The Psychology Department is pleased to award annually scholarships to approximately twelve Honours Psychology students for outstanding academic achievement, as funds permit.
The top student in Honours Psychology receives the Currie Scholarship, which is based on one of the oldest donations at the University of Waterloo.
The Psychology Memorial Awards honour:
- Dr. Richard H. Walters, founding Chair of the Psychology Department and an eminent scholar in the field of child development.
- Dr. M. Philip Bryden, a long-time faculty member and highly respected researcher on brain lateralization.
- D. Amoroso
- K. Bowers
- M. Briedenbaugh
- Z. Kunda
Recent recipients are:
2023
Bryden winners:
- Julia Needham
- Katie Plant
- Matthew Yeung
- Megan Hudson
- Megan Hughes
- Micah Alexander Little
Walters winners:
- Alina Wirth
- Amy Howard
- Gerold Song
- Kate McCrimmon
Currie winner:
- Imogen Sloss
Stephen Huss winner:
- Yashika Berry
2022 (awarded in 2023)
Bryden winners:
- Betina Butler
- Amy Howard
- Layla Hussain
- Rose Kaur
- Kate McCrimmon
- Gerold Song
- Adriana Wong
Walters winners:
- Kartiki Bhatnagar
- Abbagail Edington
- Nicholas Lee
- Iris Xing
Currie winner:
- Zak Ibrahim
2021 (awarded in 2022)
Bryden winners:
- Xiaojia Hu
- Karen Kumar
- Iris Xing
Walters winners:
- Garima Gupta
- Serena Laverty
- Fatma Turker
- Arfan Shahriyar
- Raquel Medeiros
- Rosalynn Aiken-Hall
- Brooke McLeod
- Jenna Sonoski
- Shu Yan Pan
- Katie Ashcroft
- Isabelle Weigel-Mohamed
- Gabi Woodside
Currie winner:
- Aliya McNeil
2020 (awarded in 2021)
Bryden winners:
- Bianca Boboc
- Olivia Davitt
- Isabelle Weigel-Mohamed
- Katie Ashcroft
- Trisha Wong
Walters winners:
- Monica Grove
- Amanda Pileggi
- Serena Tran
- Venus Ho
- Jessica Huang
- Spencer Rose Ericson
- Vrushti Trivedi
- Aliya McNeil
- Xinyi Liu
- Shelby Lynn Firth
- Sarah Ann Dargie
- Kaitlyn Crook
- Leah Liu
- Jake Riley Novick
Currie winner:
- Allison Leung
2019 (awarded in 2020)
Bryden winners:
- Kaitlyn Crook
- Max Bergelt
- Sarah Dargie
- Katherine Fry
- Garima Gupta
- Jessica Huang
- Serena Laverty
- Leah Liu
- Xinyi Liu
- Arfan Shahriyar
- Nicole Stuart
- Serena Tran
- Vrushti Trivedi
Walters winners:
- Zoe Andres
- Peter Diberardino
- Tansyn Hood
- Meaghan Hymers
- Mathew Pugh
- Molly Scarfe
- Laura Thomson
Currie winner:
- Monica Grove
2018 (awarded in 2019)
Bryden winners:
- Maximilian Bergelt
- Venus Ho
- Tansyn Hood
- Jessica Huang
- Meaghan Hymers
- Kori Sockett
- Nicole Stuart
Walters winners:
- Safa Bajwa
- Erin Kim
- Haley Morrison
- Raphael Nosakhare
- Matthew Pugh
- Nathan Roth
- Sarah Southcott-Whyte
- Emma Tran
- Le Wang
- Trinity Wojcik
Currie winner:
- Abbigail Kinnear
2017 (awarded in 2018)
Bryden winners:
- Bronte Smith
- Colin Connors
- Samantha Fowler
- Laura Howes
- Steven Lien
- Emma Tran
- Sabrina Yacoub
Walters winners:
- Macarena Bigolin-Rovillard
- Melissa Grubb
- William Hartwig
- Lane Huggett
- Vincent Koo
- Aurelia Negulescu
- Alexandra White
- Alanna Wilkins
Currie winner:
- Madeline Crichton
2016 (awarded in 2017)
Bryden winners:
- Jade Chan
- Jessica Edwards
- Varsha Gobin
- Meagan Koufis
- Qian Lam
- Sally Lu
Walters winners:
- Jesse Baeyens
- Lana Bibi
- Sachi Dow
- Kimberlee Friesen
- Sean Griffin
- Hillary Hanniman
- Margaret Michaelis
- Hillary Parent
- Taylor Riemersma
- Rebecca Stephens
- Judit Szabo