CyberCorpsⓇ Scholarship for URI Undergraduate Students

Open to all URI majors. CS and technical students enter the ABM directly; students from other majors can prepare through URI’s OnRamp To Cybersecurity bridge program. Both paths are scholarship-eligible. The 2026 CyberAICorps cohort adds an AI Track option for students with AI or CS backgrounds.

Typically URI Undergraduate students apply for the CyberCorps scholarship in the Spring semester of their Junior year.

Minimum Qualifications — All Applicants:

  • Minimum 3.0 GPA
  • U.S. citizen or lawful permanent resident
  • Completed ABM application in the GradCAS system

For CS / Technical Major Applicants (Direct Entry):

  • Grade of B or better in CSC 211 – Object-Oriented Programming (or higher-level CSC equivalent)
  • Grade of B or better in CSF 432 – Introduction to Network Security (or CSF 410 or CSF 430 with advisor approval)

For Non-CS / Non-Technical Major Applicants (OnRamp Entry):

  • Completion of, or current enrollment in, URI’s OnRamp To Cybersecurity bridge program
  • Grade of B or better in CSF 432 – Introduction to Network Security (completed as the third OnRamp course)
  • Contact cybersecurity@uri.edu to discuss OnRamp timing relative to your scholarship application

Applications will be reviewed, and scholarship recipients selected, by a Committee of faculty and staff in the URI CS Department. The deadline to apply for a CyberCorp Scholarship is in the spring of each year.

The CyberCorp Scholar Course Schedule

URI undergraduate students are required to complete URI Advanced Bachelor’s Masters (ABM) program in CS/Cybersecurity with scholarship support in their Senior and Graduate years.  A CyberCorp scholar typically follows this course schedule (details on courses are available here).

Note for non-CS students entering via OnRamp:  If you completed OnRamp before applying, CSF 432 has already been completed and does not need to be repeated. Work with your advisor to substitute an approved elective in the slot where CSF 432 appears in the standard schedule. Your advisor will build a custom schedule based on your OnRamp completion and remaining PSM requirements.

Prior To ApplicationPrior to BachelorsSummer Between Undergraduate and Graduate YearsGraduate FallGraduate Spring
CSC 211
CSF 432		CSF 430
CSF 534
CSF 505		CyberCorps InternshipCSF 410
CSF 536
CSF 560
CSF 505		CSF 524
CSF 580
CSF 590
CSF 505

CyberAICorps Scholar Schedule (AI Track)  [NEW]

Scholars selected for the AI Track follow the same overall structure but substitute two graduate concentration courses for the AI Track specializations:

  • Graduate Fall — Replace one standard elective with CSF 470 Applied AI for Cybersecurity
  • Graduate Spring — Replace one standard elective with CSF 592 Machine Learning Security

General Requirements

Students must take CSC 211 Object-Oriented Programming prior to applying to the SFS program, while CSF 202 System Fundamentals For Cybersecurity, and CSF 432 Introduction To Network Security are strongly recommended. 

CyberCorp scholars must take CSF 534 Advanced Topics In Network and System Security and CSF 430 Information Assurance while an undergraduate in order to be able to complete the PSM requirements within the one additional graduate year. CSF 432, CSF 430, and CSF 534 may be counted to both the scholar’s undergraduate CS degree and their PSM as part of the ABM program.

CyberCorp scholars will get an undergraduate SFS activities experience in their final undergraduate year. They will work with Dr. Fay-Wolfe and the URI Cybersecurity Center faculty and staff on cybersecurity experiential and professional preparedness activities. 

CyberCorp scholars will do a CyberCorp internship in their first summer (between graduating with their BS and starting their graduate year).

In each of the Fall and Spring semesters of their graduate year, CyberCorp scholars will take a course that is designed specifically for CyberCorp scholars to survey the landscape of government cybersecurity jobs and provide support for students’ upcoming job search process. 

For more information contact:  cybersecurity@uri.edu