CLIMB Stipends
The Collaborative Learning and Innovative Educational Models of Behavioral Health Program (CLIMB) is a behavioral health workforce program that provides 50 MSW students in their concentration year a $10,000 stipend and specialized training.
There are two types of CLIMB stipend awards:
CLIMB@DU Stipend
Climb@DU is a Behavioral Health Workforce Education and Training Program (BHWET) Stipend. MSW students complete field internships in an integrated behavioral health setting and are committed to working in integrated behavioral health in Colorado or the Four Corners region after graduation.
CLIMB-OWEP Stipend
CLIMB-OWEP is an Opioid Workforce Expansion Program (OWEP) Stipend. MSW students complete field internships with interprofessional organizations designed to help meet the behavioral health needs of people in high-need and medically underserved communities who have—or are at risk for—opioid use disorder and other substance use disorders, including children, adolescents and transitional-age youth.
CLIMB@DU and CLIMB-OWEP Application Information
- Program Eligibility: students in the Denver Campus, Four Corners and Western Colorado MSW programs
- Student Eligibility: current students completing their concentration curriculum.
- Application Deadline: late June each year