Jefferson Fellow receives 2025 UVA Engineering Outstanding Ph.D. Student Award

May 29, 2025

Ben Goffin, the Peter and Crisler Quick Jefferson Fellow, recently received the 2025 UVA Engineering Outstanding Ph.D. Student Award for his work tackling challenges in water resources, ecosystem resilience, and wildfire risk.

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Fellows

Benjamin Goffin

Peter and Crisler Quick Jefferson Fellow

Foundation-funded professor shares his vision for new groundbreaking biotech institute

Mark Esser will drive innovation in biotechnology at UVA and beyond

May 21, 2025

Jefferson Scholar helps commemorate the anniversary of the U.S. Supreme Court’s decision in the landmark Brown v. Board of Education case

Pria Dua, the Joseph R. Daniel Jefferson Scholar from the Class of 2028, co-leads effort to honor Virginia's school integration legacy

May 21, 2025

Jefferson Scholar alumnus receives Knight-Hennessy Scholarship to study law at Stanford

Jaden Evans, JS '23, will continue his graduate studies at Stanford after earning a master's degree in international relations at Johns Hopkins

May 21, 2025

Jefferson Scholar alumnus thrives as a Rhodes Scholar at Oxford University

Grant GianGrasso, JS '23, will receive two graduate degrees from Oxford before attending medical school

May 15, 2025

Scholarships

Learn more about the selection process and nomination for the Jefferson Scholarship and the Walentas Scholarship from the Jefferson Scholars Foundation at the University of Virginia.

Fellowships

The Foundation supports world-class graduate students through Jefferson Fellowships and National Fellowships.

Faculty Support

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