Every year the ABE chooses a second-year graduate social work student for the Judith Holm Memorial Student Award. The organization gears it for clinical social workers and named it after the group's first acting president. The prize amounts to $2000 and applicants must compete for it by writing an essay. Winning essays follow the ABE's formatting and editing guidelines. They chronicle how the students have helped clients in their field practica. They will describe the process the student used in assisting the client. The essays should not focus on theory, but practice, although students should refer to a list of theoretical approaches, provided by the ABE, that the student considered while forming a way to deal with the client's problem. Also, their field supervisors should read and approve the essays before submitting it for the award application.
American Board of Examiners
27 Congress Street, Suite 501
Salem, MA 01970
800-694-5285
abecsw.org
Although ACS focuses grant money on cancer research, it also provides college aid for students preparing to serve cancer patients. To schools of social work that have a cancer patient concentration, it awards $10,000 to give to students, $2000 for faculty. Applicants must prove they are US citizens, or residents of US territories. Applications are reviewed by a board of 12 to 25 members, with at least 3 members who are involved in the student's area of focus. If the grant application passes review, the grant will be paid to the institution at which the social work student attends, once a year, although to the student's benefit. ACS warns that they will not deal with tax responsibilities on the grant, and it is the responsibility of anyone who receives it to pay taxes.
American Cancer Society
250 Williams Street, 6th Floor
Atlanta, GA 30303
404-329-7558
cancer.org
Along with other grants, the NASW awards one in honor of Consuelo W. Gosnell, for master's social work students who plan to work with, or have a special connection with, indigenous peoples on this continent, or Hispanics or Latinos. Any student working in volunteer or grassroots groups in the U.S. may be considered. Gosnell himself worked in many government agencies fighting for the rights and well-being of both people groups in U.S. borders. Ten scholarship awards, each valued $1000 to $4000, are given in memory of his legacy. The student recipients should be members of the NASW, and should have applied to or been accepted into a master's of social work program. The grant application will require professional references (not clients or family members), a short biographical essay, and an optional explanation why the student needs the financial aid.
NASW Foundation
750 First Street, Suite 700
Washington, DC 20002
202-408-8600
naswfoundation.org