From its beginnings, the University of Virginia has addressed as its primary business the task of producing leaders for a self-governing people. Firm in his belief that individual talent and initiative must be the chief qualifications for leadership, Thomas Jefferson envisioned the University as a training ground for those who would take on the burdens of responsibility in a free society.
Mr. Jefferson's goal of nurturing future leaders is at the heart of the Jefferson Scholars Foundation. Its fundamental mission is to attract to the University the most promising students in the nation and to give them sufficient financial support so that they are free to develop their talents and to use them for the good of the University community.
The oldest and largest program of the Jefferson Scholars Foundation is its undergraduate scholarship program, which currently supports 132 Jefferson Scholars in residence at the University of Virginia.
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