John L Schaeffer Psychiatry Graduate Award

The John L Schaeffer Psychiatry Graduate Award is presented annually to one graduating COMP (Pomona) student who has matched into a psychiatry residency. The recipient shall be selected by COMP faculty based on their board scores, performance on clinical rotations, prestige of residency match, and involvement and leadership in psychiatry through clubs, outreach, and scholarly work.

Just a quick reminder—please limit your applications to a maximum of three awards.

Prohibition of AI-Generated Content
To maintain academic integrity and ensure the authenticity of work, the use of generative artificial intelligence tools (e.g., ChatGPT, Grammarly GO, Bard, or similar) to produce, rewrite, or substantially edit content in submissions is strictly prohibited. All submitted work must reflect the student’s own original thinking, analysis, and expression. Any use of AI-generated material will be considered a violation of academic honesty policies and may result in disqualification of award application.

Award amounts granted may vary each year depending on available funding.