Financial Need Grant

Financial Need Grant Application

QVA provides grants to highly-motivated LGBTQ+ students with financial need.

Current undergraduate and graduate students who attend the University of Virginia on a full-time basis can apply for a grant. Decisions will be based on academic achievements, financial need, essays, extracurricular activities, and demonstrated commitment to bettering the LGBTQ+ community at UVa and beyond. Recipients can re-apply for a grant one year after receiving a grant. Non-recipients may re-apply with an updated application each semester. Grants will generally be distributed in September and January.

Awarded funds will be applied directly to the student’s account by the Student Financial Services office rather than sent to students as checks. For questions about the grant application, or in cases of unexpected and urgent financial need, please email

Lance@SerpentineSociety.org

To help us make a grant decision, we ask for your permission to work with Student Financial Services to understand your full set of aid. Please go to this website, https://virginia.academicworks.com/users/sign_in, complete Net Badge authentication, and click on “Sign In With Your Institution”. Then click on “My Applications” and complete the two-question General Application to release your records to us.

Applicant's Legal Name*
First Last
Preferred First Name
Email*
Phone*
Mailing Address*
Street Address Address Line 2 City State / Province / Region ZIP / Postal Code Country

Although we don't generally send mail, we may send something related to any grants received. Please include an address where you feel comfortable receiving mail.
Education
Major*
Overall GPA*
Major GPA*
Intended Graduation Year*
Credit/No Credit
If there is any information you would like to provide related to your GPA and Credit/No Credit classes, please enter it here. We are working to be especially inclusive of challenging circumstances throughout the pandemic.
Financial Circumstances
Expected Family Contribution (EFC)*

The EFC is the total approximate dollar amount of financial contributions you expect from relatives over the coming semester to help pay for your attendance at UVA.
Other Financial Context
Please provide a quick summary of any other major sources of aid such as scholarships / grants / loans, as well as any other considerations related to race, ethnicity, or disability that you feel are important to understand related to your financial need.
Essay Questions
Question 1: Tell us the organizations / activities you’re involved in and what positions you hold. Tell us what you've accomplished with those organizations.*
Question 2: To what degree are you involved with LGBTQ+ causes and community at UVa or elsewhere? If you are involved, what have you accomplished and what are you working on? If you are not involved, why not, and what major opportunities do you see for the LGBTQ+ community on Grounds?*
Question 3: Are there any specific circumstances you would like to make the review committee aware of that are causing you financial hardship or need? These circumstances may or may not be related to being LGBTQ+.*
Demographic Data Collection
QVA recognizes that even greater barriers stand in the way of people marginalized from within the LGBTQ+ community. The Board of Directors is committed to leveraging the programs, funds, and actions of QVA in ways that combat these barriers and work on behalf of equitable access to education and opportunities for student success. As part of our commitment, we seek demographic information from our scholarship applicants. This information is primarily used to help the Scholarship Committee evaluate QVA’s distribution of financial aid to marginalized people, including but not limited to people of color, gender diverse persons, and disabled persons.
Gender Identity (e.g. cisgender male, transgender female, non-binary, agender etc.)
Sexual orientation (e.g. gay, lesbian, bisexual, etc.)
Romantic Orientation (e.g. homoromantic, aromantic, heteromantic, etc.)
Race/Ethnicity (check all that apply)
- African American/African/Black
- Indigenous People/First Nation/Native American/Alaskan Native
- Native Hawaiian/Pacific Islander
- Arab American/Middle Eastern/North African
- Asian/Asian American
- European American/White
- Hispanic/Latinx/Chicano or Chicana
- Unknown/Decline to State
Disability (check all that apply)
- I am a person with one or more visible disabilities
- I am a person with one or more invisible disabilities
- I am a person without disabilities
- Unknown/decline to state

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