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Cal State San Bernardino has received a $3.8 million grant from the National Science Foundation to help students studying cybersecurity.
The five-year grant, which began Aug. 1, will help pay for scholarships in the school’s CyberCorps: Scholarship for Service Program, according to a statement on the university’s website.
More than 100 Cal State San Bernardino students have entered into federal government careers in cybersecurity, said Tony Coulson, executive director of the cybersecurity center and a professor of information and decision sciences in the Jack H. Brown College of Business and Public Administration.
“This is the fourth award for this scholarship and great news for our students as it will help us increase the number of graduates entering the cybersecurity field,” Coulson said in the statement. “Our country faces a deficit of 500,000 cybersecurity professionals and the talent produced at Cal State San Bernardino is among the best in the United States.”
Undergraduates will have their tuition and books paid for and receive a yearly stipend of $25,000. Graduate students pursuing a cybersecurity-related degree will also have their tuition and books paid for and receive $34,000 stipends, according to the statement.
