Hartford Pre-Dissertation Award Program in Geriatric Social Work

Pre-Dissertation Award Program

Funded by The John A. Hartford Foundation of New York City
Administered by The Gerontological Society of America
Co-sponsored by the Association for Gerontology Education in Social Work (AGE-SW).

60 Hartford Pre-Dissertation Awardees from 22 States & 38 Universities

• About the Program
• Pre-Dissertation Roster *New*
• Application Packet (PDF File)
• Data Summary Sheet (Word File)
  (This file can be completed and e-mailed to jmeashey@geron.org, and the full application should be mailed in.)

For information about the Hartford Doctoral Fellows Program, Click Here.

About the Program

The major program components:

• Travel Expenses and registration to attend the Gerontological Society of America (GSA) Annual Scientific Meeting in National Harbor, Maryland (Just outside of Washington, D.C.) November 21-25, 2008 and to the GSA Annual Meeting in November, 2009 (location and exact dates TBA).
• Attend Pre-Conference Institutes at GSA to enhance research and grant writing skills
• Membership to AGE-SW and GSA
• Attend AGE-SW related activities at GSA
• Meet and network with Hartford Doctoral Fellows and Hartford Faculty Scholars

Program Objectives:

• Expose more doctoral students to Gerontological Social Work Research
• Expand the number of social work doctoral dissertations that identify and examine a set of research questions that seek to improve the health and well-being of older persons and their families
• Enhance the likelihood of writing a successful grant application to the Hartford Doctoral Fellows program

Program Eligibility:

• Applicant must be enrolled in a full-time doctoral program in the United States
• Applicant must be at the Pre-Dissertation stage
• Applicants must secure the sponsorship of a faculty member in their doctoral program. This sponsor will write a letter of recommendation on behalf on the applicant.
• Applicant must be a United States citizen or have a permanent alien status
• More than one applicant from a given doctoral program may be selected

For more information and about this program please contact:

Principal Investigator and National Program Director of Hartford Doctoral Fellows:James Lubben, DSW, MPH

Co-Director of Hartford Predissertation Awardee Program:

Carmen L. Morano, Ph.D.
Associate Professor
Hunter College School of Social Work
Senior Faculty Fellow
Brookdale Center on Aging
129 East 79th Street
New York, NY 10021
Email: cmorano@hunter.cuny.edu
Phone: 212-452-7036
Fax:   212-452-7150

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July 1, 2008