Clinical and Basic
Neuroscience Research
Training Program in Psychiatry

The Clinical Neuroscience Research Training Program (NRTP) is supported in part by a National Research Service Award (NRSA) from the National Institute of Mental Health. The overarching goal of the NRTP is to provide psychiatry residents with specialized training in clinical neuroscience and psychopharmacology research in order to better prepare them for a career in academic psychiatry/neuroscience research. The NRTP typically accepts up to two new residents with each incoming PGY1 residency class. While many NRTP residents have a doctorate degree in addition to their medical degree, this is certainly not a requirement for entrance into the NRTP. Residents from the general psychiatry program may join the NRTP during their PG 3 year if they have developed a significant interest in research since beginning residency training. Since the NRTP is supported in part by federal research training funds, residents in the track must sign an NRSA contract, including a "payback agreement," as a condition of award. The payback agreement requires a second year of research involvement for one year stipend support. Thus, residents completing two-years in the program finish the residency without additional service obligation. In addition, and by virtue of their essentially full-time involvement in clinical research in the track, PGY III and IV NRTP residents may be eligible for federal loan repayment programs during their tenure in the track. For more information about the NRSA payback agreement, please refer to Appendix M in the Residency Handbook or to the PDF file: Payback Agreement.

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