The Trusted CI Fellowship Program

The Trusted CI Fellowship program empowers members of the scientific community with foundational cybersecurity knowledge and an understanding of Trusted CI’s services. Fellows serve as cybersecurity liaisons within their respective communities, establishing a diverse network across geographies and scientific disciplines.

In this program, you will gain access to specialized training and professional development resources. In exchange, you will champion cybersecurity for science within your field and communicate challenges and successful practices back to Trusted CI.

We have successfully supported 55 Fellows from a wide range of expertise, including:

  • Research Project Managers & Research Scientists

  • Professors (Assistant, Associate, and Research)

  • Computational & Data Science Research Specialists

  • Computer, Software, and Research Engineers

  • Information Security Officers

  • Cyberinfrastructure Operators

Meet Our 2026 Fellows
Meet our 2025 Fellows

Program Timeline

Institutions represented by our cohort of Fellows.

The call for the 2027/28 Fellowship application will be announced in the spring of 2027.

  • The Fellowship Program will have two initial sessions: one in September and one in November, before and after the Summit. 

  • The instructional Virtual workshops begin in January and end in May to align with the winter/spring academic semester. 

  • Workshop Sessions meet for one hour weekly (Approximately 20 sessions).

Fellowship Benefits

  • Deepen your cybersecurity expertise

  • Learn from established leaders

  • Expand professional networks

  • Broaden career perspectives

  • Contribute to the community

  • Receive support to attend the Summit.

“As a Fellow, I have learned things that I never expected to learn and have been inspired to explore topics I had never thought about before. This experience has opened my mind, allowed me to connect with a great community, and broadened my future research and career options”
— Pengyin Shan, National Center for Supercomputing Applications (NCSA)

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To view Trusted CI Fellows reports, click here

For questions, please email fellows@trustedci.org.