ASIFA-Hollywood’s Animation Educators Forum (AEF) has announced its scholarship recipients for the academic year 2025-26. and will be used to cover costs for necessary software and hardware; creative and academic research; and tuition. The AEF scholarships are merit-based and designed to support college students in continuing their education in the field of animation. The 2025-26 AEF Scholarship recipients are:Gyumin Choi – California Institute of the Arts, Valencia, CA - Undergraduate Student – Creative Animation ProjectElla Hiebert – Emily Carr University of Art and Design, Vancouver, BC - Senior Undergraduate Student – Creative Animation ProjectRachel Lee – Pratt Institute, Brooklyn, NY - Senior Undergraduate Student – Creative Animation ProjectFelix Lipp – California Institute for the Arts, Valencia, CA - Undergraduate Student – Creative Animation ProjectPaola Mariana Patino Padilla – U-tad Centro Universitario de Tecnologia y Arte, Madrid, Spain - Junior Undergraduate Student – Creative Animation ProjectZiyun Xiao – University of Southern California, Los Angeles, CA - Graduate Student – Animation Studies/ResearchASIFA-Hollywood is the world’s foremost professional organization dedicated to promoting the Art of Animation and celebrating the people who create it. Current initiatives include the Animation Archive, Animation Aid Foundation, Animation Educators’ Forum (AEF), film preservation, open source support, special events, screenings and of course, the annual Annie Awards.