Application for general department scholarships and awards opens February 1st, 2026. Deadline to apply is February 28th, 2026.

The Psychology Department Scholarship Committee annually awards graduate scholarships and honorary awards to doctoral students based on academic excellence, merit, and other criteria. Only students who are currently enrolled in the doctoral program are eligible to apply. The availability and amount of each award is determined annually.

***These awards require the recipient to abide by the graduate credit hours at the time of the award being received. For example, if you are enrolled in 9 credit hours at the time of applying, you still need to meet the 9 credit hour enrollment when it is awarded if it is a requirement of the award.

    • Anna Wright Memorial Scholarship

    • Frank Collins Memorial Scholarship

    • Rogers Academic Career Award in Clinical Psychology (RACA)

    • Rogers Excellence Award in Clinical Psychology (REA-CP)

    • Outstanding Dissertation Award

    • Outstanding Thesis Award

    • Outstanding Scholarly Publication Award

    • Sidna L. Leavenworth Scholarship

Eligibility

    1. Students must be a doctoral student in good standing in the Department of Psychology at the time of application.
    2. Students must be currently enrolled at UNT.
    3. Each scholarship has its own set of eligibility criteria. (See description of each scholarship) for full eligibility requirements for each award.
    4. Students awarded scholarships must sign the Scholarship Agreement and provide a thank you letter to the scholarship donor, as well as a short biography and narrative of accomplishments.

How to Apply: (See description of each scholarship)

Complete the Application Cover Page (See description of each scholarship) and submit the form and other application materials together in an email to PSYC-grad@unt.edu.

Students may apply for up to three scholarships. If you have won a specific award in the past, then you are not eligible for that award.

Please note that the application package must include specific items based on the individual award. The required documents are listed below each award. Incomplete applications will not be considered.

Application for general department scholarships and awards open February 1st, 2026. The deadline to apply is February 28th, 2026

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Advanced Graduate Student Awards

Application for the three scholarships for advanced graduate students (who do not have other funding) opens February 1st, 2026. The deadline to apply is February 28th, 2026.

Click HERE for application instructions and cover page for the following three scholarships:

    • $1,000 Advanced Scholar Award (Ray W. Johnson Counseling Psychology Scholarship Fund)
    • Charlotte Friedersdorff-Boyd Memorial Scholarship-Graduate Student Award

 

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