ESA Foundation Scholarships
The ESA Foundation scholarship program works to create opportunities for students and young professionals who are interested in having a voice in the video games industry.
Computer and Video Games Arts and Sciences Scholarships
For undergraduate students pursuing careers as video game creators
Esports Scholarship
For students who play or manage esports on a collegiate team and are pursuing a four-year, academic degree
Meet the 2024-25 ESA Foundation Scholars
Georgia Post
San Jose State University
Melissa Cornejo
University of California – San Diego
Billy Ngueyn
University of California Berkeley, A Regents of the University of California Affiliate
Sequina King
Northwestern University
Chris Kreins
University of California – San Diego
Amber Lu
Purdue University
Abigail Zeibert
USC General Depository
Milan Rozier
Spelman College
Hannah Rajan
Georgia Institute of Technology
Camryn Schroder
DREXEL Concentration
Lolacenza Paolello-Skindell
Penn West Edinboro University
Cathelina Zhan
The University of Southern California
Jarunun Wongphatarakul
University of California, Los Angeles
Samantha Soard
Georgia State University
Kaliyah Powell
Savannah College of Art and Design
Noah Combatir
University of Maryland – College Park
Rafael Davis
Rochester Institute of Technology
Aadya Sharma
Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Since 2007, the program has awarded more than 450 scholarships to power the dreams of underrepresented students earning a computer science or video game arts and sciences-related degree.
- Scholar Spotlight:
Her Brother’s Keeper
Growing up, Tré Lannon led a relatively rootless existence, living with his family in towns across the country. So video games became a refuge for the computer programming major at USC.
