The American Psychological Association (APA) Minority Fellowship Programs (MFP) provide comprehensive support to empower future leaders in psychology from underrepresented communities. Minority Fellowship Programs offer financial assistance, training, mentorship, and networking opportunities to graduate students, postdoctoral trainees, and early career professionals.

Programs include:

• Doctoral and Postdoctoral Fellowships in Mental Health and Substance Abuse Services (MHSAS): These fellowships aim to increase the number of culturally competent psychologists who can provide effective mental health services to underserved communities and empower aspiring practitioners to make a lasting impact in behavioral health services and prevention.
• Services for Transition Age Youth Fellowship (STAY): This fellowship is designed for students in terminal master’s programs in psychology whose training prepares them to provide mental health services to transition age youth (ages 16 through 25) and their families.
• Interdisciplinary Minority Fellowship Program (IMFP): This fellowship is designed to identify, select, and support the training of ethnic minority graduate students who commit to significantly improving the quality of care provided to ethnic and racial minorities who have a mental or cooccurring mental and substance use disorder.
• Psychology Summer Institute (PSI): This intensive, in-person week-long program helps advanced doctoral students and early-career psychologists to enhance their skills and make a positive impact serving underrepresented ethnic and racial minority populations through research or service.