Applications for the UW School of Social Work Workforce Development Initiative grants are now closed for the 2024–2025 academic year. Please contact us at sswwdi@uw.edu if you have any questions. 

This is a helpful checklist that summarizes the steps below for future applicants.

Application Steps 

Please note, current UW-Seattle students may skip Step A and start at Step B.

Step A (Applicable only for incoming students): Submit UW-Seattle School of Social Work MSW Application (Open now for the 2024–25 academic year).

  • By 1/16/2024, 11:59 p.m. PT for full-time Day Program and Advanced Standing Program applicants, and priority deadline for MSW Extended Degree Program applicants.
  • By 2/15/2024, 11:59 p.m. PT for part-time Extended Degree Program applicants.

Step B (Applicable for all applicants): Submit FAFSA or WASFA application.

  • This grant is based on unmet financial need. Regardless of status, you must submit the WASFA or FAFSA to be considered for WDI. 
  • International or DACA students should use the WASFA application.

Step C: Complete the WDI application via the WDI State Portal:

  • Applications open Dec. 15, 2023 for the 2024–2025 academic year.
  • Submit by March 1, 2024 for all applicants.

WDI State Portal Instructions

  1. Enter the application portal and create a profile.
  2. Begin your application and select “UW-Seattle” (If you are completing multiple school applications, you must individually apply for each WDI program).
  3. Complete all short-answer essays adhering to the suggested word counts. 
    After completing the WDI State Portal application, you may be contacted by a UW-Seattle School of Social Work program coordinator to clarify any questions regarding your application.

NOTE: If you do not complete and submit all the following steps by their respective deadlines, you will not be considered for the Workforce Development Initiative for the 2024–25 application round.