Application Deadline: May 1, 2025

As part of our commitment to helping adult learners achieve their educational goals, the School of Continuing and Professional Studies (SCPS) is pleased to announce that we have scholarship funds available for the Summer 2025 semester. Scholarships will vary based on merit and financial need, and award values will range from $500 to $3,834. The maximum scholarship award will cover the cost of in-state tuition and fees for up to two courses (Undergraduate Certificates: max = $3,054; Graduate Certificates: max = $3,834); Post Bac Professional Certificates: max = $3,204). The purpose of this scholarship is to support students who may be experiencing unexpected financial challenges and/or recent job displacement due to government downsizing or layoffs in the private sector. Scholarships will be applied to tuition and fees for the Summer 2025 term.

Scholarship Eligibility and Requirements

> Commitment to Completing the SCPS Certificate Program: Students demonstrate a willingness to apply for a certificate program upon completing one-two courses within a specific area of study as a visiting student. Additionally, students exhibit a desire to use the certificate coursework to achieve personal, educational, and professional advancement.

> Financial Need: Students demonstrate financial need based on responses to questions in this application. Preference will be given to students experiencing recent job displacement or significant financial challenges.

> Enrollment in Certificate Coursework:

Students must have submitted, or plan to submit, a "visiting student" form for SCPS Certificate classes for the Summer 2025 term. Additionally, the student should express an interest in formally applying to a certificate program for the Fall 2025 term, subsequently applying any credits completed as a visiting student during the summer towards a certificate program in the fall. Enrollment in Certificate coursework for the Summer 2025 term is also a requirement for this scholarship.

> If selected to receive a scholarship, the recipient must provide a thank-you note addressed to Melissa Lubin, Dean of the School of Continuing and Professional Studies. Thank-you notes should be sent via email to scps-scholarships@virginia.edu.

> Applicants for this scholarship understand that their responses to the scholarship application questions will be shared with SCPS leadership and the scholarship selection committee.

All SCPS visiting students meeting the above requirements are eligible to apply for the SCPS Summer 2025 scholarship.