Minority Clinical Fellowship: Apply Online

The Minority Clinical Fellowship program supports African American and Latino physicians with gaining HIV clinical experience working with medically underserved patient populations. The goal of the program is to boost the population of minority HIV physicians and strengthen the commitment to provide clinical care to HIV positive patients in minority communities. HIVMA awards grants to support one-year of HIV clinical training to up to two fellows per year. Grants are made to the institution to support a stipend of up $60,000 plus additional funding to cover fringe benefits for one year. An additional $10,000 is paid to the institution to offset administrative costs.

Applications for the 2014-2015 program may be submitted in the fall. The application deadline is in December.

Fellowship Eligibility & Criteria

Applicants must:

• Identify an HIV clinical program associated with an academic institution
• Identify a mentor to oversee their clinical experience. Mentors must be HIVMA members. Please contact HIVMA for help identifying a mentor or training site. 
• Submit a current curriculum vitae or resume
• Submit a training curriculum developed with their mentor

Eligible candidates must be:

• Board eligible
• MD or DO designated
• African-American and/or Latino
• Legal U.S. residents

In addition, applicants must demonstrate their intent to establish their practice in areas of the U.S. with large minority populations. Applicants must also have completed their residencies prior to the start of the Fellowship and be within the first 5 years of clinical practice. Candidates must not have completed,  be currently enrolled, or plan to enroll in an infectious diseases fellowship program. 

Fellowship Training Requirements

During the fellowship year, fellows must:

• Work in a clinical setting with a large minority patient population in the US
• Manage at least 30 HIV patients over the course of their clinical training experience, in both inpatient and outpatient settings*
• Provide documentation demonstrating the institution’s commitment to structured opportunities to increase knowledge in HIV Medicine

*Fellows may elect to spend up to 2 months of their Fellowship at another approved institution, clinic or practice to supplement their clinical experience. Sponsoring institutions must have an adequate census of HIV patients to ensure an adequate clinical experience. 

Fellowship Completion Requirements

At the completion of the program, fellows are required to submit a report that includes:

• A personal statement describing the Fellowship experience
• An end-of-year budget report
• Any publications and/or abstract presentations produced as a result of the Fellowship

Proceed to online Fellowship application.