Interested students must currently be enrolled in an undergraduate program related to video games, have at least a 3.0 grade-point-average, and must be a resident of the United States at least 18 years old. Applicants also need to submit a piece of original artwork, school transcripts, and a "list of work experience and involvement in school and community related activities."

Despite the name of the scholarship (and the gender of previous winners), the G.I.R.L. scholarship program doesn't exclude male applicants. That said, the focus of the program is to find candidates interested in helping improve the image of women within video games, thereby facilitating the creation of better games for the female audience.

The selected winner will receive "up to $10,000 to be applied toward tuition and other educational expenses at the school at which the student is currently enrolled, and an optional internship of up to 10 weeks at one of Sony Online Entertainment's studios."

Scholarship Management Services, a division of Scholarship America, administers the program, and lists of eligibility requirements and application instructions are available on the Scholarship America website. The complete list of official rules can be viewed here. Only the first 3,000 applications will be accepted, and must be submitted electronically before 11:59 PM (PST), on February 15th.