AFA's CyberPatriot Receives $55,500 Education Grant for Participant Scholarships

ARLINGTON, Va., Oct. 29, 2014 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- The Air Force Association's CyberPatriot program announced today the program received $55,500 from the National Security Agency (NSA) to be designated for participant scholarships.  With this support, CyberPatriot will continue its growth nationally and provide students financial assistance towards college tuition.

"We are grateful for the support of the NSA.  We not only value their support for CyberPatriot's mission, but we also consider it an investment in America's cyber future," said CyberPatriot National Commissioner Bernie Skoch.  "We are thrilled to be able to provide participants an opportunity to gain valuable experience in combating cybercrimes, but to also make paying for college less of a burden."

The 2014-2015 CyberPatriot competition registered more than 2,175 teams from all 50 states, Canada and DoD Dependent Schools in Europe and the Pacific.  CyberPatriot is beginning its seventh competition season with a 40 percent increase in total registrations from last year, reaching thousands of students in the United States and beyond.

CyberPatriot is presented by the Northrop Grumman Foundation, with the support of Development Partner CIAS at the University of Texas-San Antonio. Other sponsors include Cyber Diamond

Sponsors AT&T Federal and the AT&T Foundation, Cisco, Microsoft, USA Today Education, the US Department of Homeland Security, and the Office of the Secretary of Defense.; Cyber Gold Sponsors Riverside Research, URS, Splunk, and Symantec; and Cyber Silver Sponsors Embry-Riddle University, Leidos, MIT Lincoln Laboratory, and University of Maryland University College.

For more information, visit www.uscyberpatriot.org or from the CyberPatriot staff at [email protected]. Be sure to register your team before the October 10th deadline to be a part of CyberPatriot VII.

The Air Force Association is a non-profit, independent, professional military and aerospace education association. Our mission is to promote a dominant United States Air Force and a strong national defense, and to honor Airmen and our Air Force Heritage. To accomplish this, we:

• EDUCATE the public on the critical need for unmatched aerospace power and a technically superior workforce to ensure U.S. national security.
• ADVOCATE for aerospace power and STEM education.
• SUPPORT the Total Air Force family and promote aerospace education.

AFA has 200 chapters nationally and internationally representing more than 95,000. Visit AFA at www.afa.org.

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