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Foundation-funded professor leads UVA initiative to accelerate life-saving medical discoveries

Mark Esser, chief scientific officer and head of the Paul and Diane Manning Institute of Biotechnology, is launching a new SPARK Tank competition to help fund biomedical research

July 30, 2026

Jefferson Scholar selected to receive a Rhodes Scholarship

Grant GianGrasso will study clinical medicine at the University of Oxford as a Rhodes Scholar.

November 14, 2023

Fourth-year Jefferson Scholar delivers personal address as part of UVA's "Double Take" speaker series

Charles Ellison shares his experience being diagnosed with cancer as a child.

October 26, 2023

Jefferson Scholars Foundation announces award-winning author, curator, and educator joins UVA’s Department of Art

Tatiana Flores joins UVA faculty as the Edgar Shannon Jefferson Scholars Foundation Distinguished Professor in Art History

October 23, 2023

Foundation establishes first Distinguished Professorships in Engineering

New Systems and Information Engineering Professorships will push boundaries for benefit of society

October 16, 2023

Reimagining Graduate Education

Over the last 25 years, the Foundation has partnered with the University to support exceptional graduate students.

October 6, 2023

Foundation professor publishes new law review article on the surveillance of public-school students

Danielle Citron, the Jefferson Scholars Foundation Schenck Distinguished Professor in Law, writes and teaches about privacy, free expression, and civil rights.

September 19, 2023

Third-year Jefferson Scholar shares his recent experiences in Rwanda and what sparked his interest in global health

This summer, Owen Selden spent time in Rwanda conducting research at the University Teaching Hospital of Kigali.

September 19, 2023

Jefferson Scholar alumnus has created an innovative way to teach youth in Mississippi

Vilas Annavarapu, co-founder of Riverside Collective, gives youth opportunities to take part in a worker-owned business.

September 6, 2023

Foundation announces speaker for its 2023 Shadwell Speaker Series

New York Times bestselling author Georgia Hunter will talk about her book We Were the Lucky Ones

August 22, 2023

Postdoctoral student supported by the Foundation was a key participant in 13th Annual Law and Religion Roundtable

Alyssa Penick, a postdoctoral fellow in the Foundation's Center for the Study of the Age of Jefferson, participates in roundtable event.

July 27, 2023

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

Learn more about how the Foundation supports UVA faculty with the Distinguished Professorship Program and faculty awards.

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