looking for second yr child fellowship spot

[doomedgloomed]

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what if you wanted to switch into a different child fellowship for your second year. My husband is switching jobs, two hours away and the commute is too much for him so we are thinking of moving closer to where he works. But then I would be commuting two hrs so ideally i would like to switch into a program that is nearby to our new location. Do fellowships ever open up second year spots? I would contact the program director at the program to ask but i'm not my program director knows him. Should I discuss this with my program director first? I mean what would my current program do down one fellow; oh boy what a mess. Do second year spots ever open up? this has me so worried. thanx for all your help

 

[atsai3]

what if you wanted to switch into a different child fellowship for your second year. My husband is switching jobs, two hours away and the commute is too much for him so we are thinking of moving closer to where he works. But then I would be commuting two hrs so ideally i would like to switch into a program that is nearby to our new location. Do fellowships ever open up second year spots? I would contact the program director at the program to ask but i'm not my program director knows him. Should I discuss this with my program director first? I mean what would my current program do down one fellow; oh boy what a mess. Do second year spots ever open up? this has me so worried. thanx for all your help

Ideally you would be accepted as a transfer at the second fellowship program before you notify your own program director.

But the process of transferring does not allow for this, unfortunately. Bottom line is you will have to notify your program director before you are able to secure a transfer position elsewhere. Your program director will need to write you a letter of recommendation, or at the very least provide a letter of good standing ("doomedgloomed is a resident in good standing at this program.").

IMHO transparency is best. Let your program director know that you are going to look for a fellowship position elsewhere because of your husband's new job. The new fellowship position may not work out, in which case you will be stuck at your current program and a program director who knows that you tried to leave. If it does work out, then it was a good thing that you gave your program director enough lead time to find a replacement. (You are right -- a fellow leaving a program, in most cases, creates a big mess. So your program will look for a replacement from another program, causing a mess at that program. And that program will look for a replacement from yet another program, and so on and so forth.)

-AT.