Friday, January 27, 2012

The American Psychoanalytic Association Fellowship program

The American Psychoanalytic Association Fellowship program seeks to encourage interest and involvement in psychoanalysis among early-career psychiatrists, psychologists, social workers and academics. Fellowship winners will be awarded travel, lodging and registration fees for the January 2013 and June 2013 APsaA meetings, subscriptions to TAP and other journals, access to a mentor, invitations to participate in scientific programs and support from local institutes. Competitive applicants will have curiosity about how the mind works and interest in how psychoanalytic ideas are pertinent to their work.

The deadline for application submission is February 6, 2012. Psychology Applicants must at the time of the Fellowship hold at minimum a half-time position with an academic department or clinical training program, and have training, leadership, or research responsibilities; Applicants, if predoctorate, must have completed required coursework and be in or beyond the predoctoral internship; or, if postdoctorate, have received the doctoral degree within the past five years. All applicants will be eligible for a mentorship and free registration at the two annual meetings of APsaA.

Further information is available at [this link]:
The application can be downloaded [here]:

Please pass along to interns and postdocs you think might be interested! Thank you for your interest, The Fellowship Committee of the American Psychoanalytic Association