Security scholarship program moving ahead

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http://www.fcw.com/fcw/articles/2001/0226/web-sfs-02-27-01.asp

BY Diane Frank
02/27/2001

The federal Scholarship for Service program, an initiative started by
the Clinton administration to get new information security
professionals to work for the government in return for scholarships,
is on schedule at the National Science Foundation.

NSF heads up the first step of the SFS program, awarding grants to
colleges and universities that teach information security students.
The proposals from the institutions were due to NSF Jan. 24, and now
the agency has brought in a panel to review the proposals; the grants
should be awarded by June, officials said.

The grants will pay for the scholarships, which the schools will award
to individual students. The institutions will use the money to
maintain and improve their information security curricula, and to help
other schools create new programs.

SFS is part of the larger Federal Cyber Service program, which is
designed to improve the overall level of security expertise in
government.

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