Federal Cyber Service: Scholarship for Service

Document Type:	Grants Notice
Funding Opportunity Number:	05-507
Posted Date:	Oct 13, 2004
Original Due Date for Applications:	Jan 11, 2005
Current Due Date for Applications:	Jan 11, 2005
Archive Date:
Funding Instrument Type:	Grant
Category of Funding Activity:	Science and Technology and other Research and Development
Expected Number of Awards:	15
Estimated Total Program Funding:	$16,180,000.00
Award Ceiling:	$0.00
Award Floor:	$0.00
CFDA Number:	47.076 -- Education and Human Resources
Cost Sharing or Matching Requirement:	Yes

Eligible Applicants

Unrestricted (i.e., open to any type of entity above), subject to any clarification in text field entitled "Additional Information on Eligibility"

Agency Name

National Science Foundation

Description

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 Executive Branch at a Federal Agency, Independent Agency, Government Corporation, Commission, or Quasi-Official Agency, or at a National Laboratory that signs a memorandum of understanding setting forth the parameters for participation. (See http://www.firstgov.gov/Agencies/Federal/Executive.shtml for a list of Federal Executive Branch organizations. See http://www.dtic.mil/dtic/dtic-e/nat_lab.html for a list of National Laboratories.) 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 Executive Branch at a Federal Agency, Independent
Agency, Government Corporation, Commission, or Quasi-Official Agency, or at a National Laboratory that signs a memorandum of understanding setting forth the parameters for participation. 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.

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NSF Publication 05-507

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