Scholarship Program
AsombrosoX and CALIX Foundation Digital Media & Edutainment Scholarship Program
Scholarship Description: Each year AsombrosoX and the CALIX Foundation holds a Digital Media Student Scholarship Competition. Selected works are chosen from hundreds of entries by college-level students in Jamaica. This scholarship competition presents the opportunity to support a student’s academic career, since they have the opportunity to produce their most creative, best research and writing skills and well-crafted and developed digital media designs and presentations to be tested and reviewed for excellence in Digital Media Design Presentation. A jury panel of teachers, professors and corporate professionals will select the most outstanding works created for the year. From the CALIX Foundation endowment fund, generous contributions from private and corporate donors support the scholarship awards that are granted to 5 students deemed the best of the best in digital media development and presentation.
Purpose of Scholarship:
- To advance educational opportunities and provide needed resources for college students who seek and desire a higher education.
- To increase knowledge, awareness and understanding of Caribbean and African culture and their positive contribution to the advancement of human history and the global community.
- To prepare current students with opportunities to explore and acquire technological skill sets necessary to successfully compete in a global workforce driven by continuous advancement in digital technologies.
- To ensure student preparedness for research, writing and presentation skills.
- To formulate a professional network of academic and business alliances that ensures a system of cross generational success for current and future generation of students and professionals.
Award Amount: $$150 USD to each award winning scholarship recipient in each of the 4 categories.
NOTE: Scholarship winners may receive opportunities to work on future professional Digital Media and Edutainment projects with AsombrosoX, Inc. on a part time basis. Only 10 applicants will be accepted for each category.
Deadline for 2017: January 1 , 2018 (Award Announcement will be made on January 15th, 2018)
Requirements for Scholarships: Student must be a Caribbean National attending The University of the West Indies Jamaica or The University of Technology, Jamaica. Student must be in good academic standing, maintaining a minimum GPA of 3.0.