Before beginning your application, please review and acknowledge the following information:
Program Details
Please visit CySP on our website for full details on the program, including benefits, eligibility requirements, and obligations of the program.
Important Information
Failure to satisfy the academic requirements of the program or to complete the service requirement will result in forfeiture of the scholarship award, Should you terminate your appointment under the CySP, decline or refuse to honor your commitment to accept permanent employment, or, voluntarily terminate permanent employment before you have fulfilled your period of obligated service, you must reimburse the United States, in whole or in part, the cost of the financial (scholarship) assistance provided to you. An obligation to reimburse under this condition of employment is for all purposes considered to be a Federal debt owed to the United States.
Documents and information you need for the DoD CySP application in the DoD CySP Application portal:
• Complete the New Student Application on the Department of Defense website. The Application form with instructions for the supplements is here: https://www.dodemergingtech.com/cyber-scholarship-program-cysp/
Fill this out completely and submit the documents required. You will need these documents:
• Resume.
• Two letters of reference that address the specific information required by this application (cannot be family members). At least one faculty member.
• Awards, Honors & Distinctions list.
• OF612 Supplemental Competency Statement (built into the DoD CySP Application portal).
• We submit your official transcript into the DoD CySP application portal for you. Send your official school transcripts sent directly to us from the College(s) or University(ies) you have attended including ours. Send by email to CySP@newhaven.edu or by mail to CAE-CO at Dept. of ECECS Maxcy 120, 300 Boston Post Road, West Haven, CT 06516
Documents and information you need to submit in this form for our evaluation:
• We will need to see the entire application you submitted to the DoD to evaluate you.
In addition we need the following:
• A three-page (max) essay with the following subsections:
• Career goals in cybersecurity
• Department of Defense work of interest (and not of interest) to the candidate
• A short statement of research (what the candidate is interested in working on – applied cybersecurity research problems that are of interest to the candidate)
• A persuasive statement (convincing the committee that you are the right candidate to be considered for the DoD CySP program).
• A completed Conduct Release Forms from all the College(s) or University(ies) you have attended including ours. This is to evaluate your suitability for clearance, which is a requirement of this program. You can have them sent to us directly from your schools. You fill in the student section and have your institution’s Dean of Student office complete the institution’s section. You can download the form from this link: http://tiny.cc/ConductRelease