Overview
Three-year DBP fellowship based mainly at the UAMS James L. Dennis Developmental Center, with progressively more research time and a scholarship oversight committee.
The programme
- Training type
- Clinical Fellowship
- Duration
- 3 years
- Start
- Not stated on official page
- Positions
- Not stated on official page
- Accreditation
- Not stated on official page
- Department
- Not stated on official page
Eligibility and visa
- Eligibility
- Preference for applicants who have completed an accredited three-year pediatric residency by fellowship start and are ABP board certified or eligible
- International applicants
- Institution policyYes - IMGs eligible; UAMS ACGME programmes sponsor only J-1 physician visas for IMGs outside the US
- Visa support
- Institution policyUAMS ACGME programmes sponsor J-1 physician visas (ECFMG) for IMGs outside the US; H-1B considered case by case only for applicants already in the US in (or eligible to change to) H-1B status - no new consular H-1B petitions
- Licence requirement
- Institution policytrainees in Arkansas residency/fellowship programmes do not need an Arkansas licence while working within the training programme (sports medicine fellows do require one)
How to apply
- Deadline
- Not stated on official page
- Application method
- ERAS (applications accepted each July); NRMP fellowship match
Funding
- Funding
- Institution policyUAMS 2026-27 stipends: PGY-4 $71,101, PGY-5 $74,343, PGY-6 $77,210, PGY-7 $81,996 (PGY-1 $63,396)
Official sources
https://medicine.uams.edu/pediatrics/education-training/fellowships/developmental-behavioral/https://medicine.uams.edu/gme/applicants/applicant-information/https://nwa.uams.edu/residency-and-fellowship-programs/graduate-medical-education/residents-fellows/regional-centers-gme-handbook/https://medicine.uams.edu/pediatrics/education-training/fellowships/developmental-behavioral/how-to-apply/