TY - JOUR
T1 - An Opportunity for Social Work Researchers
T2 - Climbing Out of Educational Loan Debt
AU - Burnette, Catherine E.
AU - McCleary, Jennifer S.
PY - 2014/7
Y1 - 2014/7
N2 - Objectives: Recruitment of the needed doctoral level social workers is impeded upon when doctoral graduates experience greater educational debt burden, modest salaries, and limited opportunities for student loan debt repayment. The purpose of this article is to describe a promising opportunity to reduce doctoral level social workers' educational debt, the National Institutes of Health Loan Repayment Program (NIH LRP). Methods: Based on the authors' experiences in applying for the NIH LRP, we outline the major components of the program and discuss its usefulness-not only in its potential for loan forgiveness but also in outlining an early career trajectory.Results:The NIH LRP has the potential to provide instrumental support across multiple dimensions for early career PhD-level social workers.Conclusions:The NIH LRP application process requires the thoughtful consideration and planning necessary to achieve a successful early career experience for doctoral social workers to conduct research on social work practice.
AB - Objectives: Recruitment of the needed doctoral level social workers is impeded upon when doctoral graduates experience greater educational debt burden, modest salaries, and limited opportunities for student loan debt repayment. The purpose of this article is to describe a promising opportunity to reduce doctoral level social workers' educational debt, the National Institutes of Health Loan Repayment Program (NIH LRP). Methods: Based on the authors' experiences in applying for the NIH LRP, we outline the major components of the program and discuss its usefulness-not only in its potential for loan forgiveness but also in outlining an early career trajectory.Results:The NIH LRP has the potential to provide instrumental support across multiple dimensions for early career PhD-level social workers.Conclusions:The NIH LRP application process requires the thoughtful consideration and planning necessary to achieve a successful early career experience for doctoral social workers to conduct research on social work practice.
KW - academic career planning
KW - educational loan debt
KW - federal programs
KW - loan repayment
KW - social work research
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U2 - 10.1177/1049731513520237
DO - 10.1177/1049731513520237
M3 - Article
AN - SCOPUS:84903693347
SN - 1049-7315
VL - 24
SP - 491
EP - 494
JO - Research on Social Work Practice
JF - Research on Social Work Practice
IS - 4
ER -