PixelPlex Scholarship

Eligibility criteria:

• Must be a citizen or a permanent resident of the United States.
• At the date of the award, Student must be enrolled (or accepted with plans to attend) in a college or university in the United States.
• Your field of study is related to science, technology, engineering, math (STEM), economics, or business.

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. Be specific in your discussion, focusing on concrete problems and innovative solutions, and avoid overgeneralized or broad topics.

• Blockchain (DeFi, DApps, CBDC, NFT)
• Metaverses
• Tokenization
• Big Data & Machine Learning

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
Introduction: The introduction should give a general idea of what will be described further. No need to provide detailed information on the way the chosen technology works.
Main body:The main body should be dedicated to defining the industry’s existing challenges first, then introducing solutions to the problems based on the chosen technology (would be nice to describe at least 3 industry’s challenges and 3 applications of a chosen technology as a solution respectively). Challenges should be backed up by statistics and real facts, not just personal thoughts and experience. Examples of already existing applications would be appreciated. Giving links to credible sources, providing useful statistics in the form of graphs and tables is welcomed.
The essay needs to be logically structured and can be broken down into sections. The length of the essay should be a minimum of 1200 words.
Conclusion: The conclusion on a chosen technology’s potential summarizes the main points of the essay and formulates the final thought or solution.

Tell us about yourself and your choice
In your submission email, write a short paragraph or two about yourself and why you chose the topic.