Expanding Virginia's Pipeline of Cloud Computing Professionals

Provided by funding through a Congressionally Directed Spending request by Virginia Senator Mark Warner and approved by the Senate Appropriations Committee, this scholarship is part of an initiative to increase Virginia’s cloud computing industry talent. As part of this initiative, SCPS has a limited number of scholarships remaining to award for the summer 2025 term. The scholarships will be awarded to qualified new students who are admitted and begin coursework in the Cloud Computing Certificate program at UVA’s School of Continuing and Professional Studies (SCPS) as of the summer 2025 term.

Scholarships for the summer 2025 term will range from $1,527 to $9,162 (the cost of one to six courses, based on 2024-25 tuition rates). Awards will be disbursed over multiple terms based on course enrollment, provided students continue to meet scholarship requirements and earn a grade of C or better for all completed Cloud courses.

ELIGIBILITY AND REQUIREMENTS

All students beginning the Cloud Computing Certificate program in May 2025 for the summer 2025 term and residing in Virginia, Maryland, or the District of Columbia are eligible to apply for this scholarship.

(1) Application Submissions & Program Enrollment:

Students must:

(a) Submit a program application for the Cloud Computing Certificate by the April 1, 2025 deadline for admittance as of the summer 2025 term (note that both admitted students and those who are awaiting admittance decisions are eligible to apply for the scholarship); AND

(b) Submit a scholarship application by the scholarship application deadline of April 8, 2025.

(2) Student Account Status: Students must not have a finance hold issued by UVA Student Financial Services for past-due balances on their student account from any prior enrollments at the University of Virginia.

(3) Residency: Students must reside in Virginia, Maryland, or Washington, D.C.      

(4) Financial Need: Students must demonstrate financial need based on responses to financial questions in this application.

(5) Professional experience, interests and goals: Students must either have prior work experience as an IT professional or an interest in cloud computing and goals to pursue a career as a cloud computing professional, as demonstrated by responses to essay questions in this application.