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MSW Program Grants and Scholarships

  1. Blavin MSW Scholarship Award

    Application will be available Fall 2024

    The Blavin MSW Scholarship Award provides support to a former U-M undergraduate Blavin Scholar or a student who has experienced foster care.

  2. Caren Kaplan Endowed Scholarship

    Application will be available Fall 2024

    The Caren Kaplan Endowed Scholarship Fund was established in memory of University of Michigan School of Social Work alumna Caren Kaplan, MSW '80. The Scholarship provides support for six to eight MSW students with a preference for students pursuing a Welfare of Children & Families pathway with demonstrated commitment to child welfare reform with a focus on addressing the issue of chronic neglect. Applicants must be current MSW students intending to graduate in December 2022 or April 2023.

  3. Clarice Ullman Freud Fellowships

    Application will be available Fall 2024

    The Clarice Ullman Freud Fellowships and the Clarice Ullman Freud Individual Research Fellowship were made possible by a gift from the estate of Clarice Ullman Freud along with matching funds from the Ann and Robert Lurie Family Foundation. Professor Freud was the Director of Field Education while on faculty at the U-M School of Social Work. The Freud Fellowship in Children and Families was developed to support research to help students integrate theory and practice in field instruction. Current effort focus on LGBTQIA2S+ advocacy work.

  4. Clarita Mays Memorial MSW Scholarship Fund

    Application will be available Fall 2024

    This scholarship was established in memory of Clarita Mays to provide support for MSW students.

  5. Davis-Putter Scholarship Fund

    External

    Deadline: March 31, 2019 Application available January-March

    The Davis-Putter Scholarship is awarded to people active in movements for social and economic justice.

    Davis-Putter Scholarship Fund

  6. Derrick L. Anderson Memorial MSW Scholarship

    Application will be available Fall 2024

    The Derek L. Anderson Memorial Scholarship is given to doctoral or MSW students who demonstrate leadership, support, or involvement in research or scholarship that promotes responsible and informed social work practice with transgender, bisexual, lesbian, or gay (TBLG) individuals and/or communities.

    The scholarship was established by Patricia Edwards, a U-M SSW alumna who seeks to empower students who are making significant contributions toward a more just and equitable society for all people.

    Her hope is to assist students who possess a high degree of integrity and who have demonstrated leadership, support of, or involvement in organizations, activities, scholarship, or issues that promote responsible and informed social work practice with TBLG individuals and/or communities in the pursuit of their educational goals.

  7. Full Circle Scholarship Program-American Indian College Fund

    External

    Deadline: May 31, 2019 Application available January-May 31, 2019

    The Full Circle Scholarship is awarded to American Indian and Alaska Native students.

    Full Circle Scholarship Program-American Indian College Fund

  8. Graduate Scholarship Program-National Association of Junior Auxiliaries, Inc

    External

    Deadline: February 1, 2019 Application available September 1-February 1, 2019

    The Graduate Scholarship is provided for graduate study in fields, which address the special needs of children and youth.

    Graduate Scholarship Program-National Association of Junior Auxiliaries, Inc

  9. Jim Toy, MSW '81, Scholarship

  10. Katsuyoshi Nishimoto (MSW 1972) Scholarship

    Application will be available Fall 2024

    This award provides support for an MSW student(s). The Donors request that in awarding the scholarship, the School give preference to students who meet any of the following criteria:

    1. are the first generation in their families to attend college or graduate school;
    2. are socioeconomically disadvantaged;
    3. are primary caregivers
    4. have overcome substantial educational or economic obstacles
    5. have attended an HBCU
    6. have attended a Hispanic-serving institution
    7. have attended a Native American-Serving Nontribal Institution (NASNTI)
    8. are registered with the U Mich Services for Students with Disabilities
    9. are experienced in anti-racism efforts or activism; or
    10. have experience in volunteering or working with historically underrepresented populations.

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