Graduate Student Financial Support
Currently enrolled engineering graduate students are eligible for a number of student support opportunities.
UVA Engineering Graduate Hardship Funding
Graduate students experiencing an unexpected hardship to meet pressing financial needs, such as tuition, rent, food, healthcare, or necessary travel. Applications are reviewed on a rolling basis throughout the year.
Additional Financial and Student Resources
Beyond scholarships, students may also need occasional support and assistance with needs including food, textbooks, or legal services. Resources are available from the University and the School of Engineering and Applied Science in a variety of ways.
Hoo Needs Help
Hoo Needs Help is a partnership between the Division of Student Affairs and Student Financial Services, designed to provide emergency financial support to students in need. Aid may come in a variety of forms, including grants, loans and/or university and community resources. Hoo Needs Help exists to support students who need assistance with unexpected, unforeseen, and unavoidable emergency expenses.
Textbook Access Office
The Textbook Access Office is a program for low-income and first-generation students to request specific titles and check out textbooks free of charge. Students can receive grants for loanable textbook purchases and/or borrow textbooks that should be returned at the end of the semester. Textbooks are now open for requesting and reserving for the duration of the spring semester.
UVA Community Food Pantry
The UVA Community Food Pantry (CFP) a student-run pantry open to UVA undergraduate and graduate students, and staff. The CFP provides essential food and hygiene products and is located in the Student Activities Center on the 1st floor of Newcomb Hall, across from the Bank of America.