Eligibility and Application Requirements

Applications for Cohort 14 (2025-2027) are now open! Our application deadline is Friday, September 5th.

Scholars Apply Here

Mentors Apply Here

If Scholar applicants are unable to locate a suitable mentor to apply with at their institution, please contact jules.canfield@bmc.org and the RAMS program team would be happy to explore potential mentoring options. 

Scholar Candidates Must:

Anahita Bassir Nia (2016-18 Cohort)
  • Be an Addiction Medicine or Addiction Psychiatry Fellow in a 1- or 2-year program (or equivalent) with a research component. If you are a fellow in a 1-year program, please describe in your application what your plans are post-fellowship, as RAMS is a 2-year program. 
  • Expect to spend a significant amount of time pursuing clinical research during the course of the RAMS Program
  • Be able to participate in the entire 2-year program
  • Attend with an institutional mentor, who completes a Faculty Mentor Application
  • Complete a RAM Scholar Application, including a personal statement of motivation and goals, brief description of a possible research project, curriculum vitae (CV), and a letter of nomination from your Fellowship Director. *Note: If your Fellowship Director is also your faculty mentor, only one letter is needed.*

Mentor Candidates Must:

Alex Walley (Mentor) and Nadia Fairbairn (2015-17 Cohort)
  • Be a Program Director, or core fellowship or addiction program faculty
  • Have a fellow who has applied to the RAMS Program
  • Be able to assist with the advisement, development, and implementation of the research project
  • Be able to participate in the entire 2-year program
  • Complete a RAMS Mentor Application, including a CV/biosketch and mentoring statement 

For further information, please contact:

Jules Canfield, MPH | Senior Program Manager | 801 Massachusetts Ave, 2nd floor

Boston, MA 02118 | 617.414.6905 (P) | 617.414.4676 (F)