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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 Matthew L. Edwards, M.D., Deputy Editor ().

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Brief Description: The Scott Schwartz Award recognizes the best original, unpublished paper on psychoanalytic or psychodynamic psychiatry, written (and first-authored) by a psychiatry resident or medical student.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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Web: http://aapdp.org/index.php/education/scott-schwartz-aapdp-award

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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Web: http://www.agpa.org/Foundation/awards#Alonso

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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Web: https://philosophyandpsychiatry.org/jaspers-award

Jeanne Spurlock Congressional Fellowship

Organization: American Psychiatric Association (APA)

Deadline: January 31, 2019

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: Applicants must be an APA member, a U.S. citizen or permanent resident, and a psychiatry resident, fellow, or early-career psychiatrist.

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Web: https://www.psychiatry.org/residents-medical-students/residents/fellowships/available-apa-apaf-fellowships/spurlock-congressional-fellowship

American Psychiatric Association (APA)/American Psychiatric Association Foundation (APAF) Child and Adolescent Psychiatry Fellowship

Organization: APA/APAF

Deadline: January 31, 2019

Brief Description: A 2-year opportunity for residents interested in a career in child and adolescent psychiatry. Fellows receive funding to attend two APA annual meetings and two APA September Components meetings. Fellows receive mentorship from child and adolescent psychiatrists and leaders in the field, attend scientific sessions at the APA Annual Meeting, and participate on an assigned APA council where organizational decisions are made.

Eligibility: Applicants must be an APA member, a U.S. citizen or permanent resident, and a psychiatry resident, fellow, or early-career psychiatrist.

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Web: https://www.psychiatry.org/residents-medical-students/residents/fellowships