MSW Program Grants and Scholarships

This fund was created by an anonymous donor and provides assistance for MSW students in the aging and families in society practice area. The awards are designed to help address students' professional needs, including areas such as membership dues and conference-related expenses. This award is provided to enrolled students.

Please note that no separate financial aid application is required.

Deadline: mid-February

A global independent study offers students the ability to design a global social work opportunity in a foreign country while earning 1-3 elective credits. Accepted students receive a $2,500 scholarship to offset the cost of travel.

* This is a highly recommended funding source for Global students. Typically one or more MSW students receive funding from this source annually.

Global Independent Study

The National Association of Black Social Workers offers various scholarships to NABSW members.

National Association of Black Social Workers

Application Deadlines:

• Early Application: December 1
• Priority Application: February 1
• Final: March 1

The Child Welfare Scholarships are awarded to incoming on-campus full-time MSW students who are interested in becoming child welfare specialists. Special consideration will be given to students who have had personal life experience within the child welfare system and/or are interested in working with the Native American community. The purpose of the program is to train committed specialists in child welfare. Following graduation, child welfare specialists have worked as child welfare social workers, therapists working with maltreated children, program managers, community organizers, and policymakers. Please click the following link for more information.

Child Welfare Scholarship Program and Application Information

The Rosemary Sarri Endowed Scholarship was established by gifts from alumni and friends to honor Rosemary Sarri, PhD, on her retirement from her distinguished teaching and research career at the UM School of Social Work. Dr. Sarri generously matched these contributions to double the amount of the fund. This award provides two scholarships, one for students in the MSW program and one for the students in the Joint PhD Program who have interest in community change, policy and political social work, management and leadership or program evaluation and applied research. Preference is given to students with financial need.

• An application for MSW students will be available in Fall 2025.
• Rosemary Sarri Endowed Scholarship Application for Joint PhD Program
  (Deadline: December 9, 2024. Submit electronically to Laura Thomas [email protected])

Application Deadlines:

• Early Application: December 1
• Priority Application: February 1
• Final: March 1

The Community Scholars program engages on-campus students with a specialized interest in community change work. Community Scholars follow one of two tracks: Community-Based Initiative (specialized focus on community change in Detroit) or National Community Scholars (specialized focus in national community change placements). On-Campus students are welcome to express an interest in both tracks; however, it is only possible to be accepted into one track.

As one of our Community Scholars Programs, the purpose of the National Community Scholars Program (NCS) is to prepare professionals for enabling young people and adult allies to create community change.

National Community Scholars will gain skills to organize groups for social action, plan programs at the local level, advocate for socially just policies, and develop community-based services.

National Community Scholars Program and Application Information

This scholarship will provide support to MSW students who have strong financial need and who plan to pursue clinical social work.

To provide an annual need-based scholarship to support MSW students in the School of Social Work, with a preference for students with an interest in criminal justice, early intervention, and prevention or alternatives to incarceration.