Find Funding: Scholarships Available for Undergraduate, Graduate & Medical Students

Hampton Roads Community Foundation donors love helping students achieve their full

potential. Through their generous support, we are able to offer over 70 different college scholarships for undergraduate, graduate, and medical school students.And, are our donors ever generous! For the 2015-16 academic year alone, our donors made possible over $1.2 million in scholarships  for 391 students.

Our scholarships are awarded through a competitive process based on established criteria. Most applicants must demonstrate financial need and plan to maintain full-time enrollment while on scholarship. While most scholarships are for students from the South Hampton Roads region of Virginia, we do have a few that draw applicants from throughout Virginia. With 70+ scholarships available, we encourage you to spend time reviewing them all to see which ones apply best to your situation (your major, college of choice, high school attended, etc.)  

·         Undergraduate Scholarships

·         Graduate and Medical School Scholarships

Applications are posted online on each December 1 and must be submitted by their deadline which ranges from March 1 (in most cases) to as late as May 1 for a few specific scholarships. Each student who submits an application  online through our scholarship portal,will be considered for all scholarships for which they meet the criteria. The following materials will be required at the time of application:

·         FAFSA Student Aid Report

·         Financial Information

·         School Transcripts

·         SAT Scores

·         References

·         Your Personal Statement

Still have questions? Contact our friendly scholarship staff at (757) 622-7951 or scholarships@hamptonroadscf.org. Please  follow our Hampton Roads Community Foundation Scholarships page on Facebook for up-to-date information and resources that can help you. 

 (The Hampton Roads Community Foundation is a regional community foundation started in 1950 as the first community foundation in Virginia. It is among nearly 750 community foundation around the country serving specific geographic regions. It is the largest grant and scholarship provider in southeastern Virginia and manages more than 400 charitable funds created by donors from all walks of life. Over the decades it has provided more than $230 million to improve life for residents living in the Hampton Roads region of Virginia, including the cities of Chesapeake, Franklin, Norfolk, Portsmouth, Smithfield, Suffolk and Virginia Beach. It also serves people in Isle of Wight and Southampton counties and the Eastern Shore of Virginia, including Accomack and Northampton counties. Learn more at hamptonroadscf.org. You can click here to locate a community foundation near you.)