Master of Social Work Degree
Distance Education Option
for
Neighbor Island Residents

Financial Aid Possibilities

Note: Financial Aid options presented below differ slightly from those available to Mānoa Campus MSW students. If you are a distance education student, be sure you use the list below as your starting point. If you are a Mānoa Campus MSW student, see the list at:

http://www.hawaii.edu/sswork/msw-aid.html

1. UHM Financial Aid Services

2. Myron B. Thompson School of Social Work Administered Financial Aid

3. Additional Sources of Financial Aid

The American Association of University Women provides fellowships and grants for women in a number of different categories each year. These include fellowships for international applicants as well as for women who are seeking to re-enter the work force, a career change, or career advancement. Write to:

AAUW Educational Foundation
1111 16th Street, N.W.
Washington, D.C. 20036

Local applicants may also contact:

Pacific Fellowship Committee AAUW
Honolulu Branch
1802 Ke'eaumoku Street
Honolulu, HI 96822

The Barbara Alice Mower Memorial Scholarship offers grants for women residents of Hawaii who are committed to using their education to help other women, especially women of Hawaii. Scholarship is for use in graduate study and is not renewable. Amount: $1,000-$3,500. Applicant must be enrolled or expecting to enroll full-time at a university; female and resident of Hawaii. Available to U.S. citizens. Application Requirements: Application, essay, references, transcript. Deadline: May 1. Contact:

Nancy A. Mower
1536 Kamole Street
Honolulu, HI 96821
(808) 373-2901
E-mail: nmower@hawaii.edu.

The Japanese Women's Society of Honolulu awards a number of scholarships in gerontology each school term to graduate students who are interested in working with the elderly, and with the diseases and conditions common among the aged. For more information, contact:

The Center on Aging
University of Hawai`i
1960 East-West Road, Biomed C-106
Honolulu, HI 96822

The Hawai`i Community Foundation administers a number of scholarship funds that are primarily available to residents of Hawai`i. More information on each of the scholarship funds and application forms can be obtained by writing to:

SCHOLARSHIPS
Hawai`i Community Foundation
900 Fort Street Mall, Suite 1300
Honolulu, HI 968l3.

Kamehameha Schools administers scholarships for graduate students of Hawaiian or part-Hawaiian ancestry through the Ke Ali`i Pauahi Foundation Post High School Counseling and Scholarship Program. For more information and application forms, write to the main office at:

Kawaihao Plaza
567 S. King Street
Honolulu, HI 96813
(808) 842-8216 or
(800) 842-4682, ext. 8216

Kaulele Scholarship Support for Native Hawaiian Students:

Kamakakuokalani
2645 Dole Street
Honolulu, HI 96822
(808) 945-1560

The Native Hawaiian Leadership Project provides scholarships for graduate students of Hawaiian or part Hawaiian ancestry. For more information and application forms, contact the main office at the UHM Center for Hawaiian Studies at (808) 845-1564.

The Native Hawaiian Center of Excellence lists financial aid and scholarship resources for graduate students of Hawaiian or part-Hawaiian ancestry. For more information, contact them at:

Native Hawaiian Center of Excellence, MEB
John A. Burns School of Medicine
University of Hawaii
651 Ilalo St.
Honolulu, HI  96813-5534
(808) 692-1040

The Native Hawaiian Health Scholarship Program is for graduate students of Hawaiian or part-Hawaiian ancestry. For more information, write to:

Papa Ola Lokahi
Native Hawaiian Health Scholarship Program
345 Queen Street, Suite 706
Honolulu, HI 96813
(808) 585-8944

The East-West Center, a nonprofit educational corporation, awards a number of grants and fellowships each year directed toward fostering intercultural understanding and research on issues with international implications. Graduate social work students are eligible for grants and fellowships particularly through the Institute for Culture and Communication and the Open Grants Program. For more information and application forms, write to:

Award Services
East-West Center
1777 East-West Road
Honolulu, HI 96848

Women's Independent Scholarship Program , Inc. : Program provides educational assistance for workers in the field of domestic violence.