2026 IvyPanda Annual Video Contest Scholarship

About this scholarship

IvyPanda's 2026 Annual Video Contest Scholarship awards $1,000 to the winner and $500 to the runner-up. Current high-school, college, and university students from any country may enter, with winners later required to prove enrollment or academic status. Entrants create one original English-language video lasting between one minute and 90 seconds on one of three current topics about student work, career planning, or learning in the age of artificial intelligence. The video must use copyright-free content, display the official IvyPanda logo throughout, use a widescreen format, and be submitted as MOV, MPEG4, MP4, or AVI. Applicants upload the file privately to Dropbox or Google Drive, subscribe to both sponsor YouTube channels, share the contest description on social media, and email the accessible file link, screenshots, a creative title, and discovery-source answer to the scholarship address with the specified subject line. Eligible entries are assessed for usefulness, engagement, creativity, and production before finalists enter public voting. Each person may submit one video and win one award. Current submissions close October 31, 2026.

Eligibility

• Be a current high-school, college, or university student in any country
• Create one original English video on one of the three official 2026 topics
• Keep the video between 1 minute and 1 minute 30 seconds and use an accepted file format
• Use only copyright-free content and display the official IvyPanda logo throughout
• Upload the video privately to Dropbox or Google Drive with link access enabled
• Complete the sponsor's YouTube-subscription and social-sharing requirements
• Email the link, screenshots, title, and requested discovery answer by October 31, 2026