Professional Development Scholarships

Graduate Students

Are you majoring in Education, Counseling/School Psychology, Human Services/Social Work, or Human Resources? Do you intend to pursue a career that advances work-based learning opportunities for students? Examples of such career goals include: working in the career services office at a college or university; career and technical education at a high school; human resources at a company when the role includes recruiting student interns; and research with a focus on college to career transitions, etc.

Do you want to join a professional organization or attend a conference? Applications are being accepted now. Full graduate student instructions and an appendix containing graduate student application form.

To find out about the benefits of the V-TOP professional development scholarship for graduate students, check out this brief YouTube video.

Practitioners

Are you employed at a Virginia public institution of higher education or a Virginia private non-profit institution of higher education that participates in the Virginia Tuition Assistance Grant (TAG) Program? Does your job involve connecting students to work-based learning and internships? Do you want to join a professional organization or attend a conference? Applications are being accepted now. Full instructions for practitioners and an appendix with the application form.

To find out about the benefits of the V-TOP professional development scholarship for practitioners, check out these brief YouTube videos. 

General Information

Scholarships may be awarded in these categories for career practitioners: (1) conference presentation/attendance or (2) fees for membership in professional organizations (3) professional development training/workshop.

The amount of a scholarship will vary by category. Applicants may request up to the amounts listed below; awards may be for a lower amount.

• All categories: up to $2,500

Applications are accepted on a rolling, we ask for at least 60 days’ notice before attending conferences, etc. Applications for conference presentation/attendance scholarships MUST BE submitted by the deadline before the month of the conference. For example, if requesting scholarship funds to attend the VACE conference in April, the application should be submitted by February 1 to ensure there is enough time to receive the funding. 

Application for Practitioners

Application for Graduate Students

Forms to Download, Fill Out, and Upload with Your Scholarship Application (see instructions)

• Scholarship Travel Estimate or Membership Dues Form
• Virginia W-9
• Scholarship Photo Release Form

Questions

Emily Salmon, Senior Associate for Strategic Planning and Policy Studies
State Council of Higher Education for Virginia
emilysalmon@schev.edu