Overview
Two-year VA advanced fellowship training psychiatrists, psychologists and allied professionals as clinical researchers in serious mental illness (including psychosis) and suicide, with ~75% research and education time.
The programme
- Training type
- Research fellowship
- Duration
- 2 years
- Start
- Flexible, typically July–October
- Positions
- 3 per year (1 psychiatrist)
- Accreditation
- Not stated on official page
- Department
- Not stated on official page
Eligibility and visa
- Eligibility
- Psychiatrists: completed ACGME residency, board eligible/certified, unrestricted US licence
- International applicants
- IMGs need current visa and ECFMG certificate; J-1 holders need ECFMG sponsorship
- Visa support
- Not stated on official page
- Licence requirement
- Not stated on official page
How to apply
- Deadline
- Applications open in the fall before start
- Application method
- Psychiatrists email materials to programme contact (letter naming mentor, CV, 3 letters, transcripts, writing sample)
Funding
- Funding
- VA stipend, health/life insurance, paid conference travel