CFG ScholarBank

All applicants must meet the following eligibility requirements:

• Have earned at least three credit hours in accounting
• Have a minimum overall GPA of 2.7 or higher
• Be currently enrolled AND enrolled in the fall 2024 semester at an accredited Virginia college or university and intend to obtain a CPA license.
• Be a student member of the Virginia Society of CPAs. Student membership is free.

• Must be a member of one of the following race/ethnic groups: African American or Black, Asian or Pacific Islander, Hispanic or Latino, Multiracial or Biracial, Native American or Native Alaskan

• Must be enrolled in the Fall 2024 semester as a junior, senior or “fifth-year” undergraduate, or graduate accounting major with the intent to take the CPA Exam.
• Must demonstrate a minimum overall and accounting GPA of 3.0.

Open to graduating high school seniors or equivalent, or college students taking at least nine credit hours per semester at an accredited college/university for the next academic year (undergraduate or associate’s degree program at community college are eligible, but graduate students are not). Applicants must be majoring in horticulture.

Since 1952, the Virginia Foundation for Independent Colleges (VFIC) has been raising money to strengthen the 16 leading independent colleges in the Commonwealth and to ensure that access to independent higher education in Virginia is an affordable option for students from all backgrounds and levels of financial need.

One of the VFIC Member Institutions highest priority objectives is securing scholarships for deserving students.

See link for contact information.

Virginia Federation of Garden Clubs continues to provide scholarships to deserving college students who are majoring in any garden-related subject in an accredited college or university.  Applicants must be residents of Virginia and full-time students majoring in Agriculture Education, Horticulture, Floriculture, Landscape Design, Botany, Plant Pathology/Science, Forestry, Agronomy, Environmental Concerns, Environmental Conservation, Habitat or Forest/Systems Ecology, Land Management and/or other garden related or allied subjects.  Career goals must demonstrate objectives that are garden-related.

For Virginia residents who are full-time students at a Virginia college or university and enrolled in a degree-seeking program with a concentration or a major in mathematics and plan to teach mathematics in a Virginia school.

An interactive online science, technology, engineering and mathematics learning experience highlighted by a 7-day residential summer academy at NASA Langley Research Center. Students selected to participate in the program are immersed in NASA-related research through interaction with scientists, engineers and technologists. Students must have interest in or an aptitude for math, science, engineering, or technology and a minimum GPA of 2.7.

Eligibility Criteria

Eligibility Criteria for the $500.00 scholarships 

The applicant MUST

Be an African-American male or female high school student who graduated in the Winter of 2024 or will graduate in the Spring of 2025.

Have a minimum 2.5-2.99 cumulative grade point average.

Be a resident of and attend a high school in the Chesterfield, Hanover, Henrico, New Kent or Richmond School Systems.

Plan to enroll full time in a vocational/technical school, a two-year college or four-year college/university for the 2025-2026 academic year.

Eligibility Criteria for the $1,000.00 scholarships

The applicant MUST

Be an African-American male or female high school student who graduated in the Winter of 2024 or will graduate in the Spring of 2025.

Have a minimum 2.5 cumulative grade point average.

Be a resident of and attend a high school in the Chesterfield, Hanover, Henrico, New Kent or Richmond School Systems.

Plan to enroll full time in a vocational/technical school, a two-year college or four-year college/university for the 2025-2026 academic year.

Open to graduating seniors from a Henrico County Public High School pursuing a career as a teacher in special education or a career supporting children with special needs.  3.0 GPA required.  Contact high school guidance counselor for further information.

Eligibility is limited to students graduating from high schools with local PTA units in good standing with Virginia PTA, according to the Standards of Affiliation

MULTIPLE AWARDS OF $500 IN EACH CATEGORY!

• COLLEGE/UNIVERSITY SCHOLARSHIP
  Students enrolled in a four-year academic degree program
• TECHNICAL SCHOLARSHIP
  Students enrolled in a two or three year approved technical, vocational, and associate degree program
• FINE ARTS SCHOLARSHIP
  Students enrolled in school of arts, college of design or institute of the arts degree program
• SPECIAL EDUCATION SCHOLARSHIP
  Special education students (Identified with a current Individual Education Plan-IEP) entering approved technical, vocational, associate degree or a four-year academic program