{"id":241244,"date":"2026-05-07T15:58:00","date_gmt":"2026-05-07T19:58:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/news-you-need.com\/index.php\/2026\/05\/07\/trump-officials-are-steering-a-cybersecurity-scholarship-program-toward-ai\/"},"modified":"2026-05-07T17:15:11","modified_gmt":"2026-05-07T21:15:11","slug":"trump-officials-are-steering-a-cybersecurity-scholarship-program-toward-ai","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/news-you-need.com\/index.php\/2026\/05\/07\/trump-officials-are-steering-a-cybersecurity-scholarship-program-toward-ai\/","title":{"rendered":"Trump officials are steering a cybersecurity scholarship program toward AI"},"content":{"rendered":"

Trump officials are steering a cybersecurity scholarship program toward AI<\/a><\/p>\n

https:\/\/cyberscoop.com\/sfs-scholarship-program-trump-administration-ai-shift\/<\/a><\/p>\n

Publish Date: 2026-05-07 15:58:00<\/a><\/p>\n

Source Domain: cyberscoop.com<\/a><\/p>\n

The Trump administration is redirecting a cybersecurity scholarship program that requires recipients to work in government service toward artificial intelligence, leaving some current program scholars dismayed and bewildered.<\/p>\n

In an email to participating school program coordinators obtained by CyberScoop, the Office of Personnel Management and National Science Foundation said the CyberCorps Scholarship For Service program would now be known as CyberAI SFS.<\/p>\n

\u201cThe SFS students we enroll today will not be employable when they graduate in 2-3 years without significant AI background,\u201d the email reads. \u201cAny SFS student in this new program must be proficient in using AI in cybersecurity or providing security and resilience for AI systems. Therefore, new students in the legacy CyberCorps program must learn to acquire AI expertise to augment their cybersecurity expertise.\u201d<\/p>\n

\u201cEffective immediately, new SFS scholars will not be accepted to the Legacy CyberCorps(C) program without a description on how they will develop competencies at the intersection of cybersecurity and AI,\u201d the email continues. \u201cThe description of the competency development could include, but are not limited to, formal program of study, experimental learning, research activities, capstone projects, competitions, certifications, and\/or no-credit professional development via external providers.\u201d<\/p>\n

One current program scholar graduating soon said they were \u201cdisappointed\u201d by the change for several reasons. As of earlier this week, the agencies collectively running the program \u2014 OPM, NSF and the Department of Homeland Security \u2014 hadn\u2019t notified any program participants that any changes were on the horizon.<\/p>\n

For another: \u201cI was a little bit surprised that it was coming out as so blatantly disregarding the people that haven\u2019t graduated yet, that everyone in my cohort is already considered \u2018legacy,\u2019 and the fact that it said people in the program that I\u2019m…<\/p>\n

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