Cunningham Fellows receive an annual stipend and a graduate assistantship for 3 years. The Graduate School serves as the coordinating official for fellowships awarded outside the university, such as GEM, NSF, Packard Foundation, Ford Fellowships , and many others. Fellowship students are expected to be enrolled for 12 credit hours each for the Fall and Spring semesters. Virginia Tech does not require fellowship students to be enrolled during the summer terms. Minority Fellowships and Scholarships Departments are encouraged to nominate outstanding minority students for available fellowships and scholarships in the spring prior to the Fall semester.
Scholarships are for tuition for one semester for first-year graduate students.
In addition the university offers the Powell Fellowship and Dean's Assistantships. A single nomination form is used for all fellowships and is available from the Graduate School. Virginia Tech is consistently awarded a high percentage of SREB fellowships.