Scholarships & Awards

Scholarships and awards are available to psychology majors at the departmental, college, and university levels.

College of Liberal Arts (CLA) and University of Minnesota (UMN) Scholarships 

Find scholarships you qualify for using the Undergraduate Scholarship Search tool. Other scholarship opportunities include:

Department of Psychology Scholarships & Awards 

These are open to declared psychology majors only. 

  • Psychology Engagement Awards: These donor awards support undergraduates completing unpaid hands-on experiences in the local, national, or international community.
  • Mortensen Travel Awards & Mortensen Research Awards: Travel awards are available for students presenting a poster or paper at an undergraduate research conference or a professional psychological conference. Research awards may only be used for research projects undertaken in collaboration with a psychology faculty or psychology adjunct faculty member. 
  • Academic and Study Abroad Scholarships: Several academic scholarships and one learning abroad scholarship are available each year.
  • Patricia Frazier Overcoming Obstacles Scholarship: Psychology faculty member, Dr. Patricia Frazier, created this fund to help Psychology Majors who have demonstrated persistence and academic success while overcoming a significant life circumstance.
  • Dr. Chad J. Marsolek Memorial Fund: This scholarship honors the legacy of a distinguished UMN Psychology scientific researcher and educator. This fund supports students pursuing a psychology degree focused on cognitive psychology who demonstrate a balance of academic excellence and financial need.
  • Brothen Family Scholarship: Dr. Brothen aims to support the next generation of Brothen scholars by providing a financial need and academic merit scholarship specifically for Minnesota transfer students.
  • Sharon Borine Capstone Award: This gift acknowledges Psychology undergraduate seniors each Fall and Spring semester whose submissions for their Capstone course are of the highest quality.
  • Sharon Borine Top Honors Thesis Award: This gift acknowledges one undergraduate senior each Spring whose honors thesis is of the highest quality.

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