Student Scholarships

The Center for Cybersecurity fosters the next generation of security professionals by hosting a number of scholarship programs that make graduate study much more affordable. Below are brief summaries of these programs. For additional details on any of these programs, use the pull down links for this pages

The NYU Cyber Fellows program was designed by NYU Tandon in partnership with the New York City Cyber Command (NYC3) and a group of industry sponsors. It offers scholarships that can cover as much as 75% of tuition fees, resulting in one of the lowest-cost online master’s degrees in the country.

NYU Tandon School of Engineering’s ASPIRE (A Scholarship for Service Partnership for Interdisciplinary Research and Education) program supports about a dozen students pursuing their bachelor’s, master’s, and doctoral degrees with federal funding from the National Science Foundation and the Department of Homeland Security. These are  full scholarships, covering tuition, books, stipend, and professional development allowance, for students studying cybersecurity at NYU Tandon for up to three years.  The NYU School of Law also offers an ASPIRE program option, which you can learn about here.

The NYU Cyber Scholars Program allows students selected for this prestigious scholarship to develop an interdisciplinary understanding of cybersecurity issues that integrates technical and non-technical disciplines. The Cyber Scholars program is designed to train a new generation of cybersecurity professionals for work in either the public or private sectors.

The Latham & Watkins Award in Technology and Law seeks to train a new generation of technology lawyers who are not only equipped to analyze the most complex technology law and policy issues, but also capable of comprehending the technical aspects of the discipline. The student selected for this award must demonstrate a passion for technology and cybersecurity law and an interest in the interdisciplinary aspects of the subject.

The Center for Cybersecurity also offers scholarships and fellowships for PhD students in Cybersecurity at the Tandon School of Engineering. Prospective candidates should be driven, self-motivated and interested in one or more aspects of cybersecurity, ranging from hardware, embedded systems, network systems and application security to usable security and human factors and their legal and policy implications. Successful applicants to the program are expected to have an outstanding academic record in Computer Science, Electrical Engineering, Mathematics or Computer Engineering. Previous research experience and other technical accomplishments, as evidenced by publications, software, and letters of reference, are also important criteria. For more information on the program and on how to apply, please visit the Department of Computer Science and Engineering and the Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering.