Annual Conference Sponsorship
A long-standing tradition of the GADE Annual Conference has been for Deans and Directors of member institutions to support the conference in the form of sponsorships. Please view the sponsorship opportunities document below to see sponsorship levels and the corresponding benefits. If your school or department would like to support the GADE Annual Conference this year, you can do that now by completing the Sponsorship Commitment Form below. We greatly value all support!
2025 Sponsorship & Advertising Opportunities
2025 GADE Annual Conference
April 2-4, 2025
Hosted by the Howard University School of Social Work
Washington, District of Columbia
Conference Overview
The GADE Annual Conference brings together over 120 social work doctoral programs representing more than 100 higher education institutions within the United States and Canada. The conference is attended by PhD and DSW program directors from member institutions and invited guests from our partner organizations. Sponsors are invited to contribute to defer costs of the conference for program directors and support GADE initiatives advancing social work doctoral education.
Choose a sponsorship level below or reach out to design your own! We welcome partner or collaborative schools to join together for Gold and Silver sponsorship levels.
*Please contact Dr. Jonathan Okstad at info@gadesocialwork.org if you have any questions.
Choose a sponsorship level below or reach out to design your own! We welcome partner or collaborative schools to join together for Gold and Silver sponsorship levels.
About GADE
The Group for the Advancement of Doctoral Education in Social Work (GADE) is an organization of more than 100 social work doctoral program directors from member institutions. Founded in 1977, our mission is to promote excellence and equity in social work doctoral education through networking, capacity building, and stewardship of the profession. Toward that end, members share knowledge and resources that support innovation and excellence in doctoral education for developing and existing programs; promote the development of doctoral students in all their diversity and publicly recognize their achievements and contributions to the profession; and represent and promote the interests and concerns of social work and social welfare doctoral programs in the larger profession. Since 1992, GADE has strived to codify and unify these goals and principles in its Quality Guidelines for PhD Programs in Social Work. gadesocialwork.org
Additional Terms:
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GADE Website Sponsored Ad is available for sponsors to have a rotating ad for program recruitment, faculty recruitment, and more to be shared on the GADE website pages for a period of 4 months.
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Complementary Conference Registration must be used during the 2025 conference and cannot be substituted for already paid conference registration, unless prior to February 15, 2025. Benefit cannot be carried forward to future conferences.
- Complementary Job Posting on the GADE Job Board must be used by December 31, 2025 and posted for 60 days.