Student Academy Awards

The Student Academy Awards is an annual competition for college and university filmmakers. Winners – selected by the professional filmmaker members of the Academy – receive trophies (but not Oscar statuettes) and cash prizes. Many have gone on to have successful careers in movies and television.

http://www.oscars.org/awards/saa/index.html

Academy of Motion Pictures Student Academy Awards — $2000 to $5000 awarded each year to 3-12 undergraduate or graduate students majoring in filmmaking/video.