AMHERST, N.Y. — U.S. Senator Kirsten Gillibrand was in Buffalo Monday to talk with students at the University at Buffalo about a new scholarship opportunity. The cyber service academy scholarship program provides students with full tuition in return for every year committed to public service.
Students can pursue jobs in the Department of Defense (DoD) or the Intelligence Community (IC) as their public service commitment. Applicants will serve one year in the DoD or IC as a civilian employee for each year of their scholarship.
The University at Buffalo is one of 24 institutions in New York State that are able to offer this program because of their designations as National Centers of Academic Excellence in Cybersecurity.
"This month, the DoD announced it currently has 28,000 unfilled military and civilian cyber roles," Gillibrand said. "We urgently need to attract the next generation of cyber security and technology professionals to help keep our government safe."
Gillibrand created the Cyber Service Academy scholarship program through her work on the Senate Armed Services Committee.