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

Aadya Sharma

Massachusetts Institute of Technology

Kaliyah Powell

Savannah College of Art and Design

Melissa Cornejo

University of California – San Diego

Rafael Davis

Rochester Institute of Technology

Billy Ngueyn

University of California Berkeley, A Regents of the University of California Affiliate

Chris Kreins

University of California – San Diego

Hannah Rajan

Georgia Institute of Technology

Milan Rozier

Spelman College

Cathelina Zhan

The University of Southern California

Jarunun Wongphatarakul

University of California, Los Angeles

Camryn Schroder

DREXEL Concentration

Georgia Post

San Jose State University

Lolacenza Paolello-Skindell

Penn West Edinboro University

Sequina King

Northwestern University

Noah Combatir

University of Maryland – College Park

Abigail Zeibert

USC General Depository

Samantha Soard

Georgia State University

Amber Lu

Purdue University


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.

  • Scholar Spotlight: 

A Rock Star Is Born

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.

  • Scholar Spotlight: 

Something to Prove

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.

Past Scholars

Meet our 2021-2022 Scholars

Meet our 2020-2021 Scholars

Meet our 2019-2020 Scholars