In 1952 The Norfolk Foundation received its first scholarship fund. Today it administers more than 50 scholarship funds that are helping more than 280 students achieve their academic goals. Each fund retains the name of the donor who created it or someone the donor wished to honor. In 2008 the Foundation awarded more than $767,000 in scholarships. To learn about creating a scholarship fund or making a gift of any size to the Community Fund for Scholarships click here.

• Competitive Scholarships for Undergraduate Education

• Competitive Scholarships for Graduate and Medical Education

• Other Norfolk Foundation Scholarships
  

Norfolk Foundation Scholarship Recipients
Are you among the 3,428 individuals who have received a Norfolk Foundation scholarship? If so, please let us hear from you. Since 1950 the Foundation has awarded more than $14 million in scholarship funds to deserving students.  Please submit an Alumni Update to let us know how our scholarship was helpful to you.

If you are interested in applying for a scholarship, please click here for details.

Scholarship Highlight

Florence Smith was a Norfolk physician’s daughter who gave The Norfolk Foundation its first major gift in 1952. A bequest from her will provided $460,000 for a scholarship fund for Virginia students attending medical school in the Commonwealth. Since then the Smith scholarship fund sent more than 650 physicians to medical school – providing more than $2.5 million in scholarships. The endowed fund continues to provide scholarships for students at Eastern Virginia Medical School, the University of Virginia School of Medicine and Virginia Commonwealth University School of Medicine. Smith Scholars have become presidents of the American Medical Society, the American Academy of Ophthalmology, International Society of Pediatric Surgical Oncology and National Foundation for Infectious Diseases as well as numerous state and regional medical societies. Two Smith Scholars are missionaries and many teach and conduct research at medical schools around the country. More than 100 Smith Scholars practice medicine in southeastern Virginia.