Information Security Undergraduate Scholarship

Aspiring information security professionals have the opportunity to ease some of their educational financial burden with the ISC2 Information Security Undergraduate Scholarship, offering undergraduate students studying information security up to US$5,000 per recipient.

AWARDS

• Up to 20 scholarships will be awarded. Each scholarship award will be between $1,000 – $5,000
• If awarded: the funds will be sent to the school with instructions that it be applied to tuition, fees, books, and required materials. Recipients do NOT receive award funds.
• Awards must be accepted within three (3) weeks of award notification. If the award has not been accepted it will be awarded to another applicant.
• All awards must be disbursed to the recipient's educational institution by Dec. 31st of the award year. Awards will NOT carry over to the following year.
• Awards do not renew. You will need to reapply each year in order to be considered for another award.

ELIGIBILITY

• Must be pursuing, or plan to pursue, a degree with a focus on cybersecurity, information assurance or similar field in the fall of 2025.
• Must be pursuing an associates or undergraduate degree in 2025.
• If you will have graduated with your undergraduate degree by the fall then please apply for the ISC2 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).
• If you need to convert your GPA please visit https://applications.wes.org/igpa-calculator/
• 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.

WHAT YOU WILL NEED

1. Unofficial transcripts from your current (or most recent) educational institution. If awarded; no funds will be disbursed until official transcripts have been received.
2. One Letter of Recommendation outlining the following:
   1. How long have you known the applicant and in what capacity?
   2. What skills or abilities does the applicant have that will support him/her in completing a degree?
   3. What other information about the applicant should be taken into consideration?
   4. NOTE: Academic references are preferred; however, you may submit a professional letter of reference addressing the points above.
3. Resume/CV – No more than 3 pages maximum.
4. Essay questions to be filled out in application. Maximum of 250 words per answer:
   1. Tell us why you should be chosen to receive this ISC2 Cybersecurity Scholarship and what makes you stand out from your peers?
   2. Describe why you need the scholarship.
   3. Describe your personal and education backgrounds.
   4. Describe why you chose your major and your goals for your academic career. What makes you a candidate for success in information security and what are your goals for your professional career.
   5. Describe any contributions to the cybersecurity field i.e., volunteer work, articles, etc., and any other hobbies or extracurricular activities and what they mean to you.  (Do not include links to articles)
   6. Please tell us anything else you would like us to know about you in consideration of your application.

SCORING CRITERIA

Applicants will be scored by members of ISC2 and scholarship sponsors (if applicable). Scoring will be based upon three categories:

• Passion
• Merit
• Financial Need