Graduate Student Award

Applications are now open for the QTT Grants Program - Graduate Student Award.

The 2023 - 2024 applications for the Qualified Treatment Trainee (QTT) Graduate Student Award are now open until July 21, 2023, 11:59 pm. If you have any questions regarding the program please contact qttgrants@uww.edu.

About the Qualified Treatment Trainee (QTT) Graduate Student Award

Qualified Treatment Trainee (QTT) Graduate Student Awards are intended to relieve financial barriers experienced by graduate QTTs completing unpaid and underpaid internships as part of their clinical graduate programs in a Wisconsin accredited social work, counseling, or marriage and family therapy program.

Awards will be given directly to graduate students to support their clinical internship completion, with the long-term goal of increasing licensed behavioral health professionals across Wisconsin.

The graduate student intern should be familiar with their respective graduate program and the agency hosting their internship for the application and award process. If your internship agency has not yet been assigned, you can still apply. However, you should update your application when it is assigned, otherwise it will be treated as though it is outside of Wisconsin.

Applications to receive this one-time, $5,000 award are open now through July 21, 2023 at 11:59 pm.

Who can apply?

• You must answer “yes” to one of the following:
  • Wisconsin resident
  • Graduate student enrolled at an accredited college or university with a primary physical location in Wisconsin
  • Completing an internship at an agency or clinic physically located in Wisconsin
• You must answer “yes” to all of the following:
  • Current graduate student in good standing in an accredited social work, counseling, or marriage and family therapy program
  • Completing a clinical internship (e.g., internship, field placement, clinical practicum, )
  • Clinical internship period begins no later than January 31, 2024
  • Clinical internship period ends no earlier than June 27, 2023
  • Clinical internship is an unpaid or underpaid position
    • This means $5,000 or less. This includes the approximate gross hourly wages, stipends, or other forms of compensation associated with completion of your internship house over the entire course of your internship
  • Have not received this award during previous rounds

 

Preference will be given to applicants who are: Wisconsin residents who are actively completing their unpaid internships providing services to Wisconsin residents and who are enrolled at colleges or universities with a primary physical location in Wisconsin. Click here for the accredited program list by college/university. If your internship agency has not yet been assigned, you can still apply. However, you should update your application when it is assigned, otherwise it will be treated as though it is outside of Wisconsin.

 

What information or documentation is helpful to have before I apply?

• Internship agency information
• Information verifying your status as a graduate student completing a clinical internship
• You will be asked to write original 300 to 500-word statements on the benefits or impact of receiving the award

What do I have to do to receive my award?

• Verify your clinical internship status
• Complete basic financial paperwork
• Complete activities related to your identity formation as a mental health practitioner, experiences, and internship learning opportunities

How will I be notified if I received the award? UW-Whitewater will notify awardees via email and through the application portal. The financial implications of receiving a grant award should be reviewed individually with your university’s financial aid office and/or tax preparation services.

 

Graduate Student Award Timeline
Application deadline	7/21/2023
Award notification	8/10/2023
Non-UW students submit financial paperwork	8/14/2023 – 8/25/2023
Grant awards disbursed	9/2023

 

Additional questions? Please contact qttgrants@uww.edu

 

Funding for the QTT Graduate Student Award is made possible through the Wisconsin Department of Health Services, Division of Care and Treatment services (DHS/DCTS) with authority under the U.S. Department of Treasury Coronavirus State & Local Fiscal Recovery Funds Award 21.027 and in coordination with University of Wisconsin – Whitewater’s Center for Inclusive Transition, Education and Employment (CITEE) with the support of the QTT grants program advisory committee.