The U.S. National Science Foundation is an independent federal agency that supports science and engineering in all 50 states and U.S. territories. NSF was established in 1950 by Congress to promote the progress of science, advance the national health, prosperity and welfare, and secure the national defense.
The CyberCorps® Scholarship for Service (SFS) program's primary objectives are to enhance the cybersecurity workforce in the U.S. by increasing the number of qualified and diverse cybersecurity professionals for government positions, improving the national education capacity for training cybersecurity professionals, ensuring the employment and retention of high-quality CyberCorps® graduates within the federal cybersecurity mission, and bolstering partnerships between higher education institutions and various government levels. The program encourages proposals from institutions with strong academic programs in cybersecurity, demonstrated by ABET accreditation, designation as a Center of Academic Excellence by the NSA and DHS, or other equivalent indicators of a robust cybersecurity program. Scholarship recipients are required to work in cybersecurity roles for government organizations for a period equivalent to the scholarship length post-graduation.