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.
APPLICATIONS FOR 27-28 WILL BE AVAILABLE MARCH 1, 2027.
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 2026-27 ESA Foundation Scholars
Jayden Johnson
University of the Incarnate Word
Mikayla Le
Bellarmine University
Samry Lemma
Howard University
Angelina Pao
UC Irvine
Desiree Bragg
University Of Oregon
Allison Knight
DigiPen University
Mahi Jain
U Texas Austin
Maria Koscheev
U Texas Austin
Nsidibe Ekpo
Yale
Sierra McFarland
TN Tech
Dialma Quiroz
Univeristy of Utah
Manfred-Lamont Tabe
USC
Gregory Mitchell
Dartmouth
Gabriel Young
University Of Delaware
Daphne Jennings
Spellman College
Serena Cai
UC Berkley
Ava Boswell
University of Tulsa
Allison Lee
USC
Koa Chang
Stanford
Elizabeth Huber
Bellarmine University
Andrew Liao
Northwestern University
Aiden Joyner
Marist
Ghamdan Ahmed
NC State
Oluwaseyi Ajibola
San Jose State University
Evelyn Woodruff
Clark University
Xavier Gonzalez
UC Davis
Cathelina Zhan
USC
Darya Kreymer
DigiPen University
Bernice Hoang
U Texas Austin
James Snyder
DigiPen University
Angelina Pezcon
UCSan Diego
Since 2007, the program has awarded more than 500 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.
