Joint PhD Program

The IMPACT Awards honor outstanding students, faculty, staff and student organizations who are committed to uplifting our community and advancing the School’s mission. The awards are presented annually by the School’s Flourish Office.

Student IMPACT Award: PhD Student Nico Juárez

We welcome you to join us for dinner at the SSW as we introduce our Fall 2026 potential doctoral students. We hope that you can join us to connect and network with them.  Please indicate on the form if you intend to bring any guests, we encourage you to come as you are able throughout the evening.

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Department deadline: September 30, 2025
Submit electronically to Laura Thomas [email protected]

This award is in memory of Joseph Veroff and Katherine Pavelka Luke. It provides students with the funds to create a Conversations Across Social Disciplines event. The event will focus on key social issues that affect both social work and social science disciplines.

Deadline: February 15, 2026
This student-initiated application must be submitted directly to Rackham.

The Rackham Graduate School announces the 2024-25 Rackham International Research Awards (RIRA) to support doctoral and master’s students conducting degree-related research outside the United States and Puerto Rico. There is no preference for particular fields of study and Rackham and the International Institute aim to fund a diverse array of students and projects.

This student-initiated application must be submitted directly to Rackham.

The Rackham Graduate Student Research Grant is designed to support Rackham graduate students who need assistance to carry out research that advances their progress toward their degree.

Rackham Graduate Student Research Grant

This student-initiated application must be submitted directly to Rackham.

Rackham deadline: March 4, 2026
This student-initiated application must be submitted directly to Rackham

Department deadline: December 20, 2025
Submit electronically to Todd Huynh [email protected]

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.

Rackham Predoctoral Fellowship

Rackham deadline: October 16, 2025
Submit electronically to Rackham