Applicants Sought for Minority Medical Student Scholarship

APA seeks applicants for its 2004 Annual Meeting Travel Scholarship for Minority Medical Students. This scholarship is intended to identify students who have an interest in psychiatric issues and to provide experiences that foster this interest.

The scholarship supports travel and related costs for medical students to attend APA’s 2004 annual meeting, where they will participate in resident fellowship activities and be assigned a mentor. The 2004 meeting will be held May 1 to 6 in New York City.

This scholarship is part of the minority fellowships program and is supported by the federal Substance Abuse Mental Health Services Administration, Center for Mental Health Services.

The scholarship is open to currently enrolled U.S. minority medical students. Selected students who are not APA members will automatically receive membership and a free textbook.

Applicants must submit an application; a brief statement of interest, not to exceed one typewritten page; a letter from the dean’s office indicating that the applicant is a student in good standing; and the applicant’s curriculum vitae.

Applications are due January 17, 2004. Applications and more information are available by contacting Marilyn King by phone at (202) 682-6096 or e-mail at [email protected]. Applications can also be accessed on APA’s Web site at www.psych.org/med_ed/MedicalStudentTravelBrochure-AM04.pdf. ▪