The Interdisciplinary Minority Fellowship Program (IMFP) is a newly awarded, grant-funded program from the Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration. The purpose of the fellowship is to identify, select, and support the training of ethnic minority graduate students who commit to significantly improving the quality of care provided to ethnic and racial minorities who have a mental or co-occurring mental and substance use disorder.
Also check: Alex-Trebek Postdoctoral Fellowship in University of Ottawa
Eligibility for the Minority Fellowship Program
- be U.S. citizens, permanent residents, or non-citizen nationals;
- be master’s or doctoral students in psychology, nursing, social work, marriage and family therapy, mental health counselling, or substance use and addictions counselling;
- commit to entering careers in behavioural health services for ethnic and racial minorities who have a mental or co-occurring mental and substance use disorder immediately upon graduation.
- applicants don’t have to identify as ethnic minorities.
Visit the official website to learn more about the eligibility for each discipline.
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Required documents for the Application
Doctoral
- application form
- two essays
- curriculum vitae
- unofficial transcript(s)
- academic advisor recommendation
- two additional recommendations
- GRE report
Masters
- application form
- one essay
- curriculum vitae
- unofficial transcript(s)
- two recommendation letters (with recommendation forms)
- GRE report
Similar Program: Generation Fellowship for Future Writers & Scholars
Dates to remember
- Applications have January 15 submission deadline.
- Review process: March through late April
- Notification: mid-May via the online application system
