Information Security Scholarship Program

To be eligible, candidates must be full-time Western Colorado University students enrolled in information security emphasis courses and making progress towards completing Western’s Computer Science Comprehensive Major: Information Security Emphasis. Eligibility is dependent on the student’s GPA.

First year & Transfer students:
• $1k in fall semester for students with high school / transfer GPA of 2.75 or higher
• $1k in spring semester for students with 2.75 or higher fall semester GPA and have completed CS190 or CS170 with a C- or better.

Sophomore – Senior
• $5k for students with cumulative GPA above 3.0
• $3k for students with cumulative GPA above 2.5

For upper-division students, the final scholarship decision must be approved by a Western Computer Science faculty. Please note that funding is not guaranteed .

Finally, each recipient is expected to contribute to the information security program. There are a number of ways in which this expectation can be met, e.g., 1) participation in cyber competitions, 2) volunteerism and community outreach, 3) learning and coding meetups, and 4) developing resources for the program.