National Science Foundation (NSF)

Federal Cyber Service: Scholarship for Service (SFS) - (NSF 05-507)

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 and the Capacity Building Track.

The Scholarship Track provides funding to colleges and universities to award scholarships to students in 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 two years of study and activities, including a summer internship in a federal agency at the end of their first year of support. 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 U.S. government's information infrastructure. Upon graduation after their two-year scholarships, recipients will be required to work for a federal agency for two years in fulfillment of their Federal Cyber Service commitment.

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. More information
Submission limits: An institution may submit no more than one proposal per track per round of competition.

Submit Internal Letters of Intent via e-mail to (ltdsubs@vt.edu) as soon as possible, but not later than the deadline indicated below. For more information on the letter of intent see the Limited Submissions homepage.