Graduate Fellowships in Clinical Mental Health Counseling
Graduate fellowships for the Clinical Mental Health Counseling (CMHC) program are highly competitive positions that build and enhance your professional skills and defray tuition costs.
Fellowship Types
The School of Counseling and Social Work offers a wide range of internal (on-campus) graduate fellowship opportunities of the following types:
- Presidential Fellowships provide 100% of your graduate tuition and include a 9-month, unpaid fellowship placement of 25 hours per week.
- Provost Fellowships provide 50% of your graduate tuition and include a 9-month, unpaid fellowship placement of 15 hours per week.
Note that, because of the 700 hours of internship work integrated into the CMHC curriculum, fellowships are not available for the second year of the program. The fellowship award applies to one year (up to 36 credits) only.
2026-2027 CMHC Fellowship Opportunities
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Clinical Mental Health Counseling Fellowship Process
How To Apply
- Click the “Apply Now” button below or go to gps.merrimack.edu/apply to begin or resume your graduate application.
- Within your app, select “Yes” for “Are you applying to a fellowship?”
- Submit your application. Be sure to complete the required Fellowship essay.
- Receive your admission decision. If admitted to the master’s program, you’ll receive further instructions about the fellowship process.
Important Information for the Clinical Mental Health Counseling Fellowship Program
We strongly encourage you to apply as soon as possible for your best chance at a preferred placement. Applications will be accepted until all fellowship positions have been filled.
Priority Fellowship Application Deadline: February 1, 2026
Initial Rankings Form Available: February 5, 2026
Initial Rankings Deadline: February 13, 2026
Fellowship Interviews: March 2-5, 2026
Post-Interview Rankings Deadline: March 6, 2026
Match Decisions: Late March 2026
First Day of Fellowship Training: August 2026
Duration of Fellowship Placement: August 2026 to late May 2027
We strongly encourage you to apply as soon as possible for your best chance at a preferred placement. Applications will be accepted until all fellowship positions have been filled.
The process is as follows:
- Submit your online application. Be sure to indicate your fellowship interest within your application.
- Submit your initial ranking form. Students who are accepted for admission and invited to interview for a fellowship will be eligible to review and rank their preferred positions. If you are invited, your invitation will include a deadline for submitting your selections. Please note: we do not guarantee that you will be invited to interview for your top selections.
- Complete your site interviews. First round of interviews will take place.
- Submit your post-interview rankings. After the interviews, both students and sites must complete and submit their post-interview ranking forms, ranking their preferences for final placement.
- Receive your match notification. Match letters will be sent to all students and supervisors.
Please note:
- Participation in the fellowship placement process does not guarantee a fellowship. Sites will independently decide which candidates to invite for interviews. Please note that interviews are not guaranteed with your selected sites.
- Deposits are due ten days after matches are sent to students.
- As a two year program, the fellowship scholarship is only awarded and applied for the first year of the program. During your first year, you will not be eligible for any other discounts or scholarships.
Questions? All interested students should email [email protected] for further information.
Alumni Scholarship
Alumni Scholarships are available to Merrimack College graduates who are not receiving a fellowship. No additional application is needed.