American Psychiatric Association Foundation Helping Hands Grants

Program Description

The purpose of this program is to provide support to medical schools for mental health and substance use disorder projects, particularly in under-served minority communities. Funded projects are created and managed by medical students and can be conducted in partnership with community agencies, or in conjunction with ongoing medical school outreach activities. These projects can be conducted in partnership with community agencies or in conjunction with ongoing medical school outreach activities, and must be supervised by at least one psychiatrist. The lead medical student for the project must be a continuing student during the grant year.