Department of Defense Cyber Academy Scholarship

This scholarship is not affiliated with Suffolk County Community College, however, we encourage students to visit the website below for more information.

U.S. Senator Kirsten Gillibrand joined elected officials and educators to encourage Suffolk County Community College students to apply to the Cyber Service Academy scholarship program, which grants students free college in return for public service in the Department of Defense (DoD). Gillibrand created the Cyber Service Academy scholarship program in 2022 through her work on the Senate Armed Services Committee, and this year, has secured language to allow graduates to serve in the Intelligence Community as well.

The Cyber Academy scholarship includes:

A scholarship covering the full cost of tuition, select books and fees, a stipend, purchase of a laptop, and more;
Areas of study include cybersecurity, cyber operations, digital and multimedia forensics, computer crime investigations, and more;
A service commitment that starts after the student’s graduation.
Roles throughout the DoD, and soon the Intelligence Community, for a period equivalent to the length of a recipient’s scholarship.
Suffolk County Community College is one of 19 New York institutions eligible to offer the program because of its designation as a National Center of Academic Excellence in Cybersecurity.

Interested students should go to www.gillibrand.senate.gov/cyberacademy and click on the DoD Cyber Scholarship Program link to apply. This page will continue to be updated as the DoD refines its application process. Open enrollment starts November 1st.