Scholarship

The Fedora Scholarship program recognizes one high school senior per year for contributions to the Fedora Project and free software/content in general.

Benefits

The Fedora Scholarship is intended to assist in the recipient's college or university education. To this end, the recipient will receive $2,000 USD per year for each of the four years that he/she is in college.

Additionally, the recipient will receive funding for travel and lodging at the FUDCon nearest to his/her location each year of the scholarship, should he/she choose to attend.

Recipients

2008: Ricky Zhou
2009: John McLean

2010 Application

Students who will begin an undergraduate degree program at a college or university in Fall of 2010 are eligible to apply.

Please review the full terms & conditions of the 2010 Fedora Scholarship program.

Timeline

• December 15, 2009 -- Application window opens.
• February 19, 2010 -- Last day to apply.
• by April 5, 2010 -- Recipient will be notified privately, and preparations for public announcement (interview, press release) will begin.
• by May 31, 2010 -- Public announcement of the recipient, in conjunction with the release of Fedora 13.

How to apply

To apply, email scholarship AT fedoraproject DOT org. Attachments should be provided in .txt, .pdf, or Open Office format. Include "Fedora Scholarship Application" in the subject line.

The application should include:

1. name, age, and Fedora Account System username.
2. a resume, including contributions to Fedora or other free software projects.
3. a personal statement indicating why you would like to be considered for the scholarship. 500-1000 words is an appropriate length.
4. the names and contact information of two references from within the Fedora Project. Those references may not be part of the Selection Committee (below).
5. (optional) the names and contact information of one or two other references you would like the selection committee to contact.

Selection Committee

The selection committee will judge applicants based on quality of contributions made to Fedora and other free software projects, references provided, the amount of time the applicant has been contributing to Fedora, and the quality of the application.

The 2010 selection committee will be announced in late December.

The 2009 selection committee was:

• the current Fedora Project Leader, as well as past FPLs who remain active in Fedora.
  • Paul Frields
  • Max Spevack
  • Greg DeKoenigsberg
• Chris Tyler, Professor at Seneca College and Fedora Board member
• Dimitris Glezos, Fedora Localization Leader and Fedora Board member.
• Luke Macken, Fedora Software Engineer
• All previous recipients of the Fedora Scholarship have the option to serve on the selection committee.
  • Ricky Zhou, 2008 recipient
  • John McLean, 2009 recipient

Administration

The Fedora Scholarship is administered by Mel Chua of Red Hat's Community Architecture team.