AACAP Systems of Care Program Award

The American Academy of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry (AACAP) is pleased to announce the opportunity for child and adolescent psychiatry fellows to participate in the 2020 Systems of Care Special Program Clinical poster Projects, focusing on community-based systems of care approaches to treatment of children with mental disorders. Applicants must be child and adolescent psychiatry fellows at the time of the AACAP Annual Meeting. Participants must be currently enrolled in a fellowship program in the United States; fellows in their first or second year of child fellowship training are eligible. Triple Boarders in their fourth or fifth year of training in their triple board programs are eligible. Participants must participate in the virtual Special Program and at least one other Annual Meeting event sponsored by AACAPs Systems of Care Committee. Recipients will have to present a poster on a Systems of Care topic/project during the Systems of Care Special Program. Recipients must also give a presentation on what they have learned to fellows in their training programs and write a brief essay on their experience. Application includes: CV, personal statement articulating a compelling reason for wanting to attend the Systems of Care Special Program, a letter of shared funding support from a local institution, your Program Director must also upload a completed form indicating good standing in your training program, Oftentimes, applicants secure funding through their training program or regional organization. Applicants who have difficulty in securing local funding should contact the AACAPs Department of Government Affairs and Clinical Practice at clinical@aacap.org for assistance by June 26, 2020.