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Support for Virginia Students Formerly in Foster Care
Offered independently by University of Virginia Student Financial Services
About this scholarship
Virginia law requires UVA and other Virginia public colleges to provide grant assistance covering tuition, mandatory fees, housing and food for qualifying students formerly in foster care.
Who can apply
Requirements include a high school diploma or equivalency and time spent in Virginia foster care after age 13. Review the full criteria with UVA Student Financial Services.
Every scholarship in this directory is exclusively for current or former foster youth. Read the sponsor’s own eligibility rules before you start — they decide who qualifies.
How to submit your application
- 1. Check the deadline. No fixed deadline published — check the sponsor's site.
- 2. Gather your documents. Use the checklist to the side so you are not scrambling at the last minute.
- 3. Open the sponsor’s application. The button below takes you straight to University of Virginia Student Financial Services. Your application is submitted there, directly to them.
- 4. Save your confirmation. Keep the confirmation email or reference number, and follow up with the sponsor if you do not hear back.
Amount and deadline not published. The sponsor's page does not publish an award amount or deadline, so we could not confirm the figures. Contact their financial aid or program office to confirm the timing before you apply.
Start your application on University of Virginia Student Financial Services’s siteOpens the sponsor’s own application. Thank a Teacher does not receive applications and never collects or stores any of your information.