Fast Facts

Recognizing the diversity of Virginia’s higher education institutions and the fact that institutions are at various stages in the process, the intent of this call for applications is to support institutions wherever they are at in their journey to transform federal work-study (FWS) jobs to be internships/more internship-like while adhering to federal policy requirements for FWS.

In 2022, with assistance from a work group, State Council of Higher Education for Virginia (SCHEV) staff developed a toolkit for the Virginia Talent + Opportunity Partnership (V-TOP) so that institutions do not have to start the transformation process from scratch. The toolkit offers guidance, consideration and resources/case studies designed to be useful wherever an institution is at in the process and regardless of organizational structure – offices and staff involved in FWS implementation. The toolkit informed the request for proposal process for these competitive grants available to institutions beginning in 2023.

The grants can be used for implementation planning, piloting or scaling transformed FWS programs, depending on where an institution is in the process. V-TOP seeks to support the transformation of FWS at every public higher education institution by 2027. Future funding rounds will be held each January and July for first-time submissions. 

Call for Applications [pdf]

Important Dates

January 22: Call for applications issued
January 29: Pre-proposal information session , Slide deck [pdf]
February 22: Deadline for application submission to SCHEV
April 22: Grant awards announced
July 15: Deadline for application submission to SCHEV
October 15: Grant awards announced

Questions
For questions about the call for applications contact:
Emily Salmon
State Council of Higher Education for Virginia