GW CyberCorps: Scholarships For Service and CyberSecurity Scholarship Program
Eligibility requirements:
- United States Citizens
- Current GW Student or applicant for next Fall (GW admissions application must be submitted before scholarship application)
- 18 years or older
- Undergraduate Juniors or higher (including graduate students)
- Undergraduate applicants must have GPA of at least 3.0
- Graduate applicants must have GPA of at least 3.2
Applications are being accepted now for the students starting in Fall 2021. Click here for more information about the application process.
GW CyberCorps: Cybersecurity Scholarship Program
Given our increasing reliance on cybersecurity, information technology (IT), the growing threats to information, and information systems and infrastructures, it is critical that the Department of Defense (DoD) protect itself. To do so, the DoD must be staffed with technically savvy personnel. To help achieve this task, the Cyber Scholarship Program (CySP) was established. The DoD CySP is sponsored by the DoD Chief Information Office and administered by the National Security Agency (NSA). The objectives of the program are to promote higher education in all disciplines of cybersecurity, to enhance the Department’s ability to recruit and retain cyber and IT specialists, to increase the number of military and civilian personnel in the DoD with this expertise, and ultimately, to enhance the nation’s cyber posture.
As a recruitment tool, the CySP sponsors students who currently are not DoD or government employees who are enrolled in or applying to universities designated as a National Center of Academic Excellence in Cybersecurity. Following graduation, students are eligible for full-time employment with various components and agencies across the DoD. Students are required to work for the DoD a minimum of one year for each year of scholarship support they receive.
Eligibility requirements:
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United States Citizens
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Current GW Student or applicant for next Fall (GW admissions application must be submitted before scholarship application)
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18 years or older
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Undergraduate Juniors or higher (including graduate students)
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Undergraduate applicants must have GPA of at least 3.0
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Graduate applicants must have GPA of at least 3.2
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Deadline to be included in the GW application, January 15 of each academic year.
Interested students should contact the Principle Investigator: Professor Rachelle Heller [email protected]