{"id":4736,"date":"2012-06-14T11:59:21","date_gmt":"2012-06-14T15:59:21","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.bumc.bu.edu\/care\/?page_id=4736"},"modified":"2026-05-22T16:01:41","modified_gmt":"2026-05-22T20:01:41","slug":"eligibility-and-application-requirements","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.bumc.bu.edu\/care\/education-and-training-programs\/training-programs\/research-in-addiction-medicine-scholars-rams-program\/eligibility-and-application-requirements\/","title":{"rendered":"Eligibility and Application Requirements"},"content":{"rendered":"<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"color: #ff0000;\"><strong><em>Applications for Cohort 14 (2025-2027) are now closed.<\/em><\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<h4 style=\"text-align: center;\"><strong><span style=\"color: #0000ff;\">Scholars Apply Here<\/span><\/strong><\/h4>\n<h4 style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"color: #0000ff;\"><strong><span style=\"color: #0000ff;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.bumc.bu.edu\/care\/rams-faculty-mentor-application-page\/\" style=\"color: #0000ff;\">Mentors Apply Here<\/a><\/span><br \/>\n<\/strong><\/span><\/h4>\n<p><span style=\"color: #ff0000;\"><em><strong><span style=\"color: #000000;\">If Scholar applicants are unable to locate a suitable mentor to apply with at their institution, please contact<\/span> <span style=\"color: #0000ff;\"><a href=\"mailto:jules.canfield@bmc.org\" style=\"color: #0000ff;\">jules.canfield@bmc.org<\/a><\/span> <span style=\"color: #000000;\">and the RAMS program team would be happy to explore potential mentoring options.\u00a0<\/span><\/strong><\/em><\/span><\/p>\n<h4><strong>Scholar Candidates Must:<\/strong><\/h4>\n<figure id=\"attachment_10725\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-10725\" style=\"width: 360px\" class=\"wp-caption alignright\"><img loading=\"lazy\" width=\"350\" height=\"197\" class=\"wp-image-10725\" src=\"\/care\/files\/2012\/06\/20171129_104537-636x358.jpg\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.bumc.bu.edu\/care\/files\/2012\/06\/20171129_104537-636x358.jpg 636w, https:\/\/www.bumc.bu.edu\/care\/files\/2012\/06\/20171129_104537-768x432.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.bumc.bu.edu\/care\/files\/2012\/06\/20171129_104537-1024x576.jpg 1024w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 350px) 100vw, 350px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-10725\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Anahita Bassir Nia (2016-18 Cohort)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<ul>\n<li>Be an Addiction Medicine or Addiction Psychiatry Fellow in a 1- or 2-year program (or equivalent) with a research component. <em><strong>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.\u00a0<\/strong><\/em><\/li>\n<li>Expect to spend a significant amount of time pursuing clinical research during the course of the RAMS Program<\/li>\n<li>Be able to participate in the entire 2-year program<a href=\"\/care\/files\/2012\/07\/DSC_0031.jpg\"><\/a><\/li>\n<li>Attend with an institutional mentor, who completes a Faculty Mentor Application<\/li>\n<li>Complete a <a title=\"Research in Addiction Medicine Scholars (RAMS) Program Application\" href=\"https:\/\/www.bumc.bu.edu\/care\/research-in-addiction-medicine-scholars-rams-program-application\/\">RAM Scholar Application<\/a>, 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. <em>*Note: If your Fellowship Director is also your faculty mentor, only one letter is needed.*<\/em><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h4><strong>Mentor Candidates Must:<\/strong><\/h4>\n<figure id=\"attachment_10726\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-10726\" style=\"width: 360px\" class=\"wp-caption alignright\"><img loading=\"lazy\" width=\"350\" height=\"233\" class=\"wp-image-10726\" src=\"\/care\/files\/2012\/06\/DSC_0420-636x424.jpg\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.bumc.bu.edu\/care\/files\/2012\/06\/DSC_0420-636x424.jpg 636w, https:\/\/www.bumc.bu.edu\/care\/files\/2012\/06\/DSC_0420-768x512.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.bumc.bu.edu\/care\/files\/2012\/06\/DSC_0420-1024x683.jpg 1024w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 350px) 100vw, 350px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-10726\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Alex Walley (Mentor) and Nadia Fairbairn (2015-17 Cohort)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<ul>\n<li>Be a Program Director, or core fellowship or addiction program faculty<\/li>\n<li>Have a fellow who has applied to the RAMS Program<\/li>\n<li>Be able to assist with the advisement, development, and implementation of the research project<\/li>\n<li>Be able to participate in the entire 2-year program<\/li>\n<li>Complete a <a title=\"Research in Addiction Medicine Scholars (RAMS) Program Mentor Application\" href=\"https:\/\/www.bumc.bu.edu\/care\/2020-rams-program-faculty-mentor-application\/\">RAMS Mentor Application<\/a>, including a CV\/biosketch and mentoring statement\u00a0<em><br \/>\n<\/em><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><strong><em>For further information, please contact:<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><a href=\"mailto:jules.canfield@bmc.org\">Jules Canfield, MPH<\/a> | Senior Program Manager | 801 Massachusetts Ave, 2nd floor<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">Boston, MA 02118 |\u00a0<span class=\"baec5a81-e4d6-4674-97f3-e9220f0136c1\" style=\"white-space: nowrap;\">617.414.6905<a title=\"Call: 617.414.6905\" style=\"margin: 0px; border: currentColor; left: 0px; top: 0px; width: 16px; height: 16px; right: 0px; bottom: 0px; overflow: hidden; vertical-align: middle; float: none; display: inline; white-space: nowrap; position: static !important;\" href=\"#\"><img title=\"Call: 617.414.6905\" style=\"margin: 0px; border: currentColor; 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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.\u00a0 Scholar Candidates Must: Be an Addiction Medicine or Addiction [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4990,"featured_media":0,"parent":4663,"menu_order":5,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.bumc.bu.edu\/care\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/4736"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.bumc.bu.edu\/care\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.bumc.bu.edu\/care\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.bumc.bu.edu\/care\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/4990"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.bumc.bu.edu\/care\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=4736"}],"version-history":[{"count":51,"href":"https:\/\/www.bumc.bu.edu\/care\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/4736\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":15509,"href":"https:\/\/www.bumc.bu.edu\/care\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/4736\/revisions\/15509"}],"up":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.bumc.bu.edu\/care\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/4663"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.bumc.bu.edu\/care\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=4736"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}