Six new SFS cybersecurity scholars to join UMBC in 2017

Six new cybersecurity scholars were inducted into UMBC’s NSF-sponsored Scholarship for Service program in an event held in Germantown on October 20. Three are currently students at Montgomery College and three are from Prince Georges Community College. After they complete their associates degree in spring 2017, they will transfer to UMBC to complete their undergraduate degrees.

This pioneering cooperation between UMBC, Montgomery College, and Prince Georges Community College in cybersecurity is made possible by a grant from the National Science Foundation (Dr. Alan Sherman (UMBC), Joe Roundy (MC), and Casey O’Brien (PGCC), CoPIs). As part of their education, the SFS scholars will solve IT security problems for their county government.

As SFS Scholars, the students receive tuition, fees, annual reimbursement of professional development expenses, a nine-month stipend and assistance with federal cybersecurity internships and career placement.