SAMHSA Psychiatry Minority Fellowship
The SAMHSA Psychiatry Minority Fellowship is a fellowship for psychiatry students who are interested in addressing minority psychiatric mental health issues and committed to a career providing culturally sensitive psychiatric services for minority underserved populations.
Program goals:
- Increasing the number of culturally competent mental and substance use disorder psychiatrists who teach, administer services, conduct research, and provide direct mental or substance use disorder services to marginalized and minoritized populations
- Increasing the knowledge related to prevention, treatment, and recovery support for individuals who are from marginalized and minoritized populations and who have a mental or substance use disorder
- Improving the quality of mental and substance use disorder prevention and treatment services delivered to marginalized and minoritized populations
Fellowship opportunities:
- Resident Fellowship Program for psychiatry residents
- Summer Medical Student Program for medical students
- Future Leaders in Psychiatry Program for university students
- Rising Psychiatry Scholars Program for community college students
- Aspiring Psychiatrist Program for high school students
Eligibility requirements include:
- Be U.S. citizens, permanent residents, or noncitizen nationals
- PGY-1 level or higher at the time of matriculation
- Remain in training during the entire duration of the fellowship
- Have a strong commitment to a career in mental health services with ethnic minorities or policy and agree to sign a letter of commitment attesting to work for a period of 2 years after the fellowship in a capacity that addresses the behavioral health needs of racial and ethnic minority populations
- It is not required for applicants to identify as ethnic minorities; however, African Americans, Alaska Natives, American Indians, Asian-Americans, Hispanics/Latinos, Native Hawaiians, and Pacific Islanders are encouraged to apply.
Additional eligibility requirements apply to each fellowship program.
Benefits of participation, including financial awards, are described on the program webpage for each fellowship opportunity.
Number of awards and program dates:
- Minority Resident Fellowship Program (RFP)
45 awards
October 1, 2025 - September 30, 2026 - Summer Medical Student Program (SMSP)
50 awards
May 1 - July 31, 2025 - Future Leaders in Psychiatry (FLIPP)
25 awards
October 1, 2024 – September 15, 2025 - Rising Psychiatry Scholars Program (RPSP)
25 awards
October 1, 2024 – September 15, 2025 - Aspiring Psychiatrist Program (APP)
25 awards
October 1, 2024 – September 15, 2025
Choose the appropriate fellowship application page from the program website, and complete the online application.
Application deadlines:
- FLIPP - September 1, 2024
- RPSP - September 15, 2024
- APP - September 15, 2024
- SMSP - March 1, 2025
- RFP - March 17, 2025
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Organizations (2)
- Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration, view details
- American Psychiatric Association, view details
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