If you’re a woman or minority, heads up for a new $45,000 scholarship from the ESA Foundation for students pursuing game education. To be applicable, you must want to attend for full-time study at accredited four-year colleges and universities. Although applications for this round are due on May 15, 2008, the ESA plans to add fifteen more scholarships for fields including graphic design, computer science, animation or programming, digital entertainment or software engineering.

“Positions in our industry are high-paying jobs with a remarkable potential to inspire and entertain millions of Americans. We hope these scholarships will encourage students to pursue careers in this growing and lucrative field,” said Michael Gallagher, president and CEO of the ESA.

“We offer this program to help create our industry’s next generation who will boost the industry’s creative capital with new and unique approaches,” he added.

For application materials and guidelines, check out the ESA Scholarship Program site.

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