Financial aid scholarships

Scholarships are a source of financial assistance available of free to the students who meet certain eligibility requirements. Undergraduate Scholarships and graduate fellowships are part of Financial Aid, which helps students in paying their education costs. Scholarships and fellowships are different from student loans which do not require payment. More than two-thirds of non-U.S. students use educational costs from their own personal accounts and from their families as the primary source of financing their education.

Only about 20 percent of non-U.S. students receive most of their academic funding from a U.S. college. Generally, scholarships and fellowships are intended to the students who have extra curricular activities like academic, athletic or artistic talent. Every scholarship sponsor is trying to find the students that best fulfill their selection criteria. If the selection criteria don't depend on academic merit, then they might depend on athletic or artistic merit, community service, extracurricular activities, or on skill in a non-academic discipline.

Many of the scholarships require proof of financial need and the applicants are encouraged to complete the Free Application for Federal Student Aid (FAFSA) on the Web. Need-based scholarships determined by the student's EFC. Other than the college, many scholarship foundations contribute scholarships based on the EFC and family's financial situation. Merit-based scholarships are based on a student's talent or academic progress. And also some special factors like leadership ability, moral character and involvement in extracurricular activities can guarantee the eligibility.

Need-based Scholarships & Grants

Institution specific scholarships, or academic scholarships, come directly from the college to which the student is applying include merit and need-based programs. Federal grant programs include the Federal Pell Grant and the Federal Supplemental Educational Opportunity Grant. The University also offers a number of privately endowed need-based scholarships and grant funds.

Federal Grant Programs for Undergraduate Students

The Federal Pell Grant

The Federal Supplemental Educational Opportunity Grant (SEOG)

University Grants & Scholarships

John Allen Love Scholarship

Margaret E. Phillips Scholarship

Skinner Scholarship

Charles Fred Wonson Scholarship

Thomas Quinn Jones Scholarship

Thomas Forehand, Jr. Scholarship

State Grants & Scholarships

College Scholarship Assistance Program (CSAP)

Virginia Commonwealth Awards

Virginia Guaranteed Assistance Program (VGAP

Virginia Higher Education Teacher Assistance Program

Virginia Teaching Scholarship Loan Program

Virginia War Orphans Education Benefits Program

Virginia Space Grant Consortium

Robert C. Byrd Honors Scholarship

DC Tuition Assistance Grant Program

Below are the scholarships which are based on the extracurricular activities sponsored by the various foundations like David Letterman group, Duck Brand Duct group, Horatio Alger Association, Patricia M. McNamara group, Angel Soft Angels group, Hiram College Hal Reichle group, AIDS Orphans etc, to assist the student's educational costs.

Based on the Creativity

Based on the Overcoming Adversity

Based on the Community Service

Based on the Acts of Kindness

Based on the Non-Academic Achievement

Based on the Entrepreneurship

Based on the Essay Contests

Based on the Photography Contests

Based on the Video Contests

Based on the Dance Scholarships

Based on the Art Contests

Based on the Miscellaneous Activities

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