The Trusted CI Fellowship Program

The vision for the Trusted CI Fellowship program is to empower members of the scientific community with basic knowledge of cybersecurity and an understanding of Trusted CI’s services, and then have them serve as cybersecurity liaisons to their respective community. The Trusted CI Fellowship program establishes and supports a network of Fellows with heterogeneity in geography and scientific discipline. These Fellows have access to training and other resources to foster their professional development in cybersecurity. In exchange, they champion cybersecurity for science in their scientific and geographic communities and communicate challenges and successful practices to Trusted CI.

Trusted CI’s past Fellows have been an amazing success with 35 Fellows from various fields, including:

  • Research technologies

  • Astrophysics

  • Criminal justice

  • Network and combinatorial optimization 

  • Computer engineering

The Call for Applications opens July 1st.

We are pleased to announce the opening of applications for the 2025 Trusted CI Fellowship Program. This prestigious opportunity welcomes a new cohort of Fellows who will receive training from and collaborate closely with Trusted CI, the NSF Cybersecurity Center of Excellence.

The Fellowship Program is designed to broaden participants' understanding of trustworthy science and strengthen their ability to secure research within the NSF community.

As a Trusted CI Fellow, you will:

  • Participate in virtual training sessions led by cybersecurity experts

  • Receive funding to attend the 2025 NSF Cybersecurity Summit

  • Gain access to Trusted CI resources and a dynamic, supportive community of peers and professionals

Stay tuned for details on the application process and deadlines.


Stay tuned for upcoming announcements about the Fellowship Program via our blog post, LinkedIn, or subscribe to the Trusted CI Announce List.

To view the collection of 2019 Trusted CI Fellow Virtual Institute presentations, please click here.

To view Trusted CI Fellows reports, click here

For questions, please email fellows@trustedci.org