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.