This year, The College will select 10 third, fourth, and fifth-year Residents from the United States and Canada and pay for them to attend our Annual Meeting.  The Laughlin Fellows are chosen from an elite pool of applicants deemed likely to make a significant contribution to the field of psychiatry.  They participate in all educational and social functions held during the Annual Meeting, making valuable contacts with their peers and College Members. 

LAUGHLIN FELLOWSHIP NOMINATION PROCEDURE

1. Each separately accredited psychiatry Residency or Fellowship program may submit one nomination.
2. The nominee must be a current PGY-3, PGY-4 or PGY-5 resident in general psychiatry or a resident in child, addiction, forensic, geriatric or psychosomatic psychiatry.
3. Recipient of the Fellowship must be able to attend our Annual Meeting. The College provides a stipend to Laughlin Fellows to cover travel and hotel expenses.
4. The nomination deadline is August 14, 2009. Nominations received after that date, even though postmarked earlier, cannot be accepted.
5. The following should be included in the nomination packet:
1. a nomination form (cover page)
2. a complete curriculum vitae from the nominee
3. a letter from the nominee discussing his/her current interests in psychiatry, long-range career goals, and most important achievements to date
4. one letter of nomination from a current residency training program director or a current department chair, indicating the reasons why this individual should be selected as a Laughlin Fellow
6. Please send one complete package to:
   
   Chair, Laughlin Fellowship Selection Committee
   The American College of Psychiatrists
   122 S. Michigan Ave., Suite 1360
   Chicago, IL 60603
   Angel@ACPsych.org
   Phone: 312.662.1020
   
   (if emailing application, please use pdf format only)
   
   
7. Applications sent by FAX will not be accepted.
8. Applicants will be notified by December 1, 2009.
   

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NOMINATION DEADLINES
2009: August 14, 2009

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