Please help us continue to offer and expand the scholarships we offer!

Your donation will go THREE TIMES AS FAR with this amazing matching opportunity! The Merle Prim scholarship is available to students who are Psychology or Behavioral Neuroscience majors and have a demonstrated financial need. Our goal is to grow the endowment to increase the scholarship offering. This year, a special 2 for 1 match for this scholarship will make your donation have an even greater impact thanks to generous anonymous donors who are Western alumni and former students of Professor Merle Prim! 

Here’s how it works: Every $1 you give will be increased by a factor of two! For example, your $100 donation will receive $200 in 2X matching funds, resulting in a total donation of $300! Please join us in showing appreciation for these anonymous donors by giving your donation today and helping us achieve the goal of the $10,000 Merle Prim Scholarship matching funds challenge!

The Department of Psychology Faculty and Staff have established a special matching fund that will make your donation go farther! Our goal is to have 25 donations to any psychology scholarship or fund during Give Day 2022. Once 25 donations are received to any psychology scholarship or fund on Give Day, then $2,160 in matching funds contributed by the Psychology Faculty and Staff will be unlocked. 

These matching funds will support student research and conference presentations. Student participation in research activities and attendance at professional academic conferences is vital as they learn about and make contributions to the field, and for when applying for employment and graduate school.

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