The $2000 PixelPlex Bi-Annual STEM Scholarship was established to
help support and inspire students to pursue further education in the fields of science,
technology, engineering and math (STEM), as well as economics and business.
One student will be chosen from the applicant pool and will be awarded based on the strength of their written essay.
The selected student will receive 2,000 USD to help cover education-related expenses.
Step 1. Check eligibility criteria
To be eligible to apply, you must meet the following criteria.
Сitizenship
You are a citizen or a permanent resident of the United States.
Enrollment
At the date of the award, you must be enrolled (or accepted with plans to attend) in a college or university in the United States.
Field of study
Your field of study is related to science, technology, engineering, math (STEM), economics, or business.
Step 2. Choose an industry
Choose an industry or sector where the application of one of the technologies below might be uncommon, in your opinion, and describe which existing problems will be solved as a result.
Blockchain (DeFi, DApps, Tokenization, CBDC, NFT)
Metaverses
Internet of Things
Augmented Reality/Virtual Reality
Step 3. Write an essay
Please, make sure that your essay meets the following requirements.
Format
Attach your essay as a PDF or Microsoft Word document to the email.
Length
The length of the essay should be a minimum of 1200 words (there is no maximum word limit).
Originality
The essay should be original text and not published anywhere.
Essay structure
The essay should include an introduction, main body, and conclusion.
Step 4. Write an email
In your submission email, write a short paragraph or two about yourself and why you chose the topic.
About yourself
Why you chose the topic
Step 5. Provide the information
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Your full name (and parent/guardian name if you're under 18)
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Date of birth
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Your college/university
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Average GPA
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Expected year of graduation
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Field of study
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Phone number & email address
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Proof of attendance/acceptance from a college/university
Step 6. Congrats! This is the final step
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Put “PixelPlex Scholarship Award: Your Name” in the subject field.
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Check if you have provided all the required information and attached the files.
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Send an email to scholarship@pixelplex.io.
Deadlines & results
When is the next deadline?
The next deadlines to apply are June 5, 2022 and December 5, 2022 at 11:59 PM PST.
How can I find out the result?
The winner will be selected and announced at pixelplex.io/scholarship within 31 calendar days after the deadline and will be notified by email.
How can I get reward?
A check for $2,000.00 will be mailed to the winner’s residency, or the sum will be transferred by wire transfer.
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Additional details
Scholarship
This is a non-need based scholarship
No fee
There is no application fee for this scholarship
Submission
One submission per applicant only: multiple submissions will be disregarded
Employees of PixelPlex
Employees of PixelPlex or any of their immediate family members are not eligible to participate
Prize
The prize will be paid out in US dollars
Taxes
The winner will be solely responsible for any federal, state or local taxes.
Past contests and winners
January 6th, 2022
Our Fall 2021 - Winter 2022 essay competition has officially ended. We received many works and were impressed by contestants’ ideas and views on technology and their role in today's and future world. We are happy to announce that this season’s winner is Lynn Serizawa, a mathematics and philosophy major student from New York University. Lynn analyzed how artificial intelligence can solve serious problems in therapy and counseling, and provided calculations and in-depth research to support his point.
Congratulations to Lynn Serizawa! We recommend that you take a look at his essay. Hope you will be inspired by his research and get ideas for yours as we have already started accepting applications for the next Spring - Summer 2022 essay competition.
Lynn Serizawa
New York University (NYU)
Expected Year of Graduation:
2022
Field of Study:
Mathematics and Philosophy
Chosen Prompt:
How artificial intelligence (AI) can be implemented in therapy and counseling, what problems it solves and how it can be used to improve patients’ mental health.
Essay Title:
The Doctor is Always In: AI’s Possible Role in Mental Health
The AI that uses an NLP algorithm could abate several problems in the therapy and counseling services in the healthcare industry. One problem that could be solved with AI is the cost of accessing mental health services. The cost of insurance and the healthcare service itself is significantly higher than the cost of an app. AI-driven therapy and counseling services could abate the lack of therapists and counselors.
The Spring - Summer 2021 essay competition has come to a close. Thank you for your submitted works! We were very impressed. Let's congratulate Andrew Timmins, a graduate student at the University of Michigan. His compelling writing has earned him our scholarship reward. Take a look at his essay to draw some inspiration for our upcoming Fall 2021 - Winter 2022 essay contest
Andrew Timmins
University of Michigan
Expected Year of Graduation:
2022
Field of Study:
Sustainable Energy Systems
Chosen Prompt:
The effect of Blockchain, Artificial Intelligence, and the Internet of Things on renewable energy adoption and the challenges these technologies can help solve.
Essay Title:
The Effect of Blockchain, Artificial Intelligence, and the Internet of Things on Renewable Energy Adoption.
In order to make demand-side response a real solution, a grid operator must be able to directly or indirectly communicate with millions of devices, protect against mismanagement from within, and protect against cyberattacks from outside. As a result, demand-side response can benefit mightily from the internet of things, artificial intelligence, and blockchain technologies.
Just as it was a challenge for you, it was a great challenge for us to choose the winner of our Fall 2020 - Winter 2021 contest. We thank all of the participants for sending their works and sharing great ideas on how technology shapes the world around us! Rebecca Burns, a physics major from Mount Holyoke College and an avid foreign language learner, showed her creative approach to discovering the ways augmented reality can influence language acquisition. We’d like to congratulate her and hope that her quest inspires future participants in our upcoming Spring - Summer 2021 essay competition!
Rebecca Burns
Mount Holyoke College
Expected Year of Graduation:
2022
Field of Study:
Physics Major / Russian Language Minor
Chosen Prompt:
The effect of augmented reality software on language learning and challenges the technology can help solve.
Essay Title:
Augmented Reality and Language Acquisition in the Twenty-First Century.
"The application of augmented reality has possibilities beyond vocabulary acquisition. An important part of language learning that is lacking in many traditional computer- or smartphone-based language-learning software is interaction. A somewhat advanced augmented reality software could potentially mimic conversational patterns by processing images of surrounding areas and determine a list of common phrases associated with the setting. For example, if the software recognized a location as an airport, a menu could appear that specified phrases in the target language, with the option to translate the specific word or words."
As always, it was not easy, yet we have chosen the winner of our Spring - Summer 2020 Scholarship contest. Victoria Tholkes, a Biochemistry and Spanish student with aspirations to become an epidemiologist or disease researcher has impressed us with her thoughtful writing. Let’s congratulate her on this achievement!
We express genuine gratitude and appreciation to all the participants and wish the best of luck to those who are yet to test their abilities in our upcoming Fall 2020 - Winter 2021 contest!
Victoria Tholkes
University of Wisconsin-Madison
Expected Year of Graduation:
2023
Field of Study:
Biochemistry and Spanish
Chosen Prompt:
How blockchain technology will revolutionize the pharmaceutical industry, the problems and challenges it will have solved in the next 3-5 years.
Essay Title:
How Blockchain Technology can Cure the Ailing Pharmaceutical Industry.
"Once a vaccine for a disease is discovered, it must jump through multiple hoops designed by the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) and other governmental organizations to be sold and administered to the waiting populace. Blockchain technology can simplify the process of approval for the FDA by creating transparency in the process of designing and testing a vaccine. This can aid with international drug exchanges and support the global community when there is a pandemic or other global health crisis."
Victoria's Words of Advice for Writing Your Best Essay
January 21st, 2020
Here comes our Fall 2019 - Winter 2020 Scholarship contest winner, Daniel Lacasse, a Graphic Design student at the University of North Carolina Wilmington.
This time around it didn’t get easier to pick just one outstanding essay out of the hundreds of submissions from such talented students, each with a unique academic background. We express genuine gratitude and appreciation to all the participants and wish the best of luck to those who are yet to try their hand in our upcoming Spring - Summer 2020 contest!
Daniel Lacasse
University of North Carolina Wilmington
Expected Year of Graduation:
2024
Field of Study:
Graphic Design
Chosen Prompt:
Describe which blockchain use cases, in your opinion, will be emerging in the future, and what effect they will have on our lives, economy, and the world.
Essay Title:
Why BlockChain is the Future of our Society.
"The transformation of the world as we know it could be revolutionized with the single implementation of an ingenious idea, blockchain. It’s wildly effective core composed of simple components allow for versatile approaches to solving modern problems featured in a copious amount of industries. If effectively employed, the implementation of blockchain technology within a variety of industries will pave the way for the future of innovation."
The winner of our Spring-Summer 2019 Scholarship contest is Siddhant Iyer who studies Plastics Engineering at the University of Massachusetts Lowell.
Thank you, everyone, who participated in the contest! It was really tough to choose the best essay as our scholarship committee went through hundreds of outstanding works. Please see the winner information below and don’t forget to participate in our new Fall 2019 - Winter 2020 contest!
Siddhant Iyer
University of Massachusetts Lowell
Expected Year of Graduation:
2020
Field of Study:
Polymer/Plastics Engineering
Chosen Prompt:
How artificial intelligence will advance five years from now and what impact it will have on our lives.
Essay Title:
The Doctor is Always In: AI’s Possible Role in Mental Health
"Artificial Intelligence (AI) has transformed the computing infrastructure in the 21st century in an effort to build machines that are capable of mimicking human-like behavior relying primarily on rationality, logic and the additional emotional component of decision-making. In a tech-driven era, where innovation is accelerating at an unprecedented rate, one could only imagine what the future beholds, especially considering the swarm of large companies and start-ups that implement AI in multiple segments of their businesses."
Below are some of the colleges and universities who already share our scholarship information with their students.
About PixelPlex
PixelPlex is an award-winning software and blockchain development company. With offices across the globe and over 100 carefully vetted specialists on hand, we have successfully served more than 200 businesses of all sizes.
14+ years
developing top-notch solutions
100+ developers
well-versed in numerous technologies
350+ projects
in different industries
+50%
annual growth rate
$500M+
raised via our blockchain tokenization solutions
2 unicorns
captured (projects valued over $1B)
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