During the first year, trainees will meet with selected mentors in the area of their particular interest in order to commence the formulation of a small, but significant, project to be carried out during the second year. Fellows typically find a mentor within the faculty, but other arrangements can be made. Mentors may also be selected from another department at Stanford as well as at institutions such as University of California, Berkeley, and University of California, San Francisco. The goal is for most trainees to complete a publishable paper by the end of their fellowship. Most trainees will progress further than this and will pursue their own research projects beyond the scope of their fellowship.
Interdisciplinary research is strongly encouraged.
The division provides financial support for some research projects and presentations at national meetings. Advanced trainees interested in research training can become affiliated with numerous research laboratories and projects in the Division of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry and Child Development and the Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences as well as other University programs.