Virginia FCCLA STAR Events Scholarships

Click here to see a listing of the current scholarships available for the top winners in our state STAR Events competition. This list is updated regularly as additional scholarships become available.
The Virginia FCCLA Leadership Foundation annually awards scholarships to local FCCLA chapters for the entry fees paid for national STAR Events competition. That is budgeted at $10,000 for the 2023 competition.

Virginia FCCLA College Scholarship
As part of its mission, the Virginia FCCLA Leadership Foundation annually awards a $1000 scholarship to a college student enrolled in a Family and Consumer Sciences and/or related program of study who plans to enter FCS education at the middle or secondary level. This is a competitive scholarship for students who desire to pursue a career in Family & Consumer Sciences Education and become an FCCLA adviser. The applicant must be a junior or senior college student, a first-year full-time graduate student, or a career switcher enrolled in good standing in a Virginia-based college or university. The applicant must be a Virginia in-state student. Applications are due annually by November 1 to the foundation. Click here for a copy of the most current application form in MS Word format. Click here for a Google Doc of the most current application.


Michaela Amari, Masters candidate at Virginia Tech, receives the 2022-2023 $1,000 Deborah L. Will College Scholarship from the Virginia FCCLA Leadership Foundation
The foundation also awarded a $500 Honorable Mention scholarship to Caitlyn Stokes, also a Masters candidate at Virginia Tech
Scholarships from Affiliated Organizations
Click on the logo above for information on student and teacher scholarships offered by the Virginia Association of Family & Consumer Sciences
Click on the logo above for information on scholarships offered by national FCCLA
Click on the logo above for information on scholarships offered to students in hospitality programs offered by VRLTA. Scroll to the bottom of their website or click here for scholarships offered by the National Restaurant Association Educational Foundation.