Alumni Association Awards

The University of Virginia Alumni Association administers more than 250 different scholarships ranging from modest stipends to full tuition, room and board. Many of these scholarships are available through an application process independent of the University’s financial aid process. In 2021–22, these scholarships provided more than $2.8 million in aid to more than 450 students across Grounds.


Important Tips & Guidelines

Spring scholarship applications open on Wednesday, February 1.

  • Applications must be received by 5 p.m. Eastern Time on the date they are due and must be submitted through AwardSpring.*
  • Students who already have an account on AwardSpring do not need to create a new account.
  • You must be enrolled full-time at UVA during the semester(s) in which the scholarship is paid. Money will not be retroactively applied to previous semesters.
  • All scholarships will be divided over two semesters unless indicated. Anyone planning to graduate after one semester may only receive one semester of the award.

Questions about AwardSpring? Check out our FAQs here.

* The following scholarships are not handled through AwardSpring:  the Sky Alland Scholarship, the Rehan Baddeliyanage Memorial Scholarship, and the William W. W. Knight and Beverley Randolph Knight Scholarship.

Scholarship Amount Due Links

The Richard H. Aulebach Scholarship

  • Incoming 1st year students
  • Enrolled in the College of Arts & Sciences
  • from the Westchester/Fairfield Alumni Chapter Region
  • Need
  • Good Character
  • Community Service
  • Love for UVA

$15,000 Summer

Details

Leslie Baltz Art Study Fund

  • Current 2nd or 3rd year students
  • Major in Art History or Studio Art
  • Summer/Semester/J term/ Year studying abroad in Italy

$1,500 Spring

Contact the art department.

Robert Adams Bradford Scholarship

  • Current 1st, 2nd and 3rd year students
  • Must be in the College of Arts & Sciences
  • Intellectualism
  • Leadership/ Citizenship
  • New England (CT, NH, MA, ME, RI, VT) or Wisconsin

$10,000 Spring

Details

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Sean N. Bryant Memorial Scholarship

  • Current 3rd year students
  • Academic Merit
  • Speaking for and representing voices traditionally not heard
  • Intellectual interests
  • Leadership in service

$4,500 Spring

Details

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Christopher L. Kness Memorial Scholarship

  • Current 3rd year students
  • Enthusiasm
  • Joy of work well done
  • Friendship

$1,750 Spring

Details

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Shawn Michael Bryant Memorial Scholarship

  • Current 3rd- or 4th-year Commerce student
  • Love for UVA
  • Community Service
$3,500 Fall

Details

Apply

Dr. Everett W. Butler OD Memorial Scholarship

  • Current 3rd and 4th year students
  • Majoring in the sciences
  • Resident of Virginia, Pennsylvania or North Carolina
$6,000 Fall

Details

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Elizabeth Rose Coggins Scholarship

  • Current 2nd and 3rd year female engineering student
  • Minimum 2.5 cumulative GPA
  • Leadership
  • Sense of humor
  • Loyalty to friends
  • Service to others
$11,000 Fall

Details

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T. Rodney Crowley, Jr. Scholarship

  • Current 3rd year students
  • Leadership
  • Sportsmanship
  • Integrity
  • Good-natured spirit

In-state tuition Spring

Details

Kenneth L. and Lorraine M. Harkavy Scholarship

  • Current 3rd year students in Pre-Med or Nursing
  • Merit
  • Science major
  • Scholarship in both science and the arts considered

$10,000 4/10/2023

Details

Glenn D. Kirwin Scholarship

  • Current 2nd and 3rd year students
  • Leadership, determination
  • Generosity and wisdom
  • Entrepreneurship
  • Capability for original and creative thought

$30,000 Spring

Details

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Ann O’Brien Leone Scholarship

Current UVA students who demonstrate:

  • Broad intellectual interests
  • Leadership
  • Scientific research
  • Undergraduate
  • Preference given to course of study that leads to a career in pharmacological research
$1,500 Fall

Details

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Patrick Sean Murphy 9/11 Memorial Scholarship

  • Current 2nd and 3rd year students
  • Academic achievement
  • Leadership, citizenship
  • Contribution to student life

$13,000 Spring

Details

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Kelly O’Hara Memorial Fund

  • Current 3rd year women
  • Minimum 2.8 GPA
  • Enthusiasm for God
  • Service to others

$30,000 Spring

Details

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Dana H. Rowe Scholarship

  • Open to students in one of the following schools and years:
    • College of Arts & Sciences: Current 2nd- or 3rd-year undergraduate students
    • School of Architecture: Current 1st-year graduate students
    • School of Law: Current 1st year students
  • Merit
  • Need
  • New England (CT, ME, MA, NH, RI, VT)
  • Contributions to student life
  • Future active alumna/alumnus

$9,000 Spring

Details

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Candice M. Ruff Memorial Scholarship

  • Current 2nd and 3rd year students
  • Psychology, Spanish and Religious Studies majors
  • Merit
  • Christian Leaders and service to others
  • Contributions to UVA
  • Spiritual, mental, physical self-development

$8,500 Spring

Details

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TASC (The Alumni-Student Cooperative)

Twenty awards of $2,500 each will be given.

  • Current 1st, 2nd or 3rd year students
  • Leadership
  • Merit
  • Need
  • Service to UVA and Charlottesville community
  • 20 awards will be given

$2,500 Spring

Details

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Sky Alland Scholarship

  • Current 3rd year students
  • Enterprising Spirit
  • Leadership
  • Achievement
  • Humility
  • Devotion to the University

Full tuition and fees, plus stipend Spring

Details

Legacy Scholarship

  • Incoming 1st year students
  • Admitted to UVA
  • Legacy (father, mother, step-parent, or legal guardian earned a degree from UVA)

$5,000 4/12/2023

Details

The Rev. Paul C. Deckenbach Memorial Award

Current 2nd or 3rd year student meeting any of the following criteria:

  • Major or minor in Philosophy
  • Major or minor in Religious Studies
  • Member of the Episcopal Church
  • Merit
  • Need
  • Demonstrated concern for improving the lives of the disadvantaged

$8,000 Spring

Details

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Melissa Holland Memorial Scholarship

  • Current 1st, 2nd or 3rd year students
  • Fairfield County or Westchester County
  • Merit
  • Need
  • Community Service

Varies Spring

Details

Apply

Sherri King Memorial Scholarship

  • Current 2nd or 3rd year female student
  • Demonstrated excellence in mathematics, economics, or finance

In-state tuition and fees Spring

Details

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Sydney Elizabeth Owens Memorial Award

Current 1st, 2nd or 3rd year student who has designed with faculty approval or input a transformative experience. The recipient will define a creative but workable experience that spans a summer or a semester.
$10,000 Spring

Details

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The UVA Club of Washington, DC Scholarship Fund

  • Incoming 1st year students from the D.C. Metropolitan area
  • Scholarship
  • Citizenship

$1,500 Summer

Details

Sigma Pi Scholarship

Current 1st, 2nd or 3rd year student who exhibits the most active and productive efforts toward improving the safety of all students from sexual assault and violence of any type on the Grounds at UVA


$2,500 Spring

Details

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Quentin Alcorn Memorial Scholarship

  • Current 2nd or 3rd year students
  • Greek community member
  • Positively impacts UVA and Charlottesville
  • Exemplifies dedication, selfless service, love of learning, and capacity for fun and humor

$10,000 Spring

Details

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Peter J. Sposato Scholarship

  • Current 2nd or 3rd year students
  • Merit
  • Integrity
  • Love for UVA

$3,500 Spring

Details

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Warwick High School Class of 1952 Scholarship

  • Incoming 1st year students
  • Graduate of Warwick High School
  • Merit
  • Citizenship
  • Leadership
  • Financial need

$2,300 Summer

Details

D. Shannon Hollen Scholarship

  • Incoming 1st year students
  • From Rockingham County Alumni Chapter region
  • Graduate of a public high school in the region
  • Academic merit
  • Leadership
  • Citizenship
  • Preference given for financial need

$10,000 Summer

Details

The William W. W. Knight and Beverley Randolph Knight Scholarship

Three awards of $4,000 each will be given.

  • Current 1st, 2nd, or 3rd year students
  • Outstanding Sense of Humor
  • Scholastic Merit
  • Financial Need

$4,000 Spring

Details

Jerry V. Glover Memorial Scholarship

  • Incoming 1st year students
  • From Lynchburg, VA Alumni Club region
  • Merit
  • Need
  • Leadership
  • Citizenship

$10,000 Spring

Details

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H. Kruger Kaprielian Scholarship

  • Any incoming or current UVA students regardless of school
  • Armenian descent
  • US Citizen or permanent resident
  • Incoming or current UVA student
  • Financial need

Varies Summer

Details

Rush Family Scholarship

  • Current 2nd, or 3rd-year
  • Academic merit
  • Financial need
  • Involvement in the University community
  • Virginia resident
  • Currently or previously employed
$10,000 Spring

Details

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Peter Casey Gillcrist Memorial Scholarship

  • Current 3rd year student in the School of Engineering and Applied Science
  • Servant leadership
  • Good character
  • Integrity
  • Community service
  • Fierce loyalty to friends

$10,000 Spring

Details

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R.H. Melton First Amendment Scholarship

  • Current 2nd- and 3rd-year students
  • Studying politics or government AND/OR Participating in student-run journalism, publications or debating societies on Grounds
  • Merit
  • Leadership
  • Dedication to the expression of ideas
$4,000 Spring

Details

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UVA Club of Los Angeles Scholarship

  • Incoming 1st year students
  • From Los Angeles, CA
  • Merit
  • Leadership
  • Citizenship
$4,000 Summer

Details

Dietz Family Scholarship

  • Current 2nd- or 3rd-year students
  • Majoring in science, technology engineering or math (S.T.E.M.)
  • Permanent resident of VA, MD, DE, PA, NJ or WV
  • First generation college student, preferred
  • Need
$4,500 Spring

Details

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Greer Family Scholarship

  • Current 1st year
  • Must be enrolled in the School of Engineering and Applied Science
  • Permanent resident of Virginia
  • Originate from a rural area of Virginia
  • Leadership
  • Integrity
  • Financial circumstances
$16,000 Spring

Details

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UVA Club of Charlottesville Scholarship

  • Leadership
  • Citizenship
  • Merit
  • Need

$500 Summer

Details

Gift of the Maji Bursary

  • Current 3rd- or 4th-year full-time undergraduate student
  • Family origin from India
  • Majoring in the Sciences, Technology, Engineering, or Math
  • Minimum 3.0 GPA
  • In-state resident of Virginia
  • US citizen
$1,998 Fall

Details

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Rehan Baddeliyanage Memorial Scholarship

  • Entering last year of undergraduate study
  • Personal resilience
  • Genuine connection
  • Mentorship
  • Depth of involvement
  • Joyous humor
$5,000 3/20/2023

Details

The David and Jane Walentas Zeta Psi Scholarship

  • Member of Zeta Psi Fraternity
  • Current 3rd year brother
  • Good moral character
  • Academic achievement
  • Financial need
  • Community Service
$3,500 Spring

Details

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Gray-Carrington Memorial Scholarship

  • Personal Integrity
  • Achievement
  • Leadership
  • Humility
Tuition, Fees, and Rent Fall

Details

Koff Family Scholarship

  • Incoming first-year student
  • From the State of Maryland
  • African American
  • Merit
  • Need
$10,000 Summer

Details

Ravenell “Ricky” Keller III Study Abroad Scholarship

  • Black
  • Approved Study Abroad Program
  • Need

Up to $5,000 4/10/2023

Details

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Burhan Chaudhry Scholarship

  • Computer Science Major
  • Merit
  • Muslim Faith

$1,000 Spring

Details

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Boxe Scholarship

  • Current 1st, 2nd, 3rd year students
  • West Indian descent
  • Merit
  • Need

$10,000 Spring

Details

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Post-Graduate Trustees Class Unity Scholarship

  • Current 3rd Year
  • Humble
  • Resilient
  • Passionate
  • Empathetic friend
  • Diligent worker
  • Inspiring leader

$1,000 Spring

Details

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Stephen V. Pearce Memorial Scholarship

  • African-American
  • Rising first-year student
  • From one of the following states: New York, New Jersey, Pennsylvania, Delaware, Maryland, Virginia,North Carolina or South Carolina, or the District of Columbia.
  • Display some financial need and/or qualify for federal assistance.

$5,000 Summer

Details

Jade Song Memorial Scholarship

  • Award: Two at $3,000 each
  • Current 1st, 2nd, or 3rd year students
  • Academic merit
  • Financial need
  • Preference for students who have overcome adversity and who have strong ties to their cultural backgrounds

The Jade Song Memorial Scholarship was established by Jillian and Jonathan Song in memory of their mother, Jade Song. This new scholarship seeks students who demonstrate both academic merit and financial need, with a preference for individuals who have overcome adversity and who demonstrate strong ties to their cultural backgrounds.

$3,000 Spring

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Carolyn and John R. Williams Street Scholarship

  • Current 1st, 2nd, or 3rd year students
  • Art, art history, archaeology, music, or drama majors
  • Preference for financial need

This new scholarship was established by Ed Street in honor of his mother, Carolyn Street, a lifelong supporter of the arts. The Carolyn and John R. Williams Street Scholarship seeks current students majoring in or planning to major in the arts at UVA. Preferred areas of study include art, art history, archaeology, music, and drama. Students with financial need are preferred.


$5,000 Spring

Apply

Erika J. Preve Memorial Scholarship

  • Current 1st year students
  • Renewable through 4th year with a minimum GPA of 3.0
  • Academic merit
  • Financial need

$5,000 Spring

Details

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Wilton-Montgomery Family Scholarship

  • Current sister of Alpha Phi
  • Demonstrated commitment and dedication to Alpha Phi
  • Minimum GPA of 3.0

$5,000 Spring

Details

Apply