{"id":16543,"date":"2023-08-10T15:54:02","date_gmt":"2023-08-10T19:54:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/cs\/?page_id=16543"},"modified":"2026-02-20T13:09:47","modified_gmt":"2026-02-20T18:09:47","slug":"cybersecurity-graduate-degree-scholarships","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/cs\/scholarships\/cybersecurity-graduate-degree-scholarships\/","title":{"rendered":"Cybersecurity Graduate Degree Scholarships"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>URI is offering Cybersecurity Graduate Degree Scholarships that provide up to $10,000 to cover the cost of courses in the graduate cybersecurity program at the University of Rhode Island during the academic year of the award.&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;Eligible applicants for this scholarship must:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Be a U.S. Citizen or Permanent Resident.&nbsp;<\/li>\n<li>Be admitted to URI\u2019s <a href=\"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/cs\/academics\/professional-masters-cybersecurity\/\">Professional Science Master\u2019s Degree in Cybersecurity (PSM) program<\/a>, or<a href=\"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/cs\/academics\/graduate-certificate-cs\/\"> URI\u2019s Graduate Certificate in Cybersecurity (Grad Cert) program<\/a>. Current students may apply at any time during their program; new students may apply concurrently with their application to their program.<\/li>\n<li>Have their<a href=\"https:\/\/studentaid.gov\/h\/apply-for-aid\/fafsa\"> Free Application For Federal Student Aid (FAFSA)<\/a> on file at URI at the time of application for the scholarship.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><b>Cybersecurity Graduate Degree Scholarship Dates<\/b><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>January 1: Scholarship applications open<\/li>\n<li>April 1: Last day for first round of applications. If funding is still available after first round scholarship awards, applications will be accepted on a rolling basis after April 1<\/li>\n<li>May 1: First Round scholarship winners announced.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><b>Scholarship Selection Criteria.<\/b> The criteria used by the Graduate Cybersecurity Degree Scholarship Selection Committee to determine scholarship awards include:&nbsp;<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Financial need<\/li>\n<li>Academic performance\/potential<\/li>\n<li>Diversity\/equity\/inclusion of students from demographic groups underrepresented in the Cybersecurity profession.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><b>To apply, fill out the <\/b><a href=\"https:\/\/docs.google.com\/forms\/d\/13CWGPA3JiS9TDJe9U0v67GqKJm9qbjn-0B5tQVYXrfA\/viewform\"><b>application form<\/b><\/a><b>. <\/b>This application form requires you to upload a resume and unofficial transcript from all undergraduate institutions that you have attended.&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>URI is offering Cybersecurity Graduate Degree Scholarships that provide up to $10,000 to cover the cost of courses in the graduate cybersecurity program at the University of Rhode Island during the academic year of the award.&nbsp; &nbsp;Eligible applicants for this scholarship must: Be a U.S. Citizen or Permanent Resident.&nbsp; Be admitted to URI\u2019s Professional Science [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1322,"featured_media":0,"parent":16537,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":"","_links_to":"","_links_to_target":""},"class_list":["post-16543","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/cs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/16543","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/cs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/cs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/cs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1322"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/cs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=16543"}],"version-history":[{"count":5,"href":"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/cs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/16543\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":18229,"href":"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/cs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/16543\/revisions\/18229"}],"up":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/cs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/16537"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/cs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=16543"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}