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Foundation-funded professor co-authors study linking brain activity to communication in autism

New study by Kevin Pelphrey offers insight into the biology of autism

July 20, 2026

Foundation selects 35 graduate students to receive Jefferson and National Fellowships this fall

June 6, 2023

Foundation launches new lecture series in honor of retired history professor Brian Balogh

Inaugural speaker Beverly Gage delivers a talk on her Pulitzer Prize-winning book about former FBI director J. Edgar Hoover.

June 6, 2023

Walentas Scholars Program continues to expand as it enters its second year

June 1, 2023

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Foundation has announced the names of 57 high school seniors selected to join the Jefferson and Walentas Scholars’ Class of 2027

May 24, 2023

Jefferson Scholar alumnus Xiao Wang to join faculty at UVA's School of Law

May 23, 2023

Foundation awards $35,000 to six outstanding UVA faculty members

May 9, 2023

National Fellow alumna awarded Pulitzer Prize for biography of J. Edgar Hoover

May 8, 2023

Foundation professor JC Cang brings distinction to UVA's neuroscience program

May 4, 2023

Scholar alumna directs Broadway play that earns six Tony Award nominations

Lear deBessonet, the James J. Bailey III Jefferson Scholar from the Class of 2002, earns Tony Award nominations.

May 3, 2023

Foundation professor elected to the American Academy of the Arts and Sciences

April 24, 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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