Master of Social Work Stipends
Financial aid for your MSW degree
In addition to scholarships, stipends help supplement the cost of your education. At GSSW, we offer several stipend opportunities in discipline areas such as child welfare, aging and behavioral integrated health. If awarded a stipend, you must dedicate one to two years of service in Colorado after graduation.
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$520,000 The Graduate School of Social Work awards $520,000 in stipends each year.
CLIMB Stipends
The Collaborative Learning and Innovative Educational Models of Behavioral Health Program (CLIMB) is a behavioral health workforce program that provides MSW students in their specialization year a stipend and specialized training.
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@DU 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: June 1, 2025
Title IV-E Child Welfare Stipend
In partnership with the Butler Institute for Families and the Colorado Department of Human Services, we offer 20 child welfare stipends ranging from $12,000 -$14,000 so you can effectively serve families who use public child welfare services. Students who receive a stipend must commit one year of post-graduation employment with a Colorado county or the tribal department of human/social services in a child welfare position.
Child Welfare Stipend Application Information
- Program Eligibility: students in the Denver Campus, Four Corners and Western Colorado MSW programs
- Application Deadline:
Round 1: Early March each year
Round 2: Early May each year
GeriCare Everywhere Stipend
In partnership with the University of Colorado Anschutz Division of Geriatric Medicine, we offer two, $10,000 GeriCare EveryWhere stipends to students who are passionate about a career working with older adults and their families. Students who receive a stipend must contractually agree to practice in a geriatric setting in Colorado for a minimum of two years after graduation.
GeriCare Everywhere Stipend Application Information
- Program Eligibility: Denver Campus, Four, Corners, Western Colorado, and Online MSW students with Colorado residences
- Student Eligibility:
- Engage in up to 1 hour per week of synchronous virtual instructional learning and 1 hour of asynchronous of learning activities with other medical, dental occupational therapy, physical therapy, nursing, physician assistant students on age-friendly health care.
- Dedicate 2 hours per week of your concentration field internship to clinical learning objectives related to age-friendly health care.
- Attend interdisciplinary clinical rotation for each discipline that involves immersive training with other interdisciplinary fellows and site visits for about 4 hours per month.
- Participate in the annual geriatric conference through CU’s Multidisciplinary Center on Aging.
- Application Deadline: July 1, 2025
Mutual Aid Fellowship
For students interested in community mutual aid, we offer six $5,000 fellowships. Students participate in a weekly field seminar plus field placements at agencies including Lifespan Local, Angelica Village and Mutual Aid Mondays.
Mutual Aid Fellowship Application Information
- Program Eligibility: students in the Denver Campus MSW programs
- Student Eligibility: admitted Denver Campus MSW Program and Denver Campus Advanced-Standing MSW Program students
- Application Deadline: June 30, 2023
Want to learn more about how to apply for GSSW stipends?
CLIMB@DU Partnerships
Improving Community Health
With a $1.9 million grant, GSSW and community partners statewide are working to address a shortage of behavioral health providers in rural and medically underserved areas.
Integrating CO Healthcare
The Graduate School of Social Work and Clinical Associate Professor Michael Talamantes are helping to guide a Colorado initiative to improve health outcomes through integrated behavioral health and primary health care.
Application Information
Upcoming Start Term: Summer 2025 Denver Campus Advanced-Standing MSW Program
