Fast Facts

Recognizing the diversity of Virginia’s higher education institutions and the fact that institutions are at various stages in the process, the intent of this call for applications is to support institutions wherever they are at in their journey to transform federal work-study (FWS) jobs and/or on-campus jobs to be internships/more internship-like while adhering to federal policy requirements for FWS.

In 2022, with assistance from a work group, State Council of Higher Education for Virginia (SCHEV) staff developed a  toolkit for the Virginia Talent + Opportunity Partnership (V-TOP) so that institutions do not have to start the transformation process from scratch. The toolkit offers guidance, consideration and resources/case studies designed to be useful wherever an institution is at in the process and regardless of organizational structure – offices and staff involved in FWS implementation. The toolkit informed the call for application process for these competitive grants available to institutions beginning in 2023.

The grants can be used for implementation planning, piloting or scaling transformed FWS programs and/or on-campus jobs, depending on where an institution is in the process.

Call for Applications [pdf]

Important Dates

February 23: Call for applications issued
February 26: Pre-proposal information session
March 23: Deadline for proposal submission to SCHEV
April 22: Grant awards announced
September 1: Deadline for application submission to SCHEV
October 15: Grant awards announced

Applicant/Grantee Resources

Call for Applications [pdf] (Call for Applications February 2026)
Timeline and Milestones Template
Budget Template
Semi-annual performance reporting form
Grant project amendment request form
Pre-recorded proposal info session (pre-2026): Pre-proposal information session,  Slide deck [pdf]

Questions

For questions about the call for applications contact:
Emily Salmon, Assistant Director of Strategic Planning and Policy Studies
State Council of Higher Education for Virginia
emilysalmon@schev.edu