$40,000 Amazon Future Engineer Scholarship Due 1/25

Apply by January 25th to the Amazon Future Engineer Scholarship, which will award 100 applicants with $40,000 and a paid summer internship program at Amazon. Additional background on the scholarship can be found here.

Eligibility:
• Must be employment authorized to work in the US. Example: Employment Authorization Document holder, Permanent Resident, or US Citizen.
• Be a high school senior in the U.S. who has completed or is currently enrolled in a computer science course – dual enrollment courses also count! If you haven’t taken a formal computer science course but have learned on your own, you can opt in to take a brief assessment instead.
• Be planning to attain a bachelor’s degree in computer science, software engineering, computer engineering or other computer science related field of study.
• Have a minimum cumulative grade point average of 3.0 on a 4.0 scale (or its equivalent).
• Must demonstrate financial need

How to Apply:
• Write a short answer response (approximately 250 words) to three questions.
• Online recommendation submitted by a teacher, preferably a computer science teacher, on your behalf.
• Transcript
• Most recently filed 1040 (see application link above for guidance)

Check out the selection criteria at the application link above.