APA

American Psychiatric Association

Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration (SAMHSA)

Minority Fellowship Program

Minority Medical Student Awards and Scholarships

The American Psychiatric Association invites ethnic minority medical students who have an interest in psychiatric issues to apply for the 2012 Minority Medical Student Scholarships and Awards:

Travel Scholarships for Minority Medical Students

 Supports travel and related costs for approximately 10 minority medical students interested in psychiatry to attend either the APA annual meeting in May or the

What a great event! We had nearly 100 medical students plus more than 10 resident physicians and almost 20 attending physician guest speakers speak with us. And we elected a fabulous new board of medical students to head PsychSIGN, above. We'll have a full write-up coming soon, but for now, check out our PsychSIGN conference photo gallery (under Galleries) and Twitter feed (read our post — it's a 1 MB image!). Special thanks to the American Psychiatric Association and APA District III branch for all their support!

See you in San Francisco for the next round of events!

Are you a medical student who is participating in a community mental health service activity? Do you know someone who is?

The American Psychiatric Foundation is pleased to announce that our 2012 Helping Hands Grant application has been posted online. This program awards grants of up to $5,000 to medical schools for community mental health projects that are initiated and managed by medical students. Applications must be postmarked no later than May 31. For more information and to download the application, please visit us online.