Amazon | Project REACH Scholarship
Project REACH (Realizing Equitable Access to Cybersecurity in High School) is a feeder program that connects K-12 schools to minority-serving institutions' cybersecurity and computer science programs in an effort to close the diversity gap in cybersecurity. Amazon has donated $50,000 to CYBER.ORG to help provide assistance for students looking to pursue a cybersecurity pathway at a partner HBCU. The 2023 Program will make 10 scholarships available to eligible graduating high school seniors for use during their first year of college at a participating Project REACH college or university during the 2023-2024 academic year. Take a look at the information below to learn more, see if you’re eligible, and apply!
Attend a Project REACH partnering high school
Graduate high school during academic year 2022-2023
Plan to attend your first year of college as a full-time student beginning in fall 2023, studying in an eligible program at a participating Project REACH partnering college or university
Fill out the Application Worksheet to ensure you've gathered all the materials and information needed to complete the online application.
Complete and submit the online application and all required materials by 11:59 PM CDT on 04/16/2023
Before you begin the online application, review the Terms & Conditions ("T&C") to learn about the Program and its eligibility criteria to ensure it is a good fit for you. You must review the T&C and indicate that you agree to the T&C on the application.
Once you've confirmed your eligibility and determined you wish to apply, download the Application Preview & Worksheet to use as a guide. Take time to write well-developed essays. While you are required to type essays in separate documents to upload on this application, we recommend you prepare your entire application before beginning the online form.
When you've prepared everything needed to complete the application, click here to begin filling out the online form. If you've gathered all of the information together, we estimate that it will only take 10-15 minutes to enter your information and submit the application.
The scholarship application will be available until the deadline of April 16, 2023, at 11:59 PM CDT.
Application review is scheduled to take place in April, and Award offers will be made in May.
If you have questions regarding this Program, contact Corisma Akins at corisma.akins@cyber.org with the subject line
"REACH Scholarship Question – Last Name, First Name."
To learn more about how Applicant data will be used in the various stages of the Program, view the Program Implementation Plan.