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 CLOSED APRIL 30, 2025.
Awardees will be announced in July 2025.

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

Angel Sanchez-Avalos
California Polytechnic State University – San Luis Obispo

Eli Tsao
DigiPen Institute of Technology

Georgia Post
San Jose State University

Logan Gregory
University of Hawaii-Manoa

Cristian Melgoza
Chapman University

Dihanna Adam
Florida State University

William Ribar
San Diego State University

Jared de Monteiro
University of Miami

Beatrix Wun
Rochester Institute of Technology

Anisa Ozalp
Empire State University

Jeremiah Smith
North Carolina A&T State University

Aaron Dang
Georgia State University

Orion Edgington
Stevens Institute of Technology

Chloe Tran
DigiPen Institute of Technology

Ryan Divan
Princeton University

Daijya Robinson
Rochester Institute of Technology

Adam Nguyen
Syracuse University

Evelyn Woodruff
Clark University

Aurora Heo
University of Texas – Austin

Faith Ogenyi
University of Cincinnati

Andrew Liao
Northwestern University

Oleisia Johnson
Spelman College

Desiree Bragg
California State University – Monterey Bay

Naima Melton
University of Southern California

Katrina Lin
University of Illinois at Urbana Champaign

Kevin Siu
University of California – SD

Camden Kantaparn
University of Virginia

Bridgitte Garcia
Clark 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.