Scholarships provide additional financial support for eligible students. Through the UWM Foundation and the generosity and vision of friends, alumni and faculty, the Helen Bader School of Social Welfare has established scholarships for the benefit of its students.
The 2023-2024 Scholarship Application is now open! You can apply for UWM scholarships by submitting your application through the UWM Panther Scholarship Portal. Completing the general application will also make you eligible for scholarships outside of the Helen Bader School of Social Welfare. Completing the Helen Bader School of Social Welfare application will make you eligible for our scholarships specifically. Please make sure to complete both applications! Students will be notified about awards in early spring. *ROTC scholarships are separate from HBSSW and have different deadlines.
- Ann Aversa Memorial Scholarship
- Undergraduate Student: $1,000
- Demonstrated financial need
- Demonstrated interest in or commitment to promoting equity, inclusion or social justice for women/womyn
- Open to all UW-Milwaukee students
- Barbara Atchison Community and Organization Leadership Scholarship
- MSW Student: $2,000
- Interest in a career in community and organizational leadership
- Nontraditional Student
- Helen Bader Age & Community Scholarship
- Undergraduate and Graduate: Amount varies
- Pursuing Graduate Certificate in Applied Gerontology, Undergraduate Certificate in Healthy Aging, or Social Work Minor in Aging
- 3.0 or higher GPA
- Junior or senior standing for undergraduate applicants
- Creative Corrections Education Foundation Scholarship
- Undergraduate
- Student with an incarcerated parent or parent on parole
- Open to all UW-Milwaukee students
- Dean’s New Freshman Scholarship
- Undergraduate: Min. $1,000
- Newly admitted freshman
- Full-time enrollment for fall
- 3.5 or higher GPA
- Social Work or Criminal Justice & Criminology major
- This is an auto-match opportunity. You will be automatically considered based on your completed General Application in the Panther Scholarship Portal.
- Irene Frye Scholarship for Gerontology
- MSW student: Min. $3,000
- Demonstrated interest in Gerontology
- Financial need considered
- A nontraditional student or member of an under-represented group
- Greater Milwaukee Association of Realtors Youth Foundation Scholarship
- Undergraduate and Graduate: Min. $1,000
- Social Work or Criminal Justice & Criminology student
- Interest in career working with youth
- Academic merit
- Financial need considered
- Harry and Esther Kovenock Award
- Undergraduate: $1,000
- Social Work student; Senior standing in Fall 2022
- Academic merit
- Financial need considered
- This is an auto-match opportunity. You will be automatically considered based on your completed General Application in the Panther Scholarship Portal.
- Judy Kramer Scholarship for Bilingual Students
- Undergraduate and Graduate: Min. $1,000
- Social Work major
- Fluent in more than one language
- Demonstrated commitment to working in the U.S. in a setting needing bilingual social workers
- Max and Kay Kurz Scholarship
- MSW student: Min. $1,000
- This is an auto-match opportunity. You will be automatically considered based on your completed General Application in the Panther Scholarship Portal.
- Marcelena Lemanski Memorial Scholarship
- MSW student: Min. $1,000
- Interest in career in family social welfare
- National Organization of Black Law Enforcement Executives (NOBLE)
- Undergraduate: Min. $1,000
- Member of under-represented racial minority group with a preference for African-Americans
- Junior or senior standing in Fall 2022
- 2.5 or higher GPA
- Financial need considered
- Interest in working in a correctional or criminal justice agency
- The Pitman Scholarship
- Undergraduate and Graduate: Min. $1,000
- Social Work or Criminal Justice & Criminology student
- 2.5 or higher GPA
- Financial need considered
- This is an auto-match opportunity. You will be automatically considered based on your completed General Application in the Panther Scholarship Portal.
- Aileen Rockjordan Scholarship
- MSW student: Min. $1,000
- 3.0 or higher GPA
- Demonstrated commitment to promoting cultural diversity in delivery of social services
- Members of under-represented racial minority groups
- Financial need considered
- Kathleen Scheller Memorial Scholarship
- Undergraduate: Min. $1,000
- Social Work major
- Nontraditional student (40+ years)
- Financial need considered
- Karin Schmidt Nontraditional Student Scholarship
- MSW student: Min. $1000
- Previous employment or volunteer experience
- Noncontinuous student with a substantial gap in his/her educational timeline
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- Carole Stewart and Family Scholarship
- MSW student: $1,000
- Interest in career in behavioral mental health or children and family services
- Academic merit considered
- Stan Stojkovic Criminal Justice Scholarship Fund
- Undergraduate and Graduate: Min. $1,000
- Criminal Justice & Criminology student
- 2.5 or higher GPA
- Financial need considered
- This is an auto-match opportunity. You will be automatically considered based on your completed General Application in the Panther Scholarship Portal.
- Robert L. Stonek Memorial Award
- Undergraduate and Graduate: Min. $1,000
- Criminal Justice & Criminology major
- This is an auto-match opportunity. You will be automatically considered based on your completed General Application in the Panther Scholarship Portal.
- Stowell Associates’ Scholarship Fund for Care Management
- MSW Student: Min. $1,000
- Academic Merit
- Financial need considered
- Demonstrated interest in pursuing a career in care management
- This is an auto-match opportunity. You will be automatically considered based on your completed General Application in the Panther Scholarship Portal.
- Lynde B. Uihlein Scholarship
- MSW student: Min. $1,000
- 3.0 or higher GPA
- Financial need considered
- This is an auto-match opportunity. You will be automatically considered based on your completed General Application in the Panther Scholarship Portal.