Murphy Fund

The Massachusetts Mental Health Center, a Massachusetts Department
of Mental Health-funded community mental health center affiliated with
Harvard Medical School in Boston, has become a beneficiary of the Francis
P. Murphy, Jr. Trust, through which we have been able to establish the
Governor Francis P. Murphy Fund. The purpose of this fund is to “aid
worthy and deserving students [in the mental health fields] in acquiring
and completing their education or post graduate education.”

Applications will be judged by the following criteria:

1. The mission of Massachusetts Mental Health Center is to provide
   a comprehensive continuum of clinical treatment, case management,
   residential and rehabilitation services for clients with serious and
   persistent mental illness to enhance their opportunity to lead satisfying
   and productive lives in the community. We are committed to the continued
   development of innovative treatment, to excellence in training and
   to research, which will provide current and future benefits to clients
   with mental illness. The course of study proposed by a Murphy Fund
   recipient must be relevant to this mission. All proposals to be funded
   must be directly linked to improving service, access and availability
   to individuals served at the Massachusetts Mental Health Center.
2. The proposed course of study will be relevant to the specific concerns
   of the professional discipline of the trainee.
3. The funds will be available to trainees in every discipline represented
   at Mass. Mental Health Center. At present this includes psychiatry,
   psychology, medicine, nursing, social work, counseling, and occupational
   therapy.
4. The goals of the proposal will be able to be accomplished within
   12 months from the beginning of the academic year.
5. A mid-year progress report and year-end final report will be required
   from each funded trainee. Additional reports may be required at the
   discretion of the Murphy Fund Committee.
6. The proposal needs to identify the type of work product the applicant
   proposes to create, e.g. a submittable paper or poster, pilot data
   capable of being used to seek additional funding, a rehabilitation
   tool or instructional handbook for clients, a new group therapy protocol,
   a new didactic curriculum, a course of specialized clinical training
   which can be identified as a tangible work product such as dialectical
   behavior therapy, etc., which will be usable by the institution or
   by professionals in general after the completion of the fellowship.
7. Consistent with the mission of Mass. Mental Health Center, diversity
   criteria will be strongly taken into account, i.e. proposals which
   will increase the socioeconomic, racial, ethnic, or other types of
   diversity of trainees at Mass. Mental Health Center.

Candidates should submit a detailed proposal of their course of study
and anticipated work project, including a budget which notes expected
salary, cost of any outside supervision, travel expenses, material expenses,
and so on. The number of trainees funded in any year and the size of
each award will be determined according to the annual limitations on
the use of the funds as dictated by the Murphy Trust.

Interested propective applicants may request additional information
to:
Nora Otero, M.Ed.
LMHC, Chair of the Governor Francis P. Murphy Fund Massachusetts Mental
Health Center
180 Morton Street, Jamaica Plain, MA 02130
phone: (617) 626-9375,
e-mail: [email protected]

Application materials can be obtained from:
Rachael Omansky
Training Coordinator
Massachusetts Mental Health Center
180 Morton Street, Jamaica Plain, MA 02130
phone: (617) 626-9437
e-mail: [email protected]