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Eligibility

Eligibility Requirements

Classified and non-classified benefits-eligible employees employed by WVU, including those at WVU Beckley and WVU Keyser, as well as non-commissioned officers serving as staff with the WVU Army and Air Force Reserve Officers’ Training Corps (ROTC) programs, are eligible to apply.

Eligible employees must successfully complete their six-month probationary period for their current position prior to applying.

Scholarship recipients must be enrolled at a WVU campus and registered for at least one class.

Please read the FAQs for full eligibility requirements and additional details.


Selection Process

The Staff Council Scholarship Committee will review completed applications after each application deadline has passed. Employees who do not fully complete the application process will not be considered.

The scholarship will be based on the availability of funds for each semester. If the program has more applicants than available funds, scholarships will be awarded using the following criteria in priority order:

  1. Degree status – Preference will be given to applicants working on a degree in the following order: first undergraduate degree, second undergraduate degree then non-degree students.
  2. Student rank – Preference will be given to applicants based on their academic rank (i.e., senior, junior, sophomore, then freshman).
  3. Application date – Preference will be given to applicants based on the completion date of the application in order of submission.

All applicants will be notified via email regarding the results of the selection process prior to the start of the upcoming semester and the scholarship will be reflected on the student’s bill.

The decisions of the Staff Council Scholarship Committee are final.