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Marquette University has been awarded a CyberCorps Scholarship for Service (SFS) grant from the National Science Foundation (NSF) and the Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA). This $2.6 million award enables Marquette to provide scholarships to eligible students that wish to complete graduate studies in cybersecurity in one of our programs. The Marquette SFS program in the state of Wisconsin is called CyberWIN.

Eligible students can apply for a CyberWIN scholarship to follow one of three tracks:

  1. Masters (MS) in Computer and Information Science with specialization in Information Assurance and Cyber Defense (IACD). The scholarship can be applied towards the two years of the MS IACD program.
  2. Accelerated Degree Program (ADP), which consists of a Bachelors in Computer Science and the MS IACD specialization in a total of 5 years (instead of 6). The scholarship can be applied towards the senior and fifth years of the ADP.
  3. PhD in Computer Science, focusing on cybersecurity coursework and research. The scholarship can be applied towards 3 years of the studies, which are expected to last a longer period (typically 5 years).

To be eligible for consideration, the applicant must:

  1. Be a citizen or lawful permanent resident of the United States;
  2. Participate in most of the program studies face to face;
  3. Be qualified to apply for one of the three tracks.

Upon completion of the program, a scholar has the obligation to work for a period equal to the duration of the scholarship in the cybersecurity mission of an executive agency or in the cybersecurity mission of another approved government entity (e.g. state, national lab, SFS academic institution).

For the period of the scholarship (2 or 3 years) scholars will receive:

  1. Full tuition
  2. Academic year stipend ($25K for undergraduate, $34K for graduate student per year)
  3. Professional allowance $6K per year, which can be used for cybersecurity training and certifications, participation in career fairs, and other activities
  4. Mentorship from Marquette faculty, as well as government cybersecurity experts

During their studies, scholars will be expected to:

  1. Remain in good academic standing.
  2. Complete one summer internship with a government agency.
  3. Participate in cyber training and competitions with the Marquette CyberEagles team for at least one semester.
  4. Get involved in research through a Masters or PhD thesis.
  5. Participate in community outreach events.