2024-2025 DoD Cyber Scholarship Program (CYSP)
Researchers
Sponsoring Agency:
Washington Headquarters Services (DOD)
Summary
Cybersecurity is considered so important to our national defense that a formal DoD Scholarship program was established by the National Defense Authorization Act for 2001 (Public Law 106- 398). The purpose is to promote the education, recruitment, and retention of rising junior and senior undergraduate and graduate/doctoral students in cybersecurity studies.
The DoD is seeking rising junior and senior (third and fourth year) undergraduate and graduate/doctoral students who are interested in full-ride scholarships for concentrated studies in cybersecurity.
Students selected as Cybersecurity/Information Assurance Scholars will receive:
- full cost of tuition
- books (from the institution/degree specific required book list, not books which are optional for the class)
- required fees (including health care)
- a stipend to cover room and board. The stipend levels are $29,000 for undergraduate students and $34,000 for graduate (Master’s/PhD) students.
Students selected for the program will receive full scholarships. This requires the student to agree to serve one year of service to the DoD, upon graduation, for each year of scholarship received, in addition to the internship identified below. These positions are with the Department of Defense as government civilians. Upon graduation, you may be appointed under this program as a GS-7, GS-9, or GS-11 based on your qualifications, and the needs and conditions of the appointing defense component.
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Term
August 26, 2024–August 25, 2025