6 students were selected from the United States, Canada, and Spain; awards will be used to cover costs for necessary software and hardware; creative and academic research; and tuition.
ASIFA-Hollywood’s Animation Educators Forum (AEF) has announced its scholarship recipients for the academic year 2025-26.Six students were selected from the United States, Canada, and Spain.
The scholarships awarded this year totaled $26,800.and will be used to cover costs for necessary software and hardware; creative and academic research; and tuition.The AEF scholarships are merit-based and designed to support college students in continuing their education in the field of animation.
Each student’s written proposals, letters of recommendation from faculty, and demo reel/still art were taken into consideration as part of the selection process.The 2025-26 AEF Scholarship recipients are: Gyumin Choi – California Institute of the Arts, Valencia, CA - Undergraduate Student – Creative Animation Project Ella Hiebert – Emily Carr University of Art and Design, Vancouver, BC - Senior Undergraduate Student – Creative Animation Project Rachel Lee – Pratt Institute, Brooklyn, NY - Senior Undergraduate Student – Creative Animation Project Felix Lipp – California Institute for the Arts, Valencia, CA - Undergraduate Student – Creative Animation Project Paola Mariana Patino Padilla – U-tad Centro Universitario de Tecnologia y Arte, Madrid, Spain - Junior Undergraduate Student – Creative Animation Project Ziyun Xiao – University of Southern California, Los Angeles, CA - Graduate Student – Animation Studies/Research ASIFA-Hollywood is the world’s foremost professional organization dedicated to promoting the Art of Animation and celebrating the people who create it.Today, ASIFA-Hollywood, the largest chapter of the international organization ASIFA (Association Internationale du Film d’Animation), supports a wide range of animation activities and preservation efforts through its membership.
Current initiatives include the Animation Archive, Animation Aid Foundation, Animation Educators’ Forum (AEF), film preservation, open source support, special events, screenings and of course, the annual Annie Awards.
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