Freshmen Scholarships
The following scholarships are available to entering freshmen in engineering:
The Dean's Scholar & Davenport Scholarships have an application process required; please find application here. The 2013 application postmark deadline is February 1, 2013. For more information about the Dean's Scholar and Davenport programs, see the FAQ's.
Scholarship offers for these two awards are announced in March via email. A banquet for prospective award winners is hosted on campus in April. This scholarship does not require financial need (as determined by FAFSA). International students may apply for this scholarship.
Freshman and Transfer Student Scholarships
Engineering Scholarship Program:
IDEAS (Increasing Diversity through Engineering Academic Scholarships)
This scholarship program is available to select freshmen and transfer students. Any student applying for/receiving this award must demonstrate financial need via the FAFSA (if you will not complete a FAFSA, or do not qualify for need-based funds via the FAFSA assessment, you will not be eligible to receive this award).
All remaining freshmen scholarships have no application process. Students will be considered for these (see list below) scholarships based upon admission to the College of Engineering as an entering freshman student in General Engineering. Announcements of these awards were made in June 2013.
- Jerry H. Ballangee Engineering Scholarship
- Charles S. Brown Engineering Scholarship
- Jerry S. Chaney Scholarship
- Robert C. Heterick, Jr. Endowed Scholarship
- James A. Rule, Sr. Engineering Scholarship
- Charles F. Sheffield ’76 Memorial Scholarship
- Hobart Speegle, Jr. Scholarship
- Charles C. Walts Endowed Scholarship
- Thomas A. and Catherine G. Fletcher, Endowed Scholarship
Questions may be directed to (540) 231-2226 or engrrecr@vt.edu
Transfer Student Scholarships
Transfer students from Virginia's community colleges may apply for the Leo A. Padis Scholarships. Padis Scholarships are available only to Engineering Associate Degree graduates of the Virginia Community College System. Awards are $1000 and are merit based. Applications are available in the engineering departments at the community colleges in February. Application deadline is June 1.
