:: Requirements

The AAMHRS Consortium is currently seeking mentee and mentor applicants for the 2009-2010 cohort of the Grant-Mentoring Program. The requirements for mentor applicants are as follows:

Mentor applicants must be experienced NIMH- or NIH-funded research scientists who are willing to share their conceptual, methodological, and grant-writing expertise in acquiring and maintaining funding.

We are working to create a network of experienced mentors who can contribute to future AAMHRS Consortium and NIMH initiatives and who are committed to high-quality research on mental health and underserved populations.

While efforts for recruiting mentees focus on African Americans, the program encourages any mental health research scientist with an interest in mentoring African American researchers and a successful NIMH or NIH funding history to apply to be a mentor.

Mentors are required to:

• attend the 3-day grant workshop
• work closely with mentees throughout the year.

The Consortium will cover all costs (travel, meals, and lodging) to attend the grant workshop and mentees will be provided with travel funds to visit mentors at their home institutions. Mentors will also be provided with an honorarium for their service and contributions to this important effort.

:: How to Apply

Mentee and mentor applications for the 2009-2010 Grant-Mentoring Program must be submitted via this website by March 15, 2009.

Please follow the links below to access the applications. All applicants will be notified of their standing by mid-April, 2009. If you have questions regarding eligibility criteria, please contact the current AAMHRS Consortium Chair, Dr. Velma McBride Murry (velma.m.murry@vanderbilt.edu).

Any questions related to the application submission process may be directed to the Program Coordinator at aamhrs@gmail.com.