Positions

The fellowship has nine positions, each with a two-year duration. Therefore, either one or two slots (depending on the recruitment year) are available on a competitive basis each year in the Medical Psychology Fellowship for each specialty area: Clinical Child Psychology, Clinical Health Psychology, and Clinical Neuropsychology (adult and pediatric tracks).

Contact the program for information about how many positions are available in your chosen specialty program.

Qualifications

To be eligible for the Medical Psychology Fellowship, you must have successfully completed an American Psychological Association (APA)-accredited or Canadian Psychological Association (CPA)-accredited clinical or counseling psychology doctoral program and an APA- or CPA-accredited predoctoral psychology internship. Candidates completing a doctoral program accredited by the Psychological Clinical Science Accreditation System (PCSAS) may also be considered on a case-by-case basis. Applicants from PCSAS-accredited programs are encouraged to contact the specialty track director if their program is not also APA- or CPA-accredited.

Compensation is Graduate Level 1 for fellowship year 1 and Graduate Level 2 for fellowship year 2.

How to apply

While the academic year begins July 1, our fellowship differs from other Mayo Clinic School of Graduate Medical Education programs in that start dates are flexible (between July and October), depending on the individual circumstances for each postdoctoral fellow.

Application submission deadlines for the 2026-2027 academic year for each specialty area are:

• Clinical Child Psychology: Dec. 9, 2025
• Clinical Health Psychology: Dec. 9, 2025
• Clinical Neuropsychology (adult and peds): Dec. 3, 2025 (In limited circumstances, additional applications may be accepted through Jan. 2, 2026; contact the training director to inquire)

Application materials

• Application: You must apply through the Association of Psychology Postdoctoral and Internship Centers (APPIC), using the association's APPIC Psychology Postdoctoral Application (APPA) CAS (centralized application service). Visit the APPA CAS applicant website. All applications to Mayo Clinic School of Graduate Medical Education programs must include these application materials.
• CV: Links to pre-prints of published manuscripts, if available, are encouraged in your CV. 
• Letters of recommendation: Instead of a dean's letter, this program requires a letter of recommendation from your graduate school training director. Ask your training director to document that you are in good standing and on track to complete the training program before you start our fellowship. As this is typically a very brief attestation of your standing in the program, please note that it does not count toward your total letters of recommendation requested unless the writer is also a clinical supervisor or research mentor. Please submit three letters of recommendation, in addition to the letter from your graduate school training director.
• Transcripts: Please submit your most recent transcripts. We understand that most applicants will not have their official, final transcripts, and diploma available at the time of application. In addition to the letter from your training director documenting that you are in good standing, three additional letters of recommendation from others familiar with your skills and qualifications should be submitted with your online application.
• Note: ECFMG certificate and exam official test transcripts are only applicable to M.D.s.
• Sample report: Pediatric and Adult Neuropsychology applicants should submit one de-identified sample neuropsychological report with all HIPAA identifiers removed. When in doubt, please delete ALL potentially identifying information (it is fine if details are obfuscated to maintain privacy; we prefer an abundance of caution here).

Submit all application materials by the application deadline above to guarantee full review of application materials. In limited circumstances, the adult neuropsychology program may consider new applications after the Dec. 3, 2025, deadline (email our program administrator to inquire). 

Next steps

1. Select applicants will be invited for a virtual interview. Because the Clinical Neuropsychology program adult track does not participate in the APPCN match, offers may be made at any time. The Clinical Neuropsychology pediatric track participates in the APPCN match but the adult track does not participate in the APPCN match. 

2. All interviews will be done virtually via Zoom for the 2026-2028 recruitment cycle. If you are considered for a position, you will be invited for a personal interview with the program director, the director for your specialty, selected faculty, and current fellows in the program. Interviews are conducted in January and February, and offers are made directly by specialty track directors.