Scholarship Opportunities
Scholarship for Service (SFS)
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 (IM) or the Master of Science in Telecommunications and Network Management (TNM) programs, and admitted into the information security management certificate program.
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.
Information Assurance Scholarship Program (IASP)
As a designated Center of Academic Excellence in Information Assurance institution, the iSchool can nominate students for a Department of Defense (DoD) Information Assurance Scholarship. These students must be accepted to or are already enrolled in qualifying degree programs.
Recipients of these 1, 2, or 3-year IASP scholarships must also earn the iSchool’s Certificate of Advanced Study (CAS) in Information Security Management (ISM) and will receive $10,000 to $15,000 in stipends, full tuition, and allowances each year for books and computers.
Recipients will have information security internship opportunities with DoD agencies and in return for scholarship funding will begin full-time employment with the DoD on program completion for a period commensurate with the years of scholarship funding received. Alternately, scholarship recipients may elect to serve a period of obligated service as a member of the National Guard or the Reserves of any military branch.
Earn a Master’s Degree
Participants in the CAS ISM program have the option of applying these graduate credits toward a master’s degree offered at the School of Information Studies (iSchool). All 15 credits completed for the certificate can be included in the 42-credit requirement Master of Science in Information Management (IM) or 36-credit Master of Science in Telecommunications and Network Management (TNM). Selective credits may be applied to the 36-credit Master of Science in Library and Information Science (LIS).
For an information packet with complete admissions and curriculum information, please use our online information request form.
More information on the Information Security Management graduate certificate:
School of Information Studies
245 Hinds Hall
Syracuse NY 13244
(315) 443-6226
iGrad@syr.edu