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.

  • 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