*Please Note: This program is currently only for psychiatry and behavioral health residents and fellows.
Students must meet certain requirements to be eligible for the program:
- Must be a full-time resident in an ACGME, AOA approved psychiatry program or a full-time fellow in a U.S. fellowship program
- Resident/Fellow must remain in good standing with the program to maintain stipend eligibility
- Must submit a letter of recommendation from current residency/fellowship program
- Must receive written recommendation from current program and all previous medical programs attended, including medical school, residency and fellowship programs, as applicable
- At the time of signing the Resident Stipend Agreement, the resident/fellow must be free of any other contractual obligations requiring a service commitment upon completion of their training; resident/fellow is not eligible if a contract or Letter of Intent with a practice or hospital or other entity has been signed
- Must pass a thorough background check
- Resident/Fellow is ineligible to apply if he/she has an immediate family member on active medical staff at a UHS facility
- Must have completed a minimum of nine (9) months of residency training to be considered for the program
- Must have a minimum of six (6) months of training remaining (as of the last day of the candidate’s review period) to be considered for the program
- Resident/Fellow must disclose all future training plans in initial application process; once contracts have been fully executed, amendments can no longer be made to accommodate additional payments