Last
year, the wildly popular potty-mouthed card game Cards Against Humanity channeled
the profits from its $10 Science Pack into a full-ride college scholarship for women studying
science, technology, engineering or math. With Science Pack sales still going
strong, and gender equality in STEM fields still sorely lacking, Cards is ready
to accept another round of applications for the scholarship's
second year.
Like last
year, the scholarship offers full, four-year tuition to any woman seeking an
undergraduate degree in any STEM field and applications will be reviewed by a
board of over 60 women working in places like NASA JPL, Harvard Medical School
and the National Science Foundation. Ideal candidates will be "an
ambassador for their field" and are asked to submit a three-minute video
lecture on a science topic they are passionate about. Applicants must be
enrolled or planning to attend college in United States during the 2017
academic year, but any STEM field is fair game. (Sorry, no graduate
students, however.) The deadline for submissions is December 11th at midnight
and ten finalists will be asked to submit additional materials.
To date,
the scholarship has raised over $975,000 on the profits of that aforementioned Science Pack. More details about the application process can
be found at the Science Ambassador Scholarship website, and for prospective
applicants who need a little inspiration.
Source: https://www.engadget.com
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