IvyPanda’s Video Contest Scholarship is back for the tenth year in a row, looking to reward another pair of talented individuals!
Participants are allowed to make animated videos as well as film yourself or your friends. Each participant may submit only one video and win just one award.
Here are the details…
Scholarship Name: $1,500 Annual Video Contest Scholarship for Students
Eligibility: Current high school, college, or university students from any country. Winners will be required to send proof of their academic status or enrollment.
Awards: The winner will receive a $1,000 scholarship. The runner-up prize is $500.
Deadline: October 31, 2026
Link: https://ivypanda.com/scholarship-video
Submission Requirements
Record an original video on one of the following topics:
- When everyone has AI, what makes a student’s work truly stand out?
- Career planning in the age of AI: How should students prepare today?
- If AI were your classmate, what could it teach you – and what would it never understand?
Your video must:
- Contain only copyright-free content.
- Cover one of the topics given above.
- Be in English only.
- Last between 1-1:30 minutes.
- Be submitted in one of the following formats: .MOV, .MPEG4, .MP4, .AVI.
- Have a widescreen aspect ratio.
- Feature the official IvyPanda logo, clearly visible in one corner, throughout its entire duration.
Upload your video to one of these file-hosting services: Dropbox, Google Drive. NOTE: No video should be set to public access before the Contest.
Subscribe to IvyPanda’s first and second YouTube channels; like and share the Contest video-description on X, Facebook or Instagram.
Send an email to scholarship@ivypanda.com with “IvyPanda Video Contest Submission” as the subject line and the following content inside (in this particular order):
- The direct link to your uploaded video (the share option must be set to “Give access to anyone with the link”)
- The screenshots of your subscriptions to IvyPanda’s YouTube channels
- The screenshot of the Contest video-description shared on social media
- A creative, catchy title that reflects your ideas
- The detailed answer to the question: “Where did you find out about the IvyPanda Contest?”
If you are interested, you can see previous winners’ videos here:
https://ivypanda.com/scholarship-video#previous-scholarships-section
