Giving matters
Your generous support of the Department of Family Social Science is more critical than ever, helping us retain the very best scholars and students. Gifts for undergraduate scholarships help attract and retain promising students while easing the burden of rising tuition. Support for graduate fellowships enables the department to compete nationally and internationally for top graduate students, enhancing our research.
You make us great
The Department of Family Social Science continues to rank as one of the leading departments in the country. Advancing the traditions of innovative applied scholarship allows us to recruit the best young faculty and graduate students in the field, broadening the scope of our research while enriching both undergraduate and graduate education.
What your gift can do
Your tax-deductible support for the Department of Family Social Science helps us attract and retain the very best scholars and students even as state funding declines. It gives our faculty resources for enlarging knowledge and understanding in childhood trauma, citizen engagement, couple and family therapy, and financial well-being.
Quote from Chalandra Bryant
This fellowship provides me with an opportunity to meet with and talk with Dr. Boss on a regular basis about my work. I have been able to incorporate ambiguous loss in studies that I’m conducting.
Choose a fund
- Kathryn K. Rettig Fellowship (#20600)
- ADAPT and Family Resilience Fund (#8038)
- Ambiguous Loss Visiting Scholar Fund (#7645)
- David H. and Karen Olson Marriage and Family Fellowship (#1920)
- David Olson Doctoral Dissertation Fellowship (#5816)
- Family Social Science Strategic Initiative (#2748)
- Friends of the Family Assistantship (#3911)
- Jan Hogan Fellowship (#5734)
- Jean Illsley Clarke Fellowship for Parent Education (#1374)
- Jean W. Bauer Family Economics and Policy Fellowship (#8922)
- Neubeck/Maddock Scholarship (#2191)
- Ott International Student Fellowship Fund (#1883)
- The Parent Education Fund (#6221)
- Shirley Zimmerman Fund (#5487)
Learn more
To learn more about ways to give, email the CEHD Office of External Relations at cehdexrl@umn.edu or call 612-625-1310.