ESA Foundation offering $45K in game dev scholarships
The Entertainment Software Association Foundation has announced the start of a new undergraduate scholarship program aimed at women and minority applicants who are looking to get into the games industry. Up to fifteen scholarships for $3,000 USD will be awarded, making for a grand total of $45,000 to be given away by the Foundation each year.
The scholarship applies only to full-time undergraduate students during the 2008-09 school year, and is targeted toward women and minority students who intend on entering the games industry. News of this scholarship closely follows the announcement of the second year of Penny Arcade's own scholarship, which awards $10,000 to a single student each year. The deadline for the ESA scholarship is May 15. More details can be found here.
The scholarship applies only to full-time undergraduate students during the 2008-09 school year, and is targeted toward women and minority students who intend on entering the games industry. News of this scholarship closely follows the announcement of the second year of Penny Arcade's own scholarship, which awards $10,000 to a single student each year. The deadline for the ESA scholarship is May 15. More details can be found here.












Reader Comments (Page 1 of 1)
Quak @ Mar 20th 2008 12:34PM
Yay, more positive discrimination that gives people jobs not because they are necessarily the best at what they do, but because they have the right skin colour or the right sex.
Positive discrimination is still discrimination and as such is wrong. It should be banned in ALL forms. The people who should be getting this money are the ones who excel at their chosen field and who NEED it the most, irrespective of skin colour or sex.
When the hell will society wake up to this?
ThornedVenom (Harley Quinn Defense Force) @ Mar 21st 2008 1:35AM
I applaud you.
theydidntnameme @ Mar 20th 2008 4:46PM
well im a minority so i agree with this scholarship
Gareth @ Mar 20th 2008 4:51PM
So you're happy to be given stuff simply because you're a minority and not because you deserve it?
Takes all sorts I guess.
hvnlysoldr @ Apr 12th 2008 5:37PM
I'm half yellow but am disgusted with Political Correctness which is all sorts of political incorrectness. And racism is hate based on race not white on black hate only.