PhD Funding

We offer a generous multi-year funding package of up to five years, including tuition, paid stipends, and health care.

• PhD students are funded through a combination of tuition scholarships, and research and teaching assistantships.
• While you gain hands-on research and teaching experience, assistantships supported by the School of Social Work are paid as stipends during the eight-month academic year.
• Throughout the doctoral program, additional funding is available to our students who present at professional conferences, are engaged in research as part of their coursework, incur dissertation-related expenses, and enter the job market.
• You are also encouraged to apply for additional sources of funding from within and outside Boston University.
• Previously, students in our program have received competitive pre-doctoral fellowships from organizations such as the Doris Duke Foundation and the Council on Social Work Education.
• Students may also fill out a FAFSA and apply for federal aid through the Office of Financial Aid.