Research Fellow Here: Just noticed in the archive someone asked about hours of the fellowship. Some fellowships (ie Columbia M-F 9-5 (but as previously mentioned they are not as successful at getting you matched. Mine is more like what you make of it. I could do it in an 8-6 fashion and be fine but I really wanted to keep up with the derm residents so since I take off time to go to the didactics its more like 65 hours per week. Way less than intern year. I am also reading outside the program to keep up.