Minority Fellowship Program

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Detailed description of actual scholarship The AAMFT Minority Fellowship Program's objectives are to: Expand the delivery of culturally competent mental health and substance abuse services to ethnic minority communities and under served populations. Increase the number of doctoral level culturally competent Marriage and Family therapists committed to advancing the mental health interests of ethnic minority communities and under served populations Our goal is to do this by providing financial support and professional guidance to graduate students pursuing doctoral degrees in Marriage and Family therapy. Our mission consistent with the Surgeon General's Report on Mental Health and other federal initiatives to reduce health disparities is to increase the pool of talented, culturally competent doctoral-level researchers, teachers and practitioners dedicated to assisting ethnic minority communities and under served populations. Funded by a grant from the Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration (SAMHSA), AAMFT has created the Minority Fellowship Program to support the training of practitioners or practitioner/researchers in culturally competent mental health and substance abuse services, treatment and prevention. This fellowship program is open to at Marriage and Family Therapy doctoral students who are committed to research about and service to ethnic minority communities and under served populations. An MFP fellowship is more than a simple scholarship that only provides financial support. An MFP fellowship is a professional training appointment into a community of other students and professionals who hold similar professional interests. Indeed, the MFP provides stipends, or living allowances, to students who hold the fellowships. However, we also facilitate leadership development and provide professional guidance with the aim of deepening the skills sets and knowledge base of the fellows in areas related to minority mental health research and services.

AAMFT Minority Fellowship Program Eligibility General Fellowship Requirements Applicants must be U.S. citizens or have permanent U.S. residence status (I-551 or I-151). Individuals on temporary or student visas are not eligible Applicants must be enrolled full time (as defined by their academic institution) in a Marriage and Family Therapy doctoral program for the duration of the fellowship Applicants must demonstrate experience and/or commitment to serving under served minority populations, including but not limited to ethnic minorities, persons who identify as LGBTQ and people with disabilities Applicants must be AAMFT members at the time of selection and for the duration of the Fellowship. Doctoral Fellowship (DF) In addition to the general eligibility requirements above, applicants for the DF must: Be in the first three years of their academic program Be in the process of completing the required core courses necessary to begin working on their dissertation Note: Students who (1) have a dissertation proposal approved by their academic program/institution and (2) have completed all pre-dissertation preparatory course work at any point during the funding year to which they are applying are not eligible for this award. Dissertation Completion Fellowship (DCF) In addition to the general eligibility requirements above, applicants for the DCF must: Be in at least the third year of their academic program Have a dissertation proposal approved by their academic program/institution no later than December 15 of the DCF program year Have completed all required pre dissertation core courses Be enrolled in courses approved by their academic advisor that will fulfill the research requirements needed to complete their dissertation and doctoral degree Have a dissertation that includes mixed (quantitative and qualitative) research methodology or quantitative research methodology Note: Students who cannot provide documentation of their dissertation proposal approval by this date will not be considered to be eligible for (1) participation in the DCF and (2) financial support and other benefits of the Fellowship- irrespective of whether or not they were previously awarded the Fellowship.