BlackBerry started the BlackBerry Scholars Program in an effort to encourage more women to pursue careers in the fields of science, technology, engineering, and math (STEM). Now, they are ready to announce the 10 scholars who will receive a full, four-year grant to pursue any STEM-related degree from her school of choice. Since announcing the initiative at BlackBerry Live in May, they have received over 500 applications from 65 countries over a two-month period. Listed after the jump are the 10 recipients.
- Katherine Chen (United States), who will be pursuing her degree in Applied Mathematics and Computer Science at Harvard College in the U.S.
- Tafadzwa Makaza (South Africa), who will be pursuing her honors degree in Electrical and Electronic Engineering at Coventry University in the U.K.
- Anastasia Santasheva (Canada), who will be pursuing her degree in Systems Design Engineering at the University of Waterloo in Canada
- Tian Qi (Dinah) Shi (Canada), who will be pursuing her degree in Software Engineering at the University of Waterloo in Canada
- Leah Clark (United Kingdom), who will be pursuing her degree in Computer Science at Durham University in the U.K.
- Rozie Yeghiazarian (United States), who will be pursuing her degree in Mechanical Engineering at the Rochester Institute of Technology in the U.S.
- Khuyen Duong (Vietnam), who will be pursuing her degree in Computer Science at Oklahoma State University in the U.S.
- Aneesha Kommineni (United States), who will be pursuing her degree in Computer Science at the University of Texas at Austin in the U.S.
- Sravya Vishnubhatla (United States), who will be pursuing her degree in Biological Engineering and Computer Science at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology in the U.S.
- Xiao Yan (Cheyenne) Guo (Canada), who will be pursuing her honors degree in Mathematics at the University of Waterloo in Canada