Title 10 › Subtitle A — General Military Law › PART III — TRAINING AND EDUCATION › CHAPTER 112 — CYBER SCHOLARSHIP PROGRAM › § 2200a
The Secretary of Defense can pay for people to study certain cyber degrees or certificates at colleges. To get the money, the student must sign an agreement to serve the military or work for the Department of Defense. Service members must agree to more active-duty time. DoD employees must agree to keep working for the Department. Other people must agree to join the military or to work for the Department. The length of required service is set by the Secretary, but it cannot be less than three‑fourths of the time the student spent earning the degree. That service time is in addition to any other service the person already owes. The agreement says the service starts after the degree, the student must keep good academic progress, and other reasonable rules may apply. The scholarship can pay normal college costs like tuition, fees, books, labs, and room and board. Money can also support DoD internships between school years. If someone leaves before finishing the agreed service, they must repay under the rules in title 37, sections 303a(e) or 373. At least 50% of the scholarship money each year must go to students at schools running DoD-funded cyber programs, and at least 5% must be for associate degrees at those schools. The Secretary may hire scholarship graduates into special DoD cyber jobs without normal hiring rules and, after two years of good continuous service, can convert them to regular career jobs.
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10 U.S.C. § 2200a
Title 10, Armed Forces
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Sep 22, 2026
Release point: 119-110