Assistance program
Information Security Grants
$31.9 Million committed in FY2024–FY2026
- Agency
- National Security Agency (Nsa), Dept of Defense
- Assistance
- Project Grants
- CFDA number
- 12.902
- What it does
- The DoD Cyber Service Academy; formerly the DoD Cyber Scholarship Program was established in accordance with provisions of Chapter 112, "Cyber Scholarship Program," of title 10, United States Code, added by Public Law 106-398, The National Defense Authorization Act for fiscal year 2001. The purpose of the program is to recruitment and retain qualified cyber talent within the Department of Defense by offering scholarships to students in exchange for a period of obligated service upon graduation. National Centers of Academic Excellence in Cybersecurity (NCAE-C)) may nominate current undergraduate or graduate students who are pursuing a cyber-related degree for scholarship consideration. Current DoD Components/Agencies may nominate their permanent civilians or active-duty military members to pursue a cyber-related degree at one of the partnering CAEs. CAEs may also apply for modest support for building the institution's capacity for research and education in cybersecurity.
- Who benefits
- This will benefit researchers in the information security field of computer science that are permanent residents of the United States (U.S.) as well as their students that are permanent residents of the U.S. or U.S. citizens. Scholarships will benefit those pursuing a Bachelor's, Master's or Doctoral Degree in one of the academic areas cited under the DoD Information Assurance Scholarship Program.
- Who applies
- NCAE-Cs must be in good standing with the NCAE-C Program Office as well as the NCAE-C Grant Program Office. They must be current on all reporting requirements and show past performance in executing such grants. Recruitment students must be 18 years of age or older, enrolled in a cyber-related degree program at a NCAE-C, and must have a GPA of 3.0 in a community college program, 3.2 in a undergraduate program, or 3.5 in a graduate program. Retention students must be current DoD civilians or active duty military members in good standing with their parent organization and nominated by the parent organization for the scholarship program. All recipients of grant funding must be a U.S. citizen or a permanent resident of the United States. Additional eligible requirements will be provided in the solicitation/application.
- Authorized by
- Public Law 106-398; 10 U.S.C. § 2200-2200f
- Program site
- https://public.cyber.mil/cw/cdp/dcysp/ ↗
Committed by fiscal year
* FY2026 is year-to-date — the fiscal year is still in progress, so its total is still filling in. The striped band and dashed line mark that provisional stretch.
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