Many Berkeley Social Welfare students have been successful at securing extramural funding through additional university, public, and privately sponsored fellowships.
Extramural awards are made from a variety of outside funding sources, including government agencies; professional and alumni organizations; private foundations; and corporations. We actively encourage all graduate students to apply for extramural funding, particularly doctoral students seeking dissertation support.
The process of identifying, researching and applying for external fellowships and awards can be lengthy and time-consuming - begin your search as early as possible! Following is a partial list of extramural funding resources, and awards previously given to Berkeley Social Welfare students.
Funding Search Resources
- Berkeley Graduate Division List of National Fellowship Databases
- Berkeley Library Guide to Funding Sources for the Social Sciences
- Human Rights Campaign LGBTQ+ Student Scholarship Database
- Nationally Coveted College Scholarships, Graduate Fellowships and Postdoctoral Awards
- Peterson's Scholarship Search Engine
- Philanthropy News Digest Requests for Proposals (RFPs) - notices of funding opportunities
- UCLA Graduate & Postdoctoral Extramural Support (GRAPES) Database
Doctoral Funding Programs and Awards
- Berkeley Graduate Division Fellowships and Awards
- Berkeley Center for Latin American Studies Grants and Opportunities
- Berkeley Institute of Governmental Studies Fellowships
- Berkeley Institute of International Studies Graduate Fellowships
- Berkeley Institute for the Study of Societal Issues Graduate Fellows Program
- Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality (AHRQ) Research Training (R36) and Education Grants
- Alcohol Research Group Pre- and Post-Doctoral Fellowships
- American Association of University Women (AAUW) Fellowships and Grants
- American Educational Association (AERA) Minority Dissertation Fellowship in Education Research
- Council on Social Work Education (CSWE) Minority Fellowship Program (MFP) - Doctoral Students
- Fahs-Beck Fund for Research and Experimentation Doctoral Dissertation Grant Program
- Harry Frank Guggenheim Emerging Scholar Awards (formerly Dissertation Fellowships)
- Horowitz Foundation for Social Policy Grants for Research in Social Policy
- Institute for Citizens and Scholars Fellowships for Scholars
- Inter-American Foundation (IAF) Grassroots Development Fellowship Program
- National Association of Social Workers (NASW) Doctoral Fellowships
- National Institute of Justice Graduate Research Fellowship Program
- Roy Scrivner Memorial Research Grant - LGBTQ-focused
- Social Science Research Council (SSRC) Fellowships and Opportunities
- Society for Social Work and Research (SSWR) Doctoral Fellows Award
- Soroptimist Founder Region Fellowship Grant for Doctoral Women
- University of California Global Health Institute GloCal Health Fellowship
- University of California Humanities Research Institute (UCHRI) Grants
Masters Funding Programs and Awards
- Berkeley Graduate Division Fellowships and Awards
- California Department of Health Care Access and Information (HCAI) Advanced Practice Healthcare Scholarship Program (APHSP)
- Council on Social Work Education (CSWE) Minority Fellowship Program (MFP) - Master's Students
- Diana Ming Chan Bilingual Social Work Scholarship
- John E. Martin Fellowship
- National Association of Social Workers (NASW) Consuelo W. Gosnell MSW Scholarship
- National Association of Social Workers (NASW) Verne LaMarr Lyons MSW Scholarship
Any Student Funding Programs and Awards
- American Indian College Fund
- Asian and Pacific Islander American (APIA) Scholars Scholarships
- Association of Latina and Latino Social Work Educators (ALLSWE) Scholarship
- Association on American Indian Affairs Native Scholarship Program
- Sylvia Bracamonte Memorial Scholarship
- California Association for Postsecondary Education & Disability (CAPED) Scholarships - for students with disabilities
- California Professional Society on the Abuse of Children (CAPSAC) Paul Crissey Graduate Student Research Grant
- California Society for Clinical Social Work (CSCSW) Jannette Alexander Foundation Scholarship
- Cobell Scholarship - for enrolled Federally-Recognized Tribal Members
- Davis-Putter Scholarship Fund
- Diversity Abroad Scholarships & Fellowships
- The Educational Foundation, IOOF Christine Smith Graduate Studies Scholarship
- Hispanic Scholarship Fund (HSF)
- Human Rights Center Student Fellowships - Berkeley Law
- Indian Health Service Health Professions Scholarship
- Markowski-Leach Scholarships - for LGBTQ individuals
- The Melanie Foundation Scholarship in Mental Health
- Patsy Takemoto Mink Education Foundation
- NAACP Scholarships, Awards & Internships
- Native Forward Scholars Fund
- Perez Research Fellowship - Bright Research Group
- Point Foundation National LGBTQ Scholarship Fund
- Policy Research, Inc. Graduate Student Research Small Grant Program
- Prism Foundation Scholarships - API and LGBTQIA+ communities
- The Leopold Schepp Foundation
- Scholarships for Development - for international students
- Scudder Association Foundation Educational Grants