A job application asks for a "sample of current scholarship," what is this? I am filling out a job application, which asks to attach a "sample of current scholarship."

What is this? 

I am guessing this means something like a published paper, but as a new PhD graduate, does the thesis count?
"Scholarship" is effectively a synonym for "research".  Send something like:


a published paper
a preprint of an unpublished paper
your thesis, or one or more chapters from it


Your advisor may have advice as to what would be best.