Scholarship for Service

Scholarship for Service (SFS) is a unique federal program that is designed to increase and strengthen the cadre of information security professionals in federal, state, local, and tribal agencies.

This program is available only to individuals who are accepted to or are currently enrolled in the Master of Science in Information Management or the Master of Science in Telecommunications and Network Management programs.

The SFS scholarship provides one-year or two-year scholarships that fund tuition costs and a yearly stipend of $12,000 in return for working for a government agency after graduation. One year of government service is required for each year of SFS scholarship funding.

To qualify for a SFS scholarship, an applicant must be a U.S. citizen with a competitive academic record. It is common for SFS graduates seeking information security positions with a government agency to be required to undergo a background investigation to obtain a security clearance.

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Funding of the Scholarship for Service Program at Syracuse University has been provided by the National Science Foundation under Grant No. DUE-1027440 (for 2011 - 2014). Any opinions, findings, and conclusions or recommendations expressed in this material are those of the author(s) and do not necessarily reflect the views of the National Science Foundation.

Luk Boral ’06, G’07
New York City
Grant Audit Professional Program participant/analyst, JPMorgan Chase Finance/Auditing

Programs: B.S. in information management and technology and M.S. in information management

Luk joined JPMorgan Chase in 2007, and began in a two-year Grant Audit Professionals Program. Luk is responsible for internal IT audit within the Treasury & Securities Services (TSS) department. In this position, Luk carries different responsibilities in each audit performed: understanding the business needs and operations; maintaining a relationship with the stakeholders; analyzing IT processes within the audited area, parameters, and usage of various applications; assessing and measuring risks; identifying mitigating controls; and finally testing and grading them. Some of the systems within TSS transfer over a trillion dollars each day and a deficiency in any of them might directly affect the U.S. global economy.