Funds
Social Work-Continuing Education
Provides support for scholarships, which allow access to cutting edge research and practices to new practitioners and recent graduates when attending may be cost prohibitive.
Student Success Fund
The Graduate School’s Grad Student Success program creates community and provides support for graduate students from every background. Through targeted programming and peer connection, we help ensure that all students have what they need to thrive and complete their degrees successfully.
Summer Research Fellowships
These fellowships ensure timely degree completion in disciplines where summer funding is not available.
The Caroline H. and Thomas S. Royster Jr. Graduate Fellowship Fund
Established in 1996 by the visionary Dr. and Mrs. Thomas S. Royster, The Royster Society of Fellows is the premier doctoral recruitment fellowship program at the Carolina. As a member of the Royster Society of Fellows, graduate students become part of an exclusive community that extends beyond their time at the University.
The Graduate School Fund for Experiential Learning
This fund provides stipends for graduate students, ensuring that financial constraints do not hinder their ability to pursue experiential learning opportunities in non-academic settings.
The Hortense McClinton Legacy Scholarship
Provide support for students interested in pursuing a social work degree to do so with limited debt, which honors the first Black faculty member at Carolina.
The Iris Carlton-LaNey Scholarship Fund
Provides support for MSW students who are pursuing careers as social work professionals in the areas of social justice and racial equity.
The Louise Coggins Pathways Scholarship
This fund was established to provide scholarship support to Bachelor of Social Work students at the UNC School of Social Work.
The School of Social Work Scholarship Fund
Provide support for dozens of scholarship funds to help students. Some are designated for students who meet certain criteria — for example, a student who lives in a particular county or a student who is pursuing a particular career in social work.
The School of Social Work Social Justice Fund
Provides support for students who enhance racial and cultural diversity.