeting in April 2020.

IPS: The Mental Health Services Conference will not convene in 2020, but will resume in 2021.

This program is a terrific way for medical students to witness organized psychiatry at work and learn more about the field. Not only will students attend sessions for experts and trainees alike, but they will also be assigned a mentor who helps maximize their Annual Meeting or IPS: The Mental Health Services Conference experience and discuss career plans and resident training programs.

The APAF Travel Scholarships for Medical Students is supported by funds from the Substance Abuse and Mental Health Service Administration (SAMHSA), Department of Health and Human Services (DHHS), under the Minority Fellowship Program.

The 2020 Annual Meeting Travel Award application cycle is now closed.

Award

Funding to attend the Annual Meeting or IPS: The Mental Health Services Conference

Number of Awards

30 awardees per year, pending funding

Duration

The duration of the meeting.

Eligibility

  • Must be a U.S. citizen or permanent resident
  • Currently enrolled in an accredited U.S. medical school. You must maintain your active enrollment status for the duration of the program.
  • Ability to commit to the duration of the program

You can apply to as many medical student programs based on your eligibility. However, participation in more than one medical student program simultaneously is not permitted.

Application Requirements

  • Complete online application form
  • Curriculum Vitae
  • Statement of Interest (not to exceed one-page) explaining how the medical student program will impact the applicant's career
  • Letter from medical school's Dean's office indicating the applicant is a medical student in good academic standing

Application Deadline

The deadline to apply for the 2019 Annual Meeting Travel Award is January 31, 2020 at 11:59 p.m. (Hawaii-Aleutian Standard Time) .

Award Notification

  • March

Program Requirements

  • Attend all medical student related activities
  • Submit an online evaluation

Program Manager

American Psychiatric Association Foundation
c/o Fellowships Team

Phone: 202-459-9782
Email: fellowships@psych.org

I left feeling invigorated and much more informed about my future goals and aspirations.

Jessica Isom, Minority Medical Student Annual Meeting Travel Scholarship Alum

I loved that the IPS meeting was a smaller, more cohesive meeting and focused on social determinants of care as well as delivery of services to underserved populations.

Xavier Diao, Minority Medical Student IPS Travel Scholarship Alum
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Apr
2020
25
2020 Annual Meeting
  • Philadelphia, Pa.
  • Sat,  Apr  25 - Wed,  Apr  29
May
2021
01
2021 Annual Meeting
  • Los Angeles, Calif.
  • Sat,  May  01 - Wed,  May  05