More than half the students at Western Carolina University receive some type of financial aid including: scholarships or grants which do not have to be repaid; loans, usually long-term and low interest, to be repaid after the student leaves college; and employment, often in work related to the student's field of study. The federal work-study program has provided many biology majors with part-time jobs while giving them laboratory and/or field research experience. Both teaching and research assistantships are available for graduate students. Further information can be found in the Undergraduate and Graduate catalogs.

Within the Biology Department, six scholarships are available each year to continuing undergraduate biology majors. These scholarships are the:

• Anastasia ‘Stacy’ O’Connell Research Scholarship ($1,500)
• Biology Department Scholarship ($1,000)
• Don Yopp Scholarship ($1,000)
• J. Gerald Eller Scholarship ($500)
• Ramsey Family Scholarship (one year in state tuition)
• Rice Family Scholarship ($1,000)

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Further information about scholarships can be obtained from Dr. Sabine Rundle.