https://www.businesswire.com/news/home/20190402005419/en/ > SEATTLE--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Apr 2, 2019--Amazon (NASDAQ: AMZN) today announced that 100 high school seniors from 32 states across the country will receive the first-ever Amazon Future Engineer scholarship of $10,000 per year over four years to study computer science at a college of their choice. The scholarship winners will also receive a guaranteed paid internship offer at Amazon after their freshman year of college to gain work experience. Recipients were chosen for their academic achievement, demonstrated leadership, participation in school and community activities, work experience, future goals, and diversity. All of the recipients demonstrated financial need and more than half of the students are from an underrepresented group in the computer science field. See what this scholarship means to one of its recipients here. > This press release features multimedia. View the full release here: https://www.businesswire.com/news/home/20190402005419/en/