Scholarships For Female Game Designers

Scholarships

This list of scholarship opportunities is not comprehensive, and there may be many other options depending upon your background and location. Search for opportunities though your financial aid office as well as through organizations that you may be a part of. This list may give you some ideas, and if you know of a scholarship that should be included here, please contact us with the information.

The application process for scholarships is very similar to the process for applying to colleges. Get started with these tips on finding and applying for scholarships.

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https://bold.org/scholarships/minority-women-in-stem-bi-annual-scholarship/

Created Tuesday, November 9, 2021 at 11:27 AM

bold.org's Minority Women in STEM Bi-Annual Scholarship awards $3,000 every 6 months to women from backgrounds underrepresented in STEM industries. Applicants must be undergraduate or graduate students majoring in or actively involved with STEM fields. Winners are selected based on their drive to succeed, ambition in their field, and the impact that winning the scholarship would have for them.
https://www.asmfoundation.org/students/scholarships/

Created Friday, January 22, 2021 at 12:26 PM

The ASM Materials Education Foundation has awarded over $1.3 million in scholarships since 1953. They award up to 20 scholarships each year to students pursuing education in materials science and engineering, and most awards include a certificate or recognition and a stipend to attend the annual awards ceremony.
https://seattlefoundation.smapply.org/prog/women_at_microsoft_scholarship/

Created Friday, January 15, 2021 at 3:45 PM

The Women at Microsoft Scholarship seeks to empower and enable high school women and non-binary people to go to college, realize the impact technology has on the world, and target a career in the technology industry. A primary goal of this scholarship is to help improve gender diversity in the technology industry.
https://www.womanium.org/Initiatives/Scholarships

Created Friday, July 31, 2020 at 5:17 PM

Womanium provides academic scholarships to capable and promising young women in schools, colleges, and universities to pursue their studies, internships, apprenticeships, career and leadership roles in STEM+E fields. The candidates are selected from a filtered pool of girls and young women in their respective categories in collaboration with other participating partners of Womanium.
https://lesbianswhotech.org/codingscholarship/

Created Monday, June 22, 2020 at 4:08 PM

The Lesbians Who Tech Edie Windsor Coding Scholarship Fund makes it possible for incoming LGBTQ women and non-binary techies to kickstart careers in technology. The scholarship covers up to 50% of tuition at one of the partner coding schools or bootcamps.
https://www.aoefoundation.org/scholarships.php

Created Friday, August 9, 2019 at 4:53 PM

The AOE National Foundation promotes academic excellence by awarding scholarships in varying amounts to women who promote engineering and technical science by exemplifying high standards in: character, conduct, integrity, academic achievement & scholastic aptitude, community involvement, and extracurricular activities.
https://www.sae.org/participate/scholarships/

Created Friday, August 9, 2019 at 4:27 PM

SAE International, a global association of engineers and technical experts in the aerospace, automotive, and commercial-vehicle industries, awards scholarship to both undergraduate and graduate engineering students. Funded through the SAE Foundation, these scholarships encourage academic excellence and help students around the world to pursue their passion for engineering.
https://girlswhostem.com/girls-in-stem-scholarship/

Created Tuesday, September 25, 2018 at 10:50 AM

The Girls in STEM (GIS) Scholarship Award is open to students enrolled in any STEM related undergraduate programs at an accredited university, and is awarded annually in the amount of $500.
https://revpart.com/scholarship/

Created Tuesday, April 24, 2018 at 3:11 PM

RevPart is proud to support the next generation of science, technology, engineering, and math (STEM) students by providing a scholarship of $1,000 to a student demonstrating excellent promise in their area of study. Any undergraduate or graduate student majoring in a STEM field that is attending an accredited college may apply. RevPart is also offering a $250 book scholarship for the first and second runner-up.
https://apply.nacme.org/

Created Thursday, March 15, 2018 at 12:38 PM

The National Action Council for Minorities in Engineering aims to enrich society with an American workforce that champions diversity in STEM by increasing the number of underrepresented minorities in engineering and computer science. To do this they have become the largest provider of college scholarships for underrepresented minorities pursuing degrees at schools of engineering. How do you become a NACME Scholar? Start by applying to attend one of the NACME Partner Institutions. These universities receive grants from NACME to make scholarships available specifically for minority students in engineering.
https://www.loadview-testing.com/scholarship/

Created Tuesday, February 13, 2018 at 2:24 PM

To support and encourage women in computing, Dotcom-Monitor awards this annual scholarship to women currently enrolled as full-time undergraduate students in the U.S. or Canada studying computer science, computer engineering, or a related field.
https://www.virtixit.com/scholarships

Created Tuesday, December 26, 2017 at 5:07 AM

The Virtix IT STEM Studies Scholarship awards scholarships to college-bound high school seniors based on demonstrated academic achievement, financial need, and an express interest in pursuing a STEM education. One $500 scholarship is awarded per academic year.
https://www.influenster.com/scholarship

Created Monday, October 23, 2017 at 1:23 PM

In celebration of outstanding undergraduate and graduate women in technical fields of study, Influenster has launched the Influenster Scholarship for Women In STEM to recognize them and give them the resources they need to advance in their disciplines and eventually pursue their dream careers in STEM.
https://www.gamedesigning.org/scholarship

Created Thursday, October 19, 2017 at 11:28 AM

The video gaming industry continues to flourish and adapt as new ideas and platforms consistently arise. This game design scholarship will offer $1000 in financial assistance to a gaming lover who has an excitement and enthusiasm for the future of entertainment.
https://www.straightnorth.com/scholarship/

Created Friday, September 22, 2017 at 10:44 AM

As an industry leader, Straight North supports students pursuing degrees in science, technology, engineering and math (STEM) disciplines. Through the Straight North STEM Scholarship, the organization will award the winning student $1,000 to be used toward his or her degree. In addition, they award $250 book scholarships to the two runners-up.
https://www.snapology.com/scholarships

Created Tuesday, September 12, 2017 at 2:38 PM

The Snapology STEM Studies Scholarship awards scholarships to female college-bound high school seniors based on demonstrated academic achievement, financial need, and an express interest in pursuing a STEM education. They will be awarding (1) $1,000 scholarship per academic year.
https://www.crazygames.com/scholarship

Created Tuesday, July 25, 2017 at 11:43 AM

The mission at CrazyGames.com is to let people enjoy innovative in-browser gaming experiences. That is only possible thanks to the countless game developers, digital designers, and software engineers whose creativity and passion allows them to provide thousands of free games. Out of gratefulness to community, and to help foster the next generation of digital media developers, they have decided to give a hand to students who are working to build the future of this field and thus established an annual Student Scholarship with which they give away $1,500 every year to one student.
https://thebhwgroup.com/scholarship

Created Friday, January 15, 2016 at 12:09 PM

The BHW Group is a custom web and mobile app development company based in Austin, Texas. Their Women in STEM scholarship is open to women who are pursuing an undergrad degree in STEM. Applicants are asked to submit an essay on topics such as their favorite app or a time when an app played a significant role in improving their day.