About the Scholarship Program

The University of Virginia proudly announces the establishment of the Walker Global Experiences Scholarships, supported by a generous $2 million gift. These scholarships are designed to empower UVA undergraduates by providing much needed financial support to allow enrollment in a UVA credit-bearing education abroad program with a focus on applied learning offered in Summer 2025. Look for this icon identifying eligible education abroad programs on our website; see below for a complete list.

Scholarship Amount

Each award is up to $5,000. The standard scholarship is $5,000, though that will be adjusted downward if the total cost of attendance is at or near $5,000 and the student is also receiving federal grant aid.

Awards can be used to cover expenses such as program tuition and fees, room and board, transportation, and incidental costs. Awards will be included in eligible students’ financial aid offer before their program’s commitment deadline. Students must not have any holds on their SIS account at the time of their program’s application deadline in order for Student Financial Services (SFS) to review on this timeline.

Eligibility

Students are eligible for a Walker Global Experiences Scholarship if they:

• receive AccessUVA during the 2024-2025 school year,*
• apply to an identified UVA Summer 2025 Program with an applied learning component, and
• are accepted, commit, and participate in that program.

* Students must receive AccessUVA as stated AND be enrolled in Fall 2025 classes.

Do I receive AccessUVA?

If you receive financial aid from UVA, check your SIS account to see if you receive AccessUVA specifically. AccessUVA is the umbrella name for the University of Virginia's need-based financial aid program for undergraduate students. Much of the time, a student can recognize AccessUVA grants on their financial aid offer by the simple name "AccessUVA Scholarship". However, there are many other named awards that are effectively AccessUVA grants.

If you do not see AccessUVA in your award information for the 2024-2025 academic year, you may still have AccessUVA via a named award. SFS has compiled a list of these other named offers on their website for your reference.

What are Applied Learning Programs?

Applied learning programs incorporate internships, field school or field work, project-focused work, practical training, substantial engagement with host country clients or partners, and/or collaborative research.

Walker-eligible UVA Summer 2025 Programs

Africa & the Middle East

• UVA in Cape Town: Global Internships
• UVA in Cape Town: Public Health Advocacy and Community Organizing in South Africa
• UVA in Morocco: Participatory Development in Practice

Asia

• UVA Architecture: China
• UVA Engineering in South Korea: Daegu Gyeongbuk Institute of Science and Technology (DGIST)
• UVA in India: Global Internships at Jindal Global University

Central & South America/Caribbean

• UVA in Buenos Aires: Global Internships
• UVA in Dominica: Social Entrepreneurship in Small Island Developing States
• UVA in Mexico: Muralism, Indigeneity & Contemporary Art in Cholula
• UVA in St. Kitts and Nevis: Public Health Sciences

Europe

• UVA Architecture in Italy: Vicenza
• UVA Exchange: TU Dortmund: Research, Engineering, German and European Studies
• UVA in Dublin: Internship Placement Program (IPP) Global
• UVA in Germany: Global Technology Practice
• UVA in Ghent: Global Internships in Education, Society, and Human Services
• UVA in Greece: Creative Interaction Design
• UVA in Greece: Odyssey in the Anthropocene
• UVA in Lithuania: Sustainable Urban Design Challenges
• UVA in London: Global Internships
• UVA in London: Walker Scholar Program 
• UVA in the Netherlands: Applied Organic Chemistry II
• UVA in Paris: Global Internships
• UVA in Scandinavia: Walker Scholar Program
• UVA in Sweden: Global Sustainability Consulting
• UVA in Valencia: Business
• UVA in Valencia: Global Health

Additional Funding Sources

Each UVA Program has a brochure page online, including a Costs & Finances tab that outlines both billable costs and estimates of additional expenses, for a total anticipated cost of attendance. 

The sample below is from Summer 2024; Summer 2025 budgets will be posted throughout the Fall 2024 semester.

If your program’s total cost of attendance is over $5,000, you are encouraged to seek additional funding sources to cover that gap. These can include:

• Summer Study Abroad Financial Aid
• ISO-Administered Scholarships
• Other UVA, National, and International Scholarships

Talk to us! If you have questions or concerns about funding your education abroad experience, make an advising appointment with your program’s Education Abroad Advisor, or our office’s Scholarships Advisor. We are happy to help. (Different funding options can have different deadlines. The earlier you start thinking and planning, and meeting with us, the better!)