This scholarship awards $5,000 to an Asian American graduate student pursuing journalism as a career. The selected student will also receive travel, lodging and registration to attend AAJA's national annual convention and a mentor for the convention. Candidates will be judged on academic and journalistic achievement, commitment to the field of journalism and sensitivity to AAPI issues. Applicants must produce a piece of concise and comprehensive journalism that provides unique context on a current geopolitical issue based on a prompt provided by CIC or AAJA.