October
Rackham International Student Fellowship
Department deadline: October 1, 2025
Submit electronically to Todd Huynh [email protected]
The Rackham International Student Fellowship assists outstanding international students, particularly those who may be ineligible for other kinds of support because of citizenship.
November
Carol Thiessen Mowbray Research Fund
Department deadline: November 25, 2025
Submit electronically to Laura Thomas [email protected]
Joanne Yaffe Doctoral Fellowship
Department deadline: November 18, 2025
Submit electronically to Laura Thomas [email protected]
This award is to support research expenses for doctoral students. Preference will be given to students in the School of Social Work Joint Doctoral Program whose research is on improving the quality of social work interventions.
John F. Longres Award in Psychology or Sociology
Department deadline: November 20, 2025
Submit electronically to Laura Thomas [email protected]
This award is to provide an annual scholarship to one or more School of Social Work doctoral students who are joint with Psychology or Sociology whose research focuses on social psychological issues as they relate to social work practice with individuals families, groups, communities, organizations or policy.
December
(Rackham) Barbour Scholarship
Department deadline: December 20, 2025
Submit electronically to Todd Huynh [email protected]
Clara P. and Larry E. Davis Scholarship
Department deadline: December 6, 2025
Submit electronically to Laura Thomas [email protected]
This award is given to a PhD student whose research focuses on poverty and social justice.
Harold T. and Vivian B. Shapiro Prize
Department deadline: December 17, 2026
Submit electronically to Laura Thomas [email protected]
This note announces an award available to new and continuing students in the Joint Interdisciplinary Doctoral Program. To be eligible for the award, a student must be in good standing and show distinguished achievements in the Joint Doctoral Program.
*Please note that this award alternates yearly between PhD and MSW students
Joint Doctoral Program Grant
Department deadline: December 13, 2025
Submit electronically to Laura Thomas [email protected]
This award is available to new and continuing students in the Joint Interdisciplinary Doctoral Program. To be eligible for the award, a student must be in good standing and show distinguished achievements in the Joint Doctoral Program.
Office of Global Activities Doctoral Grants for International Research
Department deadline: December 20, 2025
Submit electronically to Laura Thomas [email protected]
Grants are made available to students in the School of Social Work’s Joint Doctoral Program and are intended to support international research initiatives. Students are selected based on their past work, current Doctoral studies, research plans, and future career goals. Students must be in good academic standing to apply for this award.
Rackham Predoctoral Fellowship
Department deadline: December 20, 2025
Submit electronically to Todd Huynh [email protected]
The Rackham Predoctoral Fellowship supports outstanding doctoral students who have achieved candidacy and are actively working on dissertation research and writing. We seek to support students working on dissertations that are unusually creative, ambitious, and impactful.