Graduate Scholarships

The following graduate tuition scholarships are available to students in the College of Agriculture and Life Sciences. The scholarships are awarded by the Assistant Dean of Graduate Research Program in CALS. To apply, please log into the Virginia Tech Scholarship Central program to complete the application.

These scholarships are NOT available to students that are on or expect to be on a teaching or research assistantship.

Horace E. and Elizabeth F. Alphin Scholarship

Tuition scholarship(s) will be awarded to any full-time graduate student in the College of Agriculture and Life Sciences. Recipient(s) will be selected on the basis of financial need and academic achievement.

Cyrus McCormick Scholarship

This scholarship will be awarded to any full-time graduate student in the College of Agriculture and Life Sciences. Recipient(s) will be selected on the basis of financial need and academic achievement.

Phyllis G. and Reginald H. Nelson IV Scholarship

Tuition scholarship(s) will be awarded to any full-time graduate student in the College of Agriculture and Life Sciences. Recipient(s) will be selected on the basis of financial need and academic achievement.

Celeste W. Reynolds Scholarship

Tuition scholarship will be awarded to any full-time graduate student whose primary interest is in a food and nutrition, preferably community food service programs.  This scholarship will be awarded every other year.

David J. Spence Tuition Scholarship

Tuition scholarship(s) will be awarded and is available only to graduate students conducting research in certifiable organic production systems. To apply for this scholarship, attach to the nomination form a 1-page outline of the type of research the graduate student will be expected to address (for an entering student) or is currently addressing (for a currently enrolled student).

William T. Steele, Jr. Graduate Scholarship

Tuition scholarship(s) will be awarded to any full-time graduate student in the College of Agriculture and Life Sciences. Recipient(s) will be selected on the basis of financial need and academic achievement.

Watkins Family Scholarship

Tuition scholarship(s) will be awarded to any full-time graduate student in the College of Agriculture and Life Sciences. Recipient(s) will be selected on the basis of financial need and academic achievement.