Funding Opportunities

Manage the business of your education  

Funding your education is an exercise in adulthood, giving you life skills experience. IUB has many resources to help you understand and participate in the process of managing your education.

Student Central offers helpful information about applying for financial ad, beginning with the first step of filling out the Free Application for Federal Student Aid (FAFSA) form. When you file your FAFSA, you’ll be applying for most of the financial aid offered, including loans, grants, work-study, and some scholarships. For priority awarding, be sure to fill out a new FAFSA between October 1 and April 15.

Financial Support for your studies

There are many options available to help fund your undergraduate experience. In addition to scholarship opportunities offered by Indiana University and the College of Arts and Sciences, you might find employment in a work-study position or paid internship.

The College of Arts and Sciences, of which Psychological and Brain Sciences is a part, offers more than 350 scholarships and awards to students. Incoming students who are directly admitted to the College of Arts and Sciences with Psychological and Brain Sciences as their intended major may be eligible for a number of merit-based scholarships within the College.

High achieving students may also be recognized for Academic Excellence in the College of Arts and Sciences, or be eligible for admission to the Hutton Honors College.

Indiana University also offers many resources to help you fund your education. Visit the Office of Scholarships website for information on these and other opportunities.

Students must have submitted General Application in IU Scholarships and provided any required documents by deadline to be considered for awards.

Fall Awards Deadline: October 18, 2024

Spring Awards Deadline: February, 20, 2025

Students are recognized at the J.R. Kantor Undergraduate Honors and Awards Ceremony in the Spring for receiving the following awards.

Beatrice Van Dusen Memorial Scholarship 

  • Students apply in Fall and the scholarship is awarded the following Spring
  • Required documents: 
    • CV

Cheryl B. Buhler Memorial Fund

  • Students apply in Fall and the scholarship is awarded the following Spring
  • Required documents: 
    • CV
    • Research abstract

David R. Barkmeier, Ph.D. Award

  • Students apply in Fall and the scholarship is awarded the following Spring
  • Required documents: 
    • Research abstract
    • CV

Emma Mumper Memorial Scholarship in Psychological and Brain Sciences

  • Students apply in Spring and the scholarship is awarded the following Fall
  • Required documents: 
    • CV
    • Research abstract   

J.R. Kantor Memorial Fund

  • Students apply in Fall and the scholarship is awarded the following Spring
  • Required documents: 
    • CV
    • Research abstract

PBS Diversity Enhancement Fund Award

  • Students apply in Fall and the scholarship is awarded the following Spring
  • Required documents: 
    • Personal statement

Richard M. Shiffrin Psychological and Brain Sciences Student Support Fund 

  • Students apply in Fall and the scholarship is awarded the following Spring
  • Required documents: 
    • None

Sharon Stephens Brehm Spring Undergraduate Excellence in Research Award

  • Students apply in Fall and the scholarship is awarded the following Spring
  • Required documents: 
    • Research abstract

Sydney Marie Brotheridge Scholarship in Psychological and Brain Sciences

  • Students apply in Fall and the scholarship is awarded the following Spring
  • Required documents: 
    • CV
    • Research abstract

Work-study employment

Not-for-profit businesses actively seek students with work-study funding to fill their part-time positions. This federally sponsored program covers 75% of your paycheck, with your local employer responsible for the rest.

Because work-study is a federally sponsored program, international students are not eligible for work-study jobs. However, immigrants who are permanent residents of the United States are eligible to apply.

Find out which local community service organizations offer work-study employment to students.

The Hutton Honors College offers Pre-Professional Internship Grants for eligible students.