Scholarship Program Description
Virginia Baptist Foundation Scholarship Program has been able to offer scholarships each year to a variety of deserving Virginia Baptist young people because of the generous stewardship of many Virginia Baptists. The funds used to provide scholarships have come to the Foundation as bequests, outright gifts and testamentary trusts. Each donor has expressed confidence in the value of higher education, and particularly Christian education. Some of the funds are restricted to provide scholarships for students who are pursuing specific fields of study, from certain areas of the state, and for attending certain colleges, universities or seminaries. Other funds are available to award at the discretion of the Scholarship Committee of the Virginia Baptist Foundation.
All of the scholarships awarded by the Foundation are annual scholarships. Therefore, students must apply each year. Generally, Foundation scholarships are limited to full-time students enrolled in undergraduate or graduate programs of study. Further, because of stipulations placed upon many of the scholarship funds by their donors, the majority of the funds are restricted by various designations. These designations are unique to the donor’s interests and are the most important aspect of the selection process.
The Foundation is committed to following the expressed wishes of its donors and to that extent has created scholarship qualifications, instructions and applications for potential recipients. Please review all qualifications, instructions, as well as the application, all of which are available to download.
Scholarship Application & Instructions
2008-2009 Scholarship Applications are now available
to download.
Note: In order to read these documents, you need to have installed the free Adobe Reader on your computer. Most computers already have it installed, but if you need to download it, go to Adobe's Web site and follow the instructions to download it.
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Applicant must be a member of a church
cooperating with the Baptist General Association of Virginia.
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Applicant must be a full-time student in a basic degree program (does not include doctoral program, except those in an accredited medical or pharmacy school). Full-time is as defined by the educational institution. |
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Applicant must be accepted by an accredited
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High School Students applying must have a minimum GPA of 2.5. |
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Applicants may not be related (immediate family) to a current or
former Virginia Baptist Foundation employee or to a current or
former Virginia Baptist Foundation Trustee. |
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Applicant must maintain the following grade point averages: |
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All applicants will be notified by mail regarding scholarship awards no later than July 15th, 2008. Please do not call the Foundation Office unless you have not received notification by August 1. |