Department of Defense Cyber Service Academy (DoD CSA)

The Department of Defense Cyber Service Academy (DoD CSA) is both a scholarship program for the DoD, and a capacity building tool for the nation. The program is a result of commitment from DoD and Congress to support higher education as a means to prepare the DoD workforce to deal with threats against the Department’s critical information system and networks.

The objectives of the program are to promote higher education in all disciplines of cybersecurity, to enhance the Department’s ability to recruit and retain cyber and IT specialists, to increase the number of military and civilian personnel in the DoD with this expertise, and ultimately, to enhance the nation’s cyber posture.

Feb. 1

• Be a U.S. citizen.
• Be enrolled in or accepted at a NCAE-C designated institution (including UB).
• Be majoring in a field related to cybersecurity, such as computer science, computer engineering, cybersecurity, data science, and information systems.
• Be able to obtain any required security clearances.
• Maintain a 3.2 GPA (undergraduate) or 3.5 GPA (graduate).

Apply online through the DoD website.