Scholarships & Financial Support
1. CyberCorps®: Scholarship for Service (SFS)
Provides scholarships for students pursuing cybersecurity-related bachelor's, master's, and doctoral degrees in exchange for service in the U.S. government after graduation. CISA co-sponsors the program with the National Science Foundation and the Office of Personnel Management. CISA
CyberCorps®: Scholarship for Service
2. National Centers of Academic Excellence in Cybersecurity (NCAE-C)
Explore colleges and universities designated as National Centers of Academic Excellence in Cybersecurity, including institutions designated in Cyber Defense, Cyber Operations, and Cyber Research.
Internships & Career Development
3. National Security Agency (NSA) Student Programs
NSA provides internships, scholarships, student programs, and career opportunities for students interested in cybersecurity, computer science, engineering, mathematics, and related fields. National Security Agency
4. Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA) — Education & Career Development
CISA provides cybersecurity education, career-development, workforce-development, internship, scholarship, training, and career-pathway resources. Its resources include the Cyber Career Pathways Tool and information about cybersecurity competitions and opportunities. CISA
CISA — Cybersecurity Education & Career Development
5. National Initiative for Cybersecurity Education (NICE) Framework
The NICE Framework provides a common language for describing cybersecurity work, including work roles, competencies, tasks, knowledge, and skills. It is specifically designed to support learners, students, educators, employers, and cybersecurity professionals. NIST
NICE Framework Resource Center — NIST
6. National Initiative for Cybersecurity Careers and Studies (NICCS)
NICCS provides a national cybersecurity education, training, and career resource. Students can search for cybersecurity training programs and explore career pathways and work roles. CISA
NICCS — Cybersecurity Careers and Studies
7. NICCS Education and Training Catalog
Students can search for cybersecurity courses and training programs by specialty, location, delivery method, proficiency level, and NICE Framework alignment. NICCS
NICCS Education & Training Catalog
Cybersecurity Competitions
8. NCAE Cyber Games
The NCAE Cyber Games is a collegiate cybersecurity competition specifically designed to introduce students to cyber competitions. It is open to students from NCAE-C institutions, including students who have never participated in a cybersecurity competition before. NCA E-Cyber Games
9. NSA Codebreaker Challenge
The NSA Codebreaker Challenge provides students with hands-on cybersecurity problems involving areas such as reverse engineering, cryptography, vulnerability research, and network forensics. The 2026 challenge is open to students at U.S. colleges and universities. National Security Agency
10. National Collegiate Cyber Defense Competition (NCCDC)
A collegiate cybersecurity competition focused on defending enterprise networks against realistic cyber threats.
National Collegiate Cyber Defense Competition
11. National Cyber League (NCL)
Provides cybersecurity competitions and hands-on challenges covering areas such as cryptography, network traffic analysis, password cracking, forensics, and reconnaissance.
12. picoCTF
A free cybersecurity education platform and capture-the-flag competition developed by cybersecurity experts at Carnegie Mellon University.
Cybersecurity Learning & Training
13. NIST Cybersecurity Resources
The National Institute of Standards and Technology provides extensive cybersecurity resources covering cybersecurity frameworks, cryptography, privacy, risk management, artificial intelligence, zero trust, cloud security, identity management, IoT, and other areas.
NIST Computer Security Resource Center
14. CISA Cybersecurity Resources
CISA provides cybersecurity guidance, best practices, advisories, training resources, and educational materials for students and cybersecurity professionals.
15. MITRE ATT&CK
A globally used knowledge base describing adversary tactics and techniques based on real-world observations. It is particularly useful for students learning threat intelligence, threat hunting, penetration testing, and cyber defense.
16. Open Worldwide Application Security Project (OWASP)
Provides free resources, tools, projects, documentation, and educational materials covering application and software security.
17. FedVTE — Federal Virtual Training Environment
CISA provides no-cost cybersecurity courses for the public through its Federal Virtual Training Environment resources. Available training ranges from introductory to advanced cybersecurity topics. CISA (pdf)