$1,500 Annual Students' Scholarship

StudyCorgi is launching its annual $1,500 scholarship to support creative students in their movie-making skills. Two winners will receive the prizes: a $1,000 scholarship for first place and $500 for the runner-up.

Check our blog for updates and the announcement of the winners!

Dates to remember

10 July
17 Sept 2024
Submissions collected
25 Sept
8 Oct 2024
1st Evaluation stage
9 Oct
22 Oct 2024
2nd Evaluation stage
23 Oct
5 Nov 2024
Votes are counted
6 Nov 2024
Winners are announced

Requirements

To participate, you need to be a current high school, college, or university student. You must provide proof of your enrollment for your submission to be accepted.

Application submission

1st step

Create an original video on one of the topics below:

  • Overcoming procrastination: tips and tricks for staying productive throughout the academic journey.
  • What can students do to prevent bullying?
  • Making the most of group projects: tips for effective teamwork.

This video should:

  1. Avoid using copyrighted content.
  2. Cover the topic mentioned above as creatively as possible.
  3. Use the English language only.
  4. Be 1 – 2 minutes in length.
  5. Have a catchy title that represents your ideas.
  6. Be delivered in .MOV, .MPEG4, .MP4, or .AVI formats.
2nd step

Use Google Drive or Dropbox to upload your video. Please, don’t set the file to public access before we start collecting submissions.

3rd step

Subscribe to StudyCorgi’s first and second YouTube channels. Leave a like and share the Scholarship video description on Instagram, X, or Facebook.

4th step

Write an email to scholarship@studycorgi.com with "StudyCorgi Video Scholarship Submission" in the subject line. In your email, include the following information in this particular order:

  • The link to the video that you've uploaded (access to the file should be set to anyone who has the link).
  • A screenshot confirming your subscriptions to StudyCorgi’s YouTube channels.
  • A screenshot confirming the Scholarship video description shared on social media.
  • A thumbnail of your choice (this one is optional).
  • Proof that you are a current high school, college, or university student.
  • Your answer to the question: "How did you learn about the StudyCorgi Scholarship?"

If anything from the list above is missing, we won't accept your submission.

You can also make animated videos or film yourself or friends as actors. Each person can only send one video and is eligible for only one award.

While receiving submissions, we'll share the highlights of how the contest is progressing every week on our social media pages. We’ll also post an update on our blog before the evaluation, summarizing the progress so far with an informational post.

1st Evaluation stage

Our editorial team will check and evaluate every video that we receive. We apply the following criteria to all the submissions:

Engagement

Content usefulness

Creativity

Production value

It's important to pay equal attention to each aspect mentioned, as they will influence the final decision when selecting winners.

The videos that meet the criteria will be uploaded to the StudyCorgi YouTube channel. They will then be open for online voting. The audience's likes, comments, and views will decide which videos will reach the second stage.

2nd Evaluation stage

In the second stage, we'll pick out five videos that collected the most likes and had the best audience engagement (also based on views, comments, and social media shares). Then, we'll have our jury of service experts pick the two winners based on the video’s creativity, production value, and how well it delivers the message.

Awarding the winners

We’ll announce the winners on this page and the StudyCorgi blog. Our support team will then contact the winners to discuss how they can receive their scholarships.

We wish you all good luck!

Frequent questions

No, we plan to provide different video topics every year.

A large number of submissions may cause a delay in response, and our support team may be unable to reply to everyone in time. We’d suggest waiting a few days and then contacting us at scholarship@studycorgi.com.

We plan to make this an annual event. Stay tuned for updates on this page, as we’ll post next year’s dates after announcing this year’s winners. You can also follow us on social media to be sure not to miss anything!

Our team puts a lot of effort into identifying and preventing all cheating attempts. However, we’d still suggest you report any suspicious activity to scholarship@studycorgi.com. We appreciate you helping us to keep things fair.

If the video or application itself doesn’t meet at least one requirement listed on this page, we can’t accept it. If you still need additional info, contact us at scholarship@studycorgi.com.

Review the list of acceptable enrollment proofs here: https://developers.google.com/open-source/gsoc/help/proof-of-enrollment

Yes, you can participate again, even if you have already won before.

Disclaimer: By submitting your application, you attest that you have read and understand the contest's terms and conditions and are willing to accept the judges' verdict and the outcome of the vote. You agree to allow us to alter, share, and otherwise utilize your video as we see fit.