MSW Program

The Fund will provide support for MSW students with preference given to students who are first in their families to earn a college degree.

Application Deadlines:

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

The Detroit Scholars Program prepares MSW students to work within organizations and communities that provide services to underserved racial and ethnic minority children, adolescents, transitional age youth, adults, and their families living with physical and behavioral health conditions. The SSW, in collaboration with the Detroit Wayne Mental Health Authority, will provide a specialized inter-professional behavioral health education and training program.

The Detroit Scholars Program addresses

This scholarship will provide support to MSW students who are committed to working on behalf of people with intellectual, physical, and/or developmental disabilities in order to support their full inclusion and participation in their community.

This fund will provide support to MSW students who have financial need and are currently in a field placement.

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.

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

Provide financial support to MSW students with field placements at University of Michigan Athletics Counseling.

No separate application required.

The MEM Centennial Endowed Scholarship Fund was created to provide support to MSW students who have demonstrated interest in providing direct services to children, youth and families with a focus on preservation of family stability, foster care and adoption of older children, sibling groups or otherwise hard-to-place children. Preference will be given to students who have a field placement at Spaulding for Children and/or those who have lived experience in the child welfare system.

• MEM Centennial Endowed Scholarship Application

Application Deadline, October 19, 2026 @ 12 Noon

The Milton Carthens Memorial Scholarship was created to honor the life of Milton "Milt" Carthens, as well as his love for social work and the University of Michigan. It is made possible by the NFL Player Care Foundation and his wife, Pamela Carthens, to provide support for MSW students.

• Milton Carthens Memorial Scholarship Application

Application Deadline, October 19, 2026 @ 12 Noon

Preference is for former U-M athletes pursuing an MSW who have demonstrated experience in, or commitment to, working with historically underserved or underprivileged populations and who strive to help people become their best possible selves. Award goes toward tuition & fees.