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
Cristian Melgoza
Chapman University
William Ribar
San Diego State University
Georgia Post
San Jose State University
Bridgitte Garcia
Clark University
Angel Sanchez-Avalos
California Polytechnic State University – San Luis Obispo
Beatrix Wun
Rochester Institute of Technology
Eli Tsao
DigiPen Institute of Technology
Naima Melton
University of Southern California
Oleisia Johnson
Spelman College
Chloe Tran
DigiPen Institute of Technology
Jeremiah Smith
North Carolina A&T State University
Orion Edgington
Stevens Institute of Technology
Aaron Dang
Georgia State University
Camden Kantaparn
University of Virginia
Aurora Heo
University of Texas – Austin
Evelyn Woodruff
Clark University
Adam Nguyen
Syracuse University
Logan Gregory
University of Hawaii-Manoa
Faith Ogenyi
University of Cincinnati
Dihanna Adam
Florida State University
Andrew Liao
Northwestern University
Daijya Robinson
Rochester Institute of Technology
Desiree Bragg
California State University – Monterey Bay
Ryan Divan
Princeton University
Kevin Siu
University of California – SD
Katrina Lin
University of Illinois at Urbana Champaign
Anisa Ozalp
Empire State University
Jared de Monteiro
University of Miami
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.
