Aspiring information security professionals have the opportunity to reduce some of their educational financial burdens through the Information Security Undergraduate Scholarship (ISC) ², which offers scholarships of up to $ 5,000 to undergraduate students who they study information security.
Application Criteria for (ISC)² Information Security Undergraduate Scholarship in USA
- Must be pursuing, or plan to pursue, a degree with a focus on cybersecurity or information assurance.
- You may be a senior in high school, or an undergraduate student who is currently a junior, freshman, sophomore or senior who will be pursuing an undergraduate degree in the fall. If you will have graduated with your undergraduate degree by the fall then please apply for the (ISC)² Graduate Scholarship if appropriate.
- GPA must be at least 3.3 on a 4.0 scale (or an analogous rank based on a comparable scale).
- You may be a citizen of any country (US citizenship not required)
- May be attending on campus or online.
- May be attending full time or part time
- May be attending in the US or Internationally
- You do not currently need to be enrolled, however no awards will be disbursed until the recipient is enrolled in a college or university.
- If awarded: the award will be sent to the school with instructions that it be applied to tuition, fees and books.
WHAT YOU WILL NEED
- Unofficial transcripts from your current (or most recent) educational institution. If awarded; no funds will be disbursed until official transcripts have been received.
- One Letter of Recommendation
- Resume/CV – No more than 3 pages maximum. Do not include links to publications.
- Essay questions to be filled out in application
Eligible Nationalities for (ISC)² Information Security Undergraduate Scholarship in USA
All nationalities
Terms and Conditions:
Applicants will be graded by (ISC) ² members and scholarship sponsors (if applicable). Scoring will be based on three categories:
- Passion
- Merit
- Financial Need
NOTE: Not all applicants will receive scholarships. The scholarship is a one-time one and must be reapplied every year to be considered for another scholarship.
For questions email scholarships@isc2.org or call +1-727-493-3587.