Applications are now open for Funded Daland Fellowships 2020, USA. The APS awards a limited number of Daland Fellowships in Clinical Investigation for research in the several branches of clinical medicine, including internal medicine, neurology, pediatrics, psychiatry, and surgery. Further, The committee emphasizes patient-oriented research. The fellowships are for qualified persons who have held an M.D. or M.D./Ph.D. degree for fewer than eight years. The fellowship is usually intended to be the first post-clinical-training fellowship, but each case will be decided on its merits.

Moreover, The Society expects that essentially 100% of the Fellow’s time will be to research. With the cognizance of the committee, teaching or clinical service of a limited amount. The committee reserves final decisions until it has a clear understanding of the Fellow’s financial support for the project, whether in the form of additional salary granted by the institution at which the Fellow is located or from other fellowships.

Specializations for studying on this opportunity

• Clinical medicine.
• Internal medicine.
• Neurology.
• Pediatrics.
• Psychiatry.
• Surgery.

Benefit

• Stipends for the fellowship are $40,000 for the first year and $40,000 for the second year
• The term of the fellowship is one year, with renewal for one year if satisfactory progress.
• Also, requests for renewal are due on the first Friday in January.

Eligibility

• Persons who have held an M.D. or M.D./Ph.D. degree for fewer than eight years.
• Likewise, Preference is usually to candidates who have not more than two years of postdoctoral training and research.
• Applicants, both U.S. citizens and foreign nationals, must expect to perform their research at an institution in the United States, under the supervision of a scientific advisor.
• Direct contact with patients is mandatory.

Application process

• Download the application and also, referee letter forms via the links to the right.
• Further, A complete application includes all materials requested on the form, in the correct number of copies, AND the three (3) confidential letters supporting the application.