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Funds

Graduate Student Support Fund

Provides support to graduate students in the UNC School of Education to allow them to immerse themselves in their studies and pursue work that holds the promise of transforming education thinking and practice.

MSW Practicum Scholarships

Provides support for stipends to MSW students completing their required internships, often relieving them of the need for outside work for pay. 

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.

The Carol and William Malloy Endowed Travel Fund

Provides support to graduate students with travel expenses incurred while sharing their research at education conferences.

The Dean E. Smith Scholarship Fund

Provides support to a student or students enrolled in the UNC School of Education who plan to make a career as teachers in elementary or secondary schools.

The Genevieve and Thomas Arnold Educator Support Expendable Fund

Provides support for licensure exam fees, internship travel stipends, and professional development opportunities for future educators at the UNC School of Education.

The Gerald Unks Fund

Provides resources to areas of need in the UNC School of Education community. Often this includes valuable funding to support undergraduate and graduate student travel for internships, fellowships and academic or professional conferences.

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 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.