MSW students, consider this The Harry Bridges Center for Labor Studies requests proposals for the 2025 and 2026 Graduate Student Labor Research Grants, including the Charles Bergquist labor research grant. 

Grants of up to $5,000 are available to graduate students, from all UW campuses, whose proposed research is significant to the interdisciplinary field of labor studies. Applicants must plan on being active in the 2025-2026 academic year. 

The deadline for all application materials is February 27th, 2025. Please send all materials, including the letter of support, to Rachel Erstad at rerstad@uw.edu by 11:59 p.m. on February 27th. 

Required application materials include: 

• Completing this application form.
• A proposal that should not exceed 1000 words or 4 double-spaced, typed pages (12 pt. font).
• A brief cover letter including contact information: email, mailing address, and phone number
• A separate budget detailing how the requested funds would be spent and, if applicable, how this support would supplement other funds, fellowships, and grants.
• A brief letter of faculty support to accompany each application. The letter should be emailed directly from the letter’s author to the Bridges Center at rerstad@uw.edu by the application deadline.

More information is linked here. 

If you have any questions, please reach out to Rachel at rerstad@uw.edu. 

MSW and BASW students pursuing human rights related research or projects, please consider this funding opportunity with the UW Center for Human Rights.

The UW Center for Human Rights has funding for students working on human rights related projects! Funds are open to students across all three UW campuses, US citizenship or permanent resident status not required, with applications opening up February 10 – March 17, 2025. Funds are dispersed during spring quarter 2025. Join an upcoming info session to learn more.

There are three main funds students can apply to...

1) The Osheroff and Clark Fund provides financial resources for…

• Undergraduate and graduate students 
• Priority to projects focusing on promoting social change through direct action 
• Approximately $4,700 available to distribute 

2) The Mack and Mayerfeld Fund provides financial resources for…

• Graduate students 
• Priority to study and/or research about human rights 
• Approximately $10,000 available to distribute 

3) The Dr. Lisa Sable Brown Fund provides financial resources for…

• Graduate students 
• Priority given to research that advocates for the abolition of modern day slavery in its many forms
• Approximately $10,000 available to distribute 

You can find more info on our website here, including registration for upcoming info sessions about the funding, and reports from past fund recipients.