Federal Cyber Service: Scholarship for Service
National Science Foundation
DUE: February 11, 2011
The Federal Cyber Service: Scholarship for Service (SFS) program seeks to increase the number of qualified students
entering the fields of information assurance and computer security and to increase the capacity of the United States
higher education enterprise to continue to produce professionals in these fields to meet the needs of our increasingly
technological society. The SFS program is composed of two tracks:
The Scholarship Track provides funding to colleges and universities to award scholarships to students in the information
assurance and computer security fields. Scholarship recipients shall pursue academic programs in information assurance
for the final two years of undergraduate study, or for two years of master's-level study, or for the final two years
of Ph.D.-level study. These students will participate as a cohort during their two years of study and activities, including
a summer internship in the Federal Government. The recipients of the scholarships will become part of the Federal Cyber
Service of Information Technology Specialists whose responsibility is to ensure the protection of the United States
Government's information infrastructure. Upon graduation, after their two-year scholarships, recipients will be required
to work for two years in the Federal Government. A limited number of students may be placed in National Laboratories
and Federally Funded Research and Development Centers (FFRDCs). This number shall be set by the program
office each year. (See http://www.firstgov.gov/Agencies.shtml
for a list of Federal organizations, see
http://www.science.doe.gov/National_Laboratories/ for a list of National Laboratories, see
http://www.nsf.gov/statistics/ffrdc/ for a list of FFRDCs.)
The Capacity Building Track provides funds to colleges and universities to improve the quality and increase the production
of information assurance and computer security professionals. Professional development of information assurance
faculty and development of academic programs can be funded under this track, as well as projects to increase interest
in information assurance and accelerate the integration of information assurance, computer security or cyber security
knowledge across the STEM disciplines.
For more information and the solicitation:
http://www.nsf.gov/funding/pgm_summ.jsp?pims_id=5228
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