Noteworthy
Dexter Voisin appeared on WTTW's Chicago Tonight as a member of a panel discussing gun violence.
See the Segment
SSA's US News Ranking: The School of Social Service Administration has solidified its US News & World Report ranking at number 3 among graduate schools of Social Work.
Read the report
Breast Cancer in Black Women May be Connected to Neighborhood Conditions: Path-breaking project led by Sarah Gehlert, Director of the Center for Interdisciplinary Health Disparities Research at the University.
Read the press release
Featured Events
Professional Development Program
Summer Schedule now online
Rhoda G. Sarnat Lecture
Eileen D. Gambrill, Berkeley School of Social Welfare, The University of California
June 7th: Alumni Weekend
Doctoral Program Funding and Research Support
Funding
Doctoral students receive significant funding to ensure that they are able to immerse themselves in the program. Funding for the first four years includes full tuition and fees. Students in the first two years will also receive a $15,000 research assistantship for work with an SSA faculty member for 10-12 hours per week. In their third and fourth years, students will receive a $12,000 teaching assistantship in exchange for work as a TA or lecturer in one course each year. Students in years five and beyond will receive an 82 percent tuition benefit.
Office of Grants and Research
In addition to institutional support, SSA students have been very successful in obtaining competitive fellowships (such as the CSWE Fellowships for Minority Students, Illinois Consortium for Educational Opportunity Program Fellowships, NIH Dissertation awards).
The SSA Office of Grants and Contract provides support in the following areas:
- Funding Opportunity Searches
- Proposal Planning and Development
- Central Administration/Sponsor Liaison
- Award Administration
- Financial Management/Coordination of Financial Reports to Sponsors
