If the chance to win $15,000 to produce a screenplay sounds at all like something you'd be interested in, you just might want to check out this new partnership between Google and The Black List. Their goal is to "[change] the image in popular culture of computer science and computer scientists" so that the image is one that is more inclusive of women and minorities. With this in mind, these two companies have teamed up to offer three lucky people the chance to win $15K to write screenplays that aim specifically at accomplishing just that.

According to The Black List's website, two of the chosen recipients will write pilot episodes for a potential show; one will write a feature-film-length piece — and they will do so in six months, with the help of the $15,000 grant.

What do Google and The Black List expect to come of changing the image of computer science? More active involvement by girls and minorities: the more a particular field is portrayed as having, say, female workers, the more willing females will be to try to enter that field. "Girls who feel that television portrays programmers negatively or who don’t see other students like them taking CS are significantly less likely to get into computing," The Black List website explains.

Essentially, they hope to foster interest in certain career areas that do not traditionally see much involvement or inclusion of females and minorities. This initiative also draws on previous successful efforts in other fields. The Black List notes that the successful television show "CSI" helped lead to a significant increase in the number of forensic science students across the U.S. Furthermore, women accounted for a majority of that increase.

This fellowship program is a part of a larger initiative by Google called the "Computer Science Education in Media" initiative.

The submission window is now open and it closes July 15.