A stipend is provided to CMHS fellows only . AstraZeneca fellows receive travel funds only. Please note that support is dependent upon funding from the Center for Mental Health Services. The stipend is paid in twelve monthly installments. Checks are made payable and mailed directly to the fellow's training facility.
Stipends are taxable income.
Freed-up funds must be used to institute or expand a teaching format within the resident's training program that focuses on culturally relevant issues in psychiatry. Innovative use of freed-up funds has resulted when the resident has worked closely with his or her training director. Some fellows arrange to extend expenditures beyond their one-year participation in the program. These fellows are identified as trainee-consultants. There is a wide flexibility in fulfilling payback requirements.