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The Graduate Educational Program of THE STATE UNIVERSITY OF NEW YORK DOWNSTATE MEDICAL CENTER offers a two-year program of Research Training in Psychiatry leading to the degree of Doctor of Medical Science. The program is open to Doctors of Medicine who have completed three years of residency training in psychiatry. Candidates will also be accepted after two years of residency training. In such cases the final year of residency will be taken at the Psychiatric Division of Kings County Hospital, concurrently with this program; and a total of three years will be required to complete the combination of the two-year research training program and the third year of residency. The program provides the candidate an opportunity to do research and it offers a series of courses concerned with research methodology in the field of psychiatry. A broad interdisciplinary faculty is responsible for teaching courses in the program and for supervising research of candidates. Extensive clinical and laboratory facilities are available for research projects. Each candidate who is accepted will be granted a fellowship of $7500 for the first post-residency year and $8000 for the second. Three-year candidates will, in addition, receive $7100 for the final residency year. Applications for the academic year beginning September 1960 should be submitted before January 1, 1960. Application forms or additional information about this program may be obtained by writing to: Office of Admissions, Downstate Medical Center, 450 Clarkson Avenue, Brooklyn 3, New York.