About Us

Our Collaborators

A long-standing partnership with a number of community agencies serving older adults in the Chicagoland area enables the Kott Gerontology Scholars Program to sustain a consistently high level of education and training to interns. Partner agencies that host Kott Scholar interns provide an array of assessment, coordination, direct services, advocacy, case management, wellness programs, and legal services to support older adults and their families. Several partner agencies have been designated by the Illinois Department on Aging as Case Coordination Units (CCU). While KGSP partners with a core set of host agencies each year, host agencies may change year to year based on the availability of internship opportunities and applicant disciplines and/or focus areas.

Submissions

Please click the button below for the Kott Gerontology Scholars Program online application for the 2023-2024 school year. We encourage advanced degree students of all abilities, and racial, ethnic and identity backgrounds to apply.

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Partner & Host Agencies

The Kott Gerontology Scholars Program exists today because of the generous support of the The Russell & Josephine Kott Memorial Charitable Trust and our partner agencies which have been an integral part of the program since its inception. The following partner agencies regularly host–and often hire–Kott Scholar interns:

Aging Care Connections (La Grange)
Center for Disability and Elder Law (Chicago)
DuPage County Senior Services (Wheaton)
North Shore Senior Services (Northfield)
Oak Park Township Senior Services (Oak Park)
Palatine Township Senior Citizens Council (Palatine)
Pathlights (Palos Heights)
Age Options (Oak Park)
Rush University Healthy Aging Services

Alternative internship sites have included but are not limited to:

Central DuPage Hospital Behavioral Health (Windfield)
Central Baptist Baptist Village (Norridge)
Schwab Rehabilitation Hospital (Chicago)

Many agencies in the Chicagoland area provide high-quality older adult services and offer internship experiences. KGSP will continue considering additional nonprofit host agencies working with and/or on behalf of older adults, meeting quality and supervision-related criteria and demonstrating their capacity to provide a supportive and meaningful internship experience.

Host agencies receive a stipend of $4,500 per Scholar to help offset direct and supervision related costs. Beginning in the 2023-24 school year, KGSP will be executing agreements with its host agencies.

Please email Lisa Peters-Beumer at kottapplications@kottinstitute.org with questions.