Requirements

Students participating in the SFS program must:

• Be a US citizen or permanent resident
• Be enrolled full time in the final two years of a bachelor or master program, or three years in BS+MS or doctoral program
• Study and do research in some aspect of information assurance / security
• Intern at an agency¹ during the summer and work for an executive agency² for a time equal to years of support
• Maintain at least a minimum GPA of
  • 3.0 undergraduate
  • 3.5 graduate
• Be able to obtain a security clearance

1. Agency means federal, state, local or tribal government
   agency or federally funded research and development
   center (FFRDC). ↩︎
2. As defined in 5 US Code 105, or subject to a prior
   approval, in the cybersecurity mission of: Congress,
   interstate agency, a state, local or tribal government agency
   or FFRDC. ↩︎