‘Big Bang Theory’ show raises $4M for UCLA science scholarships
Budding real-life scientists can get a boost from the stars of the television sit-com "The Big Bang Theory" in the form of scholarships amounting to a whopping $4 million.
The scholarships, to be offered at the University of California in Los Angeles, are appropriately named the Big Bang Theory Scholarship Endowment, the LA Times reported.
STEM beneficiaries
Expected to benefit are undergraduates majoring in science, technology, engineering and mathematics (STEM).
An initial batch of 20 Big Bang Theory scholars will get grants based on need and academic merit, starting this fall.
Five more UCLA students will be added to the program every year.
UCLA said this was the first time it got a scholarship endowment created by the cast and crew of a television series.
Funding the scholarship is show co-creator and executive producer Chuck Lorre.
Giving back
"We have all been given a gift with 'The Big Bang Theory,' a show that's not only based in the scientific community, but also enthusiastically supported by that same community. This is our opportunity to give back," Lorre said in a statement.
Scholars will get gifts from about 50 others including stars Johnny Galecki, Jim Parsons, Kaley Cuoco-Sweeting, Simon Helberg, Kunal Nayyar, Mayim Bialik and Melissa Rauch.
The LA Times noted the TV series has "deep UC connections," including UCLA physics and astronomy professor David Saltzberg as its science consultant.
Bialik earned her neuroscience doctorate from UCLA, it added.
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