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Federal Cyber Service: Scholarship for Service (SFS)

Overview

This 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. The program has two tracks:

1. The Scholarship Track provides funding to colleges and universities to award scholarships in information assurance and computer security fields. Scholarship recipients will become part of the Federal Cyber Service of information technology specialists who ensure the protection of the U.S. Government's information infrastructure. Upon graduation after their two-year scholarships, the 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.

 
2. 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 through professional development of information assurance faculty, the development of academic programs, and other activities.

Deadlines

Formal proposals: January 11, 2005

Program Solicitation

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

Related Documents

• NSF 04-008: Federal Cyber Service: Scholarship for Service (SFS) Student Placement Issues: Exploration of the Solution Space (report from an NSF workshop held August 5-6, 2003)
• NSF PR 03-21: "NSF Announces New Scholarship for Service Awards" (press release announcing additional awards made as a result of the FY2002 supplemental appropriations bill) (Feb. 14, 2003)
• NSF PR 02-66: "Scholarship for Service Awards Expanded After President Signs Supplemental Budget Bill" (press release announcing supplemental appropriations to expand the SFS program) (August 7, 2002)
• NSF PR 01-45: "NSF Scholarship for Service Awards Announced at Information Security Colloquium" (press release announcing the first awards made in the SFS program's "Scholarship" track) (May 22, 2001)
• National Security Agency's National Centers of Academic Excellence in Information Assurance Education (CAEIAE) (see "Criteria for Measurement")
• U.S. Dept. of Defense Information Assurance Scholarship Program

Contact Information

Federal Cyber Service: Scholarship for Service (SFS) Program
Division of Undergraduate Education
National Science Foundation
4201 Wilson Blvd., Suite 835
Arlington, VA 22230

Phone: 703.292.8669
E-mail: sfs@nsf.gov

Lead program director: Dr. Diana B. Gant (dgant@nsf.gov)

Awards

• List of currently active awards (from the NSF awards database)
• List of all awards (from the NSF awards database)
• Directory of Scholarship Track awards
• Visit the Award Information Web pages for additional search options.