Charles W. Schiffert and Dolores S. Schiffert Scholarship

The Schifferts moved to Blacksburg in 1968 from Craigsville, Virginia where Dr. Charles Schiffert served as a family practitioner. He was Associate Director of Student Health at Virginia Tech from 1968-1971 and served as Director from 1971 until he retired in 1986.The Charles W. Schiffert and Dolores S. Schiffert Scholarship was established to provide scholarship support for a current undergraduate student with demonstrated financial need, who plans to pursue a career as a medical physician. This scholarship may be reduced or cancelled if your demonstrated financial need changes, or if you do not complete the required thank you letter. Changes in funding may cause VT to replace this award with another award for the same amount. This scholarship application is for scholarship consideration for the 2025-26 academic year.

Award
Varies
Deadline
03/31/2025
Supplemental Questions
  1. Upload an updated résumé containing your academic information and leadership/extracurricular/professional experience.
  2. Please describe the endeavors, other than academic coursework, on which you have focused your energy once you decided that your main interest was pursuing medicine as a career. (500 words or less)
  3. Integrity is a core value in medicine; additionally, being self-aware, resilient, and adaptable are important characteristics. Explain specifically how you have demonstrated these characteristics once you decided that pursuing a career as a medical physician (including other medical professions) was your main interest. (500 words or less)
  4. Please list the name and email address of your first reference. (Required)
  5. Please list the name and email address of your second reference. (Optional)