Finding funding for education, training and research can be a challenge. This section can help. It is intended to simplify the search process for those in the social work community seeking scholarships, fellowship, and grant opportunities.

The information here has been made possible with funding from the John A. Hartford Foundation and was compiled by the Association for Gerontology in Higher Education, an educational unit of The Gerontological Society of America (GSA). For ease of use, funding opportunities are broken into categories. Click on the appropriate category for more detailed information.

• New Funding Opportunities
  • Check out a list of the most recent program and funding opportunities.
  • The Institute for Geriatric Social Work provides financial and technical support to social work education programs (BSW and MSW) and NASW state chapters to initiate training in aging or expand existing efforts. For more information on IGSW's Training Incentive Program (TIP) and GeroRich Training Initiative, click here.
  • The American Psychiatric Foundation will recognize two recipients with an award in the amount of $5,000. The awards will recognize psychiatrists and other mental health professionals and mental health programs that have undertaken innovative and supportive efforts to raise awareness of mental illness in minority communities, the need for early recognition, the availability of and cultural barriers to treatment; increase access to quality mental health services for minorities; and improve the quality of care for minorities, particularly those in the public health system or with severe mental illness.
  • Exploratory/Developmental Research Grant offered by the National Institutes of Health.
  • Grant opportunity offered through the Small Research Grant Program of the National Institutes of Health.
  • Internship opportunities offered through the National Academy for Social Insurance
  • Funding Opportunities in the NIH grant and fellowship programs
    
  
  
• General Resources
  • Online Resources
  
  
• Students
  • The Institute for Geriatric Social Work provides financial and technical support to social work education programs (BSW and MSW) and NASW state chapters to initiate training in aging or expand existing efforts. For more information on IGSW's Training Incentive Program (TIP), click here.
  • Scholarships, Fellowships, and Grants for Students in Social Sciences, Healthcare, and Political Science
  • Scholarships, Fellowships, and Grants for Students in Clinical Medicine, Bio-medical Sciences, Pharmacology, and Nursing
  
  
• Post-Docs, Faculty & Researchers
  • Grants and Awards for Post-Docs, Faculty, and Researchers in Social Sciences, Healthcare, and Political Sciences
  • Grants and Awards for Post-Docs, Faculty, and Researchers in Clinical Medicine, Biomedical Sciences, Pharmacology, and Nursing

July 1, 2008