Our Opportunities

  • Visit the Foundation’s website BEFORE starting an application to find out what materials you will need to gather and for tips on using this scholarship portal.
    If you currently receive a renewable, need-based scholarship from the Foundation, you MAY NOT apply for additional awards. Students typically do not receive more than one scholarship from the Foundation at one time. Click here for information on when it’s acceptable for a current recipient to reapply.
    Financial need is a criterion for ALL graduate level scholarships and MOST undergraduate scholarships, and SUBMISSION OF FINANCIAL INFORMATION IS REQUIRED. If you do not want to provide financial information, make sure you are eligible for at least one of the six merit-only undergraduate scholarships BEFORE beginning the application process. Click here to see a list of merit-based scholarships.
  • Most scholarships are restricted to students from South Hampton Roads (Chesapeake, Norfolk, Portsmouth, Suffolk, Virginia Beach, Isle of Wight County). If your hometown is in another locality, you are only eligible for scholarships that specifically indicate that students can be from the Peninsula, Eastern Shore or elsewhere. Applicants must be U.S. citizens or permanent residents.
  • Please read each description carefully to determine your eligibility. Unless otherwise noted applicants must enroll in an accredited, four-year, nonprofit college or university. Most scholarships are renewable and available for up to four years of study unless otherwise noted.
  • This application must be completed by the student. Assistance from parents/guardians should be limited to the financial section of the application.
Opportunities Table
Award Name Actions
Up to $5,200 AAA Tidewater - J. Theron "Tim" Timmons Memorial Scholarship
The AAA Tidewater – J. Theron “Tim” Timmons Memorial Scholarship is for graduating high school seniors whose parents or legal guardians are members...
The AAA Tidewater – J. Theron “Tim” Timmons Memorial Scholarship is for...
  • Deadline: 03/01/2020
  • Award: Up to $5,200
 Deadline03/01/2020
Up to $1,000 Adrian Ryan Kirk Memorial Scholarship
The Adrian Ryan Kirk Memorial Scholarship is for graduating high school seniors with ADD, ADHD and learning disabilities who demonstrate the will...
The Adrian Ryan Kirk Memorial Scholarship is for graduating high school...
  • Deadline: 03/01/2020
  • Award: Up to $1,000
 Deadline03/01/2020
$1,000.00 Betty Ciampoli Oliver Scholarship
The Betty Ciampoli Oliver Scholarship is for residents of Hampton Roads who attended Woodstock Elementary School in Virginia Beach for at least...
The Betty Ciampoli Oliver Scholarship is for residents of Hampton Roads...
  • Deadline: 03/01/2020
  • Award: $1,000.00
 Deadline03/01/2020
Up to $4000 Captain Rexford Vinal Wheeler, Jr., U.S.N. Fund
The Captain Rexford Vinal Wheeler, Jr., U.S.N. Fund provides scholarships for students from South Hampton Roads attending Old Dominion University...
The Captain Rexford Vinal Wheeler, Jr., U.S.N. Fund provides...
  • Deadline: 03/01/2020
  • Award: Up to $4000
 Deadline03/01/2020
Varies Carrie Biggs Morrison Memorial Scholarship - Martin County
The Carrie Biggs Morrison Memorial Scholarship (Martin Co.) is for students from Martin County, North Carolina. This award is merit-based;...
The Carrie Biggs Morrison Memorial Scholarship (Martin Co.) is for...
  • Deadline: 03/01/2020
  • Award: Varies
 Deadline03/01/2020
Varies Carrie Biggs Morrison Memorial Scholarship - Virginia Beach
The Carrie Biggs Morrison Memorial Scholarship (Virginia Beach) is for students from Virginia Beach. This award is merit-based; financial need is...
The Carrie Biggs Morrison Memorial Scholarship (Virginia Beach) is for...
  • Deadline: 03/01/2020
  • Award: Varies
 Deadline03/01/2020
Varies Charles F. Burroughs Memorial Scholarship
The Charles F. Burroughs Scholarship is for students from Hampton Roads attending Hampden-Sydney College. Peninsula and Eastern Shore students may...
The Charles F. Burroughs Scholarship is for students from Hampton Roads...
  • Deadline: 03/01/2020
  • Award: Varies
 Deadline03/01/2020
Varies Colonel J. Addison Hagan Memorial Scholarship
The Colonel J. Addison Hagan Memorial Scholarship is for students from Hampton Roads attending Virginia Military Institute. Peninsula and Eastern...
The Colonel J. Addison Hagan Memorial Scholarship is for students from...
  • Deadline: 03/01/2020
  • Award: Varies
 Deadline03/01/2020
Up to $3,000 Community Fund for Scholarships
The Community Fund for Scholarships provides assistance to students from South Hampton Roads. It is usually awarded to one student every four...
The Community Fund for Scholarships provides assistance to students from...
  • Deadline: 03/01/2020
  • Award: Up to $3,000
 Deadline03/01/2020
Varies D.A. Taylor Memorial Scholarship
The D.A. Taylor Memorial Scholarship is for students displaying qualities of strong leadership, academic abilities, extracurricular involvement, a...
The D.A. Taylor Memorial Scholarship is for students displaying...
  • Deadline: 03/01/2020
  • Award: Varies
 Deadline03/01/2020
Up to $3500 Dean-Callahan Scholarship Fund
The Dean-Callahan Scholarship is for graduating high school seniors from Norfolk Public Schools who have participated on a school athletic team for...
The Dean-Callahan Scholarship is for graduating high school seniors from...
  • Deadline: 03/01/2020
  • Award: Up to $3500
 Deadline03/01/2020
Up to $4,000 Donald E. Sly, M.D. and Madeline H. Sly Medical Scholarship
Donald E. Sly, M.D. and Madeline H. Sly Medical Scholarship is for students from Virginia in need of financial aid to pursue a career in medicine...
Donald E. Sly, M.D. and Madeline H. Sly Medical Scholarship is for...
  • Deadline: 03/01/2020
  • Award: Up to $4,000
 Deadline03/01/2020
$1,100.00 Dr. Milton R. Liverman Memorial Scholarship
For a graduating high school senior from Suffolk Public Schools. Financial need is required. This is a one-year scholarship; it will not be renewed.
For a graduating high school senior from Suffolk Public Schools....
  • Deadline: 03/01/2020
  • Award: $1,100.00
 Deadline03/01/2020
Up to $3,000 Edwin J. Rosenbaum Scholarship
The Edwin J. Rosenbaum Scholarship is for students of the Jewish faith. Financial need is required.
The Edwin J. Rosenbaum Scholarship is for students of the Jewish faith. ...
  • Deadline: 03/01/2020
  • Award: Up to $3,000
 Deadline03/01/2020
Up to $2,500 Elisabeth Kelly King Reilly Scholarship
The Elisabeth Kelly King Reilly Memorial Scholarship is for graduates of Maury High School attending the University of Virginia. Financial need is...
The Elisabeth Kelly King Reilly Memorial Scholarship is for graduates of...
  • Deadline: 03/01/2020
  • Award: Up to $2,500
 Deadline03/01/2020
Up to $700 Ellen Hitt McLaughlin Scholarship
The Ellen Hitt McLaughlin Scholarship is for a graduating high school senior who attended Holland Elementary School in Virginia Beach for at least...
The Ellen Hitt McLaughlin Scholarship is for a graduating high school...
  • Deadline: 03/01/2020
  • Award: Up to $700
 Deadline03/01/2020
Varies Ellis W. Rowe Scholarship
The Ellis W. Rowe Scholarship is for undergraduate and graduate students from Gloucester County. Financial need is required.
The Ellis W. Rowe Scholarship is for undergraduate and graduate students...
  • Deadline: 03/01/2020
  • Award: Varies
 Deadline03/01/2020
Varies Enid W. and Bernard B. Spigel Architectural Scholarship
The Enid W. and Bernard B. Spigel Architectural Scholarship is for long-time Virginia residents who are college juniors, seniors or graduate...
The Enid W. and Bernard B. Spigel Architectural Scholarship is for...
  • Deadline: 03/01/2020
  • Award: Varies
 Deadline03/01/2020
Varies Everette Holland Griffin and Edith Pittman Griffin Memorial Scholarship
The Griffin Memorial Scholarship is for (1) students from Western Tidewater, with a preference for residents of Isle of Wight County, or (2)...
The Griffin Memorial Scholarship is for (1) students from Western...
  • Deadline: 03/01/2020
  • Award: Varies
 Deadline03/01/2020
Varies Everette Holland Griffin and Edith Pittman Griffin Memorial Scholarship
The Griffin Memorial Scholarship is for (1) students from Western Tidewater, with a preference for residents of Isle of Wight County, or (2)...
The Griffin Memorial Scholarship is for (1) students from Western...
  • Deadline: 03/01/2020
  • Award: Varies
 Deadline03/01/2020
Varies Facchini Frost Fund
The Facchini Frost Fund provides scholarships for students from South Hampton Roads who have maintained at least a “C” average in high school and...
The Facchini Frost Fund provides scholarships for students from South...
  • Deadline: 03/01/2020
  • Award: Varies
 Deadline03/01/2020
Varies Florence L. Smith Scholarship
The Florence L. Smith Medical Scholarship is for long-time Virginia residents attending Eastern Virginia Medical School, University of Virginia...
The Florence L. Smith Medical Scholarship is for long-time Virginia...
  • Deadline: 03/01/2020
  • Award: Varies
 Deadline03/01/2020
Up to $2,000 Frank Fang Memorial Scholarship
The Frank Fang Memorial Scholarship is awarded to Chinese or Chinese-American students from Hampton Roads and Gloucester County for post-secondary...
The Frank Fang Memorial Scholarship is awarded to Chinese or...
  • Deadline: 03/01/2020
  • Award: Up to $2,000
 Deadline03/01/2020
Varies Friends of Joshua P. Darden Jr. Scholarship
The Friends of Joshua P. Darden Jr. Scholarship is for students graduating from public high schools in South Hampton Roads. Financial need is...
The Friends of Joshua P. Darden Jr. Scholarship is for students...
  • Deadline: 03/01/2020
  • Award: Varies
 Deadline03/01/2020
Up to $4,000 Gertrude Ward Scholarship
The Gertrude Ward Scholarship is for students from Virginia Beach with a preference for graduates of Princess Anne High School and those majoring...
The Gertrude Ward Scholarship is for students from Virginia Beach with a...
  • Deadline: 03/01/2020
  • Award: Up to $4,000
 Deadline03/01/2020
Up to $1500 Hampton Roads Association of Social Workers Scholarship
The Hampton Roads Association of Social Workers Scholarships is for a graduate student from Virginia studying social work. Financial need is...
The Hampton Roads Association of Social Workers Scholarships is for a...
  • Deadline: 03/01/2020
  • Award: Up to $1500
 Deadline03/01/2020
Varies Hampton Roads Sanitation District Environmental Scholarship
The Hampton Roads Sanitation District Environmental Scholarship is for full-time graduate students from the Hampton Roads Sanitation District...
The Hampton Roads Sanitation District Environmental Scholarship is for...
  • Deadline: 03/01/2020
  • Award: Varies
 Deadline03/01/2020
Varies Hampton Roads Spartan Scholarship
The Hampton Roads Spartan Scholarship is for students attending Norfolk State University with a preference for students who are single parents. ...
The Hampton Roads Spartan Scholarship is for students attending Norfolk...
  • Deadline: 03/01/2020
  • Award: Varies
 Deadline03/01/2020
Up to $2,500 Harry B. Price Jr. Memorial Scholarship
The Harry B. Price Jr. Memorial Scholarship was created in 1985 by Retail Alliance (formerly Retail Merchants Association of Tidewater) in honor of...
The Harry B. Price Jr. Memorial Scholarship was created in 1985 by...
  • Deadline: 03/01/2020
  • Award: Up to $2,500
 Deadline03/01/2020
Varies Harry Bramhall Gilbert Merit Scholarship
The Harry Bramhall Gilbert Merit Scholarship is for Chesapeake Public School graduates pursuing undergraduate degrees at the College of William &...
The Harry Bramhall Gilbert Merit Scholarship is for Chesapeake Public...
  • Deadline: 03/01/2020
  • Award: Varies
 Deadline03/01/2020
Up to $4,000 Indian River Ruritan Scholarship
The Indian River Ruritan Scholarship is awarded in memory of Paul L. Wolfe, Sr., Mark James Baker, John M. Ames, Sr., and John Alfred Haymer. The...
The Indian River Ruritan Scholarship is awarded in memory of Paul L....
  • Deadline: 03/01/2020
  • Award: Up to $4,000
 Deadline03/01/2020
Varies J. Robert and Ettie Fearing Cunningham Memorial Scholarship
The J. Robert and Ettie Fearing Cunningham Memorial Scholarship is for students from South Hampton Roads with a preference for those from Norfolk...
The J. Robert and Ettie Fearing Cunningham Memorial Scholarship is for...
  • Deadline: 03/01/2020
  • Award: Varies
 Deadline03/01/2020
Up to $1,000 Jarrod Camper Smith Memorial Scholarship
The Jarrod Camper Smith Memorial Scholarship is for an outstanding high school senior who participated in youth sports programs through King’s...
The Jarrod Camper Smith Memorial Scholarship is for an outstanding high...
  • Deadline: 03/01/2020
  • Award: Up to $1,000
 Deadline03/01/2020
Up to $1,000 Jennifer Mooney Greene Scholarship
The Jennifer Mooney Greene Scholarship is for low-income Virginia Beach Public School students who have a limited family history of college...
The Jennifer Mooney Greene Scholarship is for low-income Virginia Beach...
  • Deadline: 03/01/2020
  • Award: Up to $1,000
 Deadline03/01/2020
Varies Jesse T. Bonney Memorial Scholarship
The Jesse T. Bonney Memorial Scholarship was created with the assets from the former Bonney Home for Girls, which was opened in Norfolk in 1910. ...
The Jesse T. Bonney Memorial Scholarship was created with the assets...
  • Deadline: 03/01/2020
  • Award: Varies
 Deadline03/01/2020
Varies John W. and Linda Vakos Scholarship
For students from Virginia Beach for undergraduate education at a two-year or four-year college or university or for education at a trade or...
For students from Virginia Beach for undergraduate education at a...
  • Deadline: 03/01/2020
  • Award: Varies
 Deadline03/01/2020
Up to $4,000 Joseph A. Leafe Scholarship
The Joseph A. Leafe Scholarship was created in 1992 in honor of Mr. Leafe’s years of service as Mayor of the City of Norfolk. The scholarship is...
The Joseph A. Leafe Scholarship was created in 1992 in honor of Mr....
  • Deadline: 03/01/2020
  • Award: Up to $4,000
 Deadline03/01/2020
Varies Joseph E. and Bertha White Harry Scholarship
The Joseph E. and Bertha White Harry Scholarship is for students attending Old Dominion University or Virginia Wesleyan University. Financial need...
The Joseph E. and Bertha White Harry Scholarship is for students...
  • Deadline: 03/01/2020
  • Award: Varies
 Deadline03/01/2020
Up to $4,000 Judge Floyd E. and Annie B. Kellam Scholarship
The Judge Floyd E. and Annie B. Kellam Scholarship is for students graduating from Kellam High School who are pursuing undergraduate degrees in...
The Judge Floyd E. and Annie B. Kellam Scholarship is for students...
  • Deadline: 03/01/2020
  • Award: Up to $4,000
 Deadline03/01/2020
Varies Julia Atwater Bristow Scholarship
The Julia Atwater Bristow Scholarship is for students who are graduates of public high schools in Norfolk and on the Eastern Shore of Virginia for...
The Julia Atwater Bristow Scholarship is for students who are graduates...
  • Deadline: 03/01/2020
  • Award: Varies
 Deadline03/01/2020
Varies Louis I. Jaffe Memorial Scholarship (Art & Humanities)
The Louis I. Jaffe Memorial Scholarship (Art & Humanities) is awarded to superior graduate students in the humanities program at Old Dominion...
The Louis I. Jaffe Memorial Scholarship (Art & Humanities) is awarded to...
  • Deadline: 03/01/2020
  • Award: Varies
 Deadline03/01/2020
Varies Louis I. Jaffe Memorial Scholarship (NSU Alumni)
The Louis I. Jaffe Memorial Scholarship (NSU Alumni) is awarded to superior graduates of Norfolk State University who are pursuing graduate work.
The Louis I. Jaffe Memorial Scholarship (NSU Alumni) is awarded to...
  • Deadline: 03/01/2020
  • Award: Varies
 Deadline03/01/2020
Varies Margarette Hanes Old Student and Nurse Educational Fund
The Margarette H. Old Student and Nurse Educational Fund provides scholarships for students attending Salem College in Winston-Salem, North...
The Margarette H. Old Student and Nurse Educational Fund provides...
  • Deadline: 03/01/2020
  • Award: Varies
 Deadline03/01/2020
Up to $4,000 Michael E. Sakakini Scholarship
The Michael E. Sakakini Scholarship is for students graduating from Granby High School with a preference for those on the track & field and/or...
The Michael E. Sakakini Scholarship is for students graduating from...
  • Deadline: 03/01/2020
  • Award: Up to $4,000
 Deadline03/01/2020
Up to $2,000 Nicholas J. Georges Memorial Scholarship
The Nicholas J. Georges Memorial Scholarship if for a student attending Old Dominion University who is of Greek heritage or studying Greek...
The Nicholas J. Georges Memorial Scholarship if for a student attending...
  • Deadline: 03/01/2020
  • Award: Up to $2,000
 Deadline03/01/2020
Up to $1,700 Ocean Lakes Scholarship
The Ocean Lakes Scholarship is for students graduating from Ocean Lakes High School who will major in sciences, technology, engineering or...
The Ocean Lakes Scholarship is for students graduating from Ocean Lakes...
  • Deadline: 03/01/2020
  • Award: Up to $1,700
 Deadline03/01/2020
Up to $4,000 Pamela Scott Hyatt Music Scholarship
The Pamela Scott Hyatt Music Scholarship is for students from Norfolk Public Schools who are majoring in performing arts or studying to be a music...
The Pamela Scott Hyatt Music Scholarship is for students from Norfolk...
  • Deadline: 03/01/2020
  • Award: Up to $4,000
 Deadline03/01/2020
Up to $3,000 Pat Howe Jr. Health Care Scholarship
The Pat Howe Jr. Health Care Scholarship is for students from Hampton Roads enrolled in an accredited post-secondary certificate, diploma, or...
The Pat Howe Jr. Health Care Scholarship is for students from Hampton...
  • Deadline: 03/01/2020
  • Award: Up to $3,000
 Deadline03/01/2020
Varies Patsy G. Teer Fund
The Patsy G. Teer Fund provides scholarships for students from South Hampton Roads. Financial need is required.
The Patsy G. Teer Fund provides scholarships for students from South...
  • Deadline: 03/01/2020
  • Award: Varies
 Deadline03/01/2020
Up to $3,000 Paul and Athena Yeonas Memorial Scholarship
The Paul and Athena Yeonas Memorial Fund is for students of Greek descent to attend community college, four-year college, or graduate school. If...
The Paul and Athena Yeonas Memorial Fund is for students of Greek...
  • Deadline: 03/01/2020
  • Award: Up to $3,000
 Deadline03/01/2020