Top Virginia scholarships for you

Established in 1972, the Tuition Assistance Grant Program (VTAG) is designed to assist Virginia residents who attend accredited private, nonprofit colleges and universities in Virginia for other than religious training or theological education. The priority system is as follows: Category 1: Returning students who received a VTAG award in the previous fiscal year. This category includes transfer students who received a VTAG award in the previous fiscal year at another institution. Category 2: New and re-admit students who are eligible for fall or fall and spring term awards and who apply for the VTAG program by July 31, 2024. This category also includes returning and transfer students determined to be eligible in the previous fiscal year, but not awarded. Category 3: New and re-admit students who are eligible for fall or fall and spring term awards and who apply for the VTAG program between and including August 1 and September 14, 2024. Category 4: All students eligible for spring term awards only (except those who received the award in the previous fiscal year), and who apply by December 1, 2024. Completed applications must be submitted to the financial aid office of the student's institution on, or before, July 31 prior to the fall semester of enrollment. Applications submitted after July 31, but no later than December 1, will be considered for an award only if funds are available.

MANTS, an association formed from the state nursery and landscape associations of Maryland, Virginia, and West Virginia, has established this scholarship with the Horticultural Research Institute (HRI) with the belief that the strength and future success of the horticulture industry lies in the solid education of today's students. Through this scholarship, MANTS will provide scholarship opportunities to qualified students to help ensure the continuity of the nursery and landscape profession. Attendance at an institution within the MANTS member states is not mandatory. Applicants must have at least a junior standing in a four-year curriculum or senior standing in a two-year curriculum as of the fall semester of scholarship application year. Applicants must be enrolled in good standing. Applicants must have a minimum overall GPA of 2.7, and a minimum GPA of 3.0 in their major. Preference will be given to applicants who plan to work within the industry (including nursery operation; landscape architecture, design, construction, or maintenance; interiorscape; horticultural distribution; or retail garden center) following graduation. Previous Carville M. Akehurst Memorial Scholarship award winners are eligible for additional funding and may reapply for the scholarship. Applicants must submit two letters of recommendation. Please visit the scholarship's website or contact the Horticultural Research Institute for more information.

The purpose of the Virginia Guaranteed Assistance Program is to provide an incentive to financially needy students now attending elementary and secondary school in Virginia to raise their expectations and their academic performance and to consider higher education an achievable objective in their future. The law requires that the awards to undergraduates be proportional to need so that the students with the greatest need receive the largest awards. UnderGraduate Student must be admitted into a college or university in an approved degree, certificate, or diploma program; and be a Virginia student as determined by (1) meeting domiciliary resident of Virginia, (2) meeting the military dependent requirements, or (3) meeting the Tuition Equity provision requirements. Students must also be a graduate from a Virginia high school or complete a program of home school. If a home school completer, they must have a SAT verbal and math combined score of at least 980 or ACT Composite score of at least 19; be in compliance with federal Selective Service registration requirements; and have applied for financial aid. This program does not have a separate application; students must complete the FAFSA or VASA application to be considered. The application and awarding processes are administered by the financial aid office at each Virginia public college or university. Please contact the financial aid office at the college you plan to attend for application procedures and deadlines.

The Bayly Tiffany Scholarship was created by the will of Mrs. Evelyn May Bayly Tiffany, who passed away in May 1929. This scholarship provides support to Academic, Law, and Medical students who are residents of Accomack or Northampton counties. Students may visit the scholarship's website or contact Student Financial Services for more information and inquiries about the application.

The George W. Jenkins Scholarship is a four-year scholarship offered to first-year Emory students based on academic merit, financial need, and a sincere interest in service and enhancing community engagement. Recipients receive 8 semesters of funding. Applicants must be graduating from a high school within an eligible state. Students who will apply for admission at Emory university are required to submit two letters of recommendation from their core-area academic Teaching. Please visit the scholarship's website or contact the Office of Financial Aid for more information.

The Arthur R. & Pinkie Giesen Memorial Scholarship provides assistance to deserving students, preferably those who are residents of the New River Valley. Applicants must demonstrate leadership qualities. They must not be nor ever have been, on disciplinary probation or suspension from any academic institution of higher education.

The Washington DC Metro Alumni Chapter is open to current high school graduates accepted to AAMU, students currently attending AAMU and pursuing a degree, and students from Maryland, Virginia, the District of Columbia, and Delaware. The scholarship is primarily based on scholarship merit, financial need, and evidence of leadership. The Scholarship is granted for one academic year and it is allocated equally for Fall and Spring Semesters.

The Margaret Groseclose Skelton Scholarship is open to underGraduate Student from Smyth County, Virginia, enrolled in the College of Liberal Art History and Human Sciences. Please visit the scholarship's website for more information.

The East Tennessee State University Presidential Scholarship will be awarded to students who must have earned both the minimum GPA and the minimum ACT or SAT scores. Applicants must be residents of Tennessee or one of the eligible border counties in North Carolina and Virginia. Scholarships are renewable for a total of 8 semesters if all requirements are met. Please visit the scholarship's website for more information.