WiCyS 2026 Scholarships supported eligible Women in CyberSecurity members attending the annual technical conference at the Gaylord National Harbor Resort and Convention Center near Washington, DC. The in-person event ran March 11–13, 2026 and combined technical sessions, workshops, a career fair and networking.
The 2026 application cycle is closed. WiCyS has announced that applications for the 2027 conference scholarship cycle will open September 2, 2026 at 10:00 a.m. CT.
Benefits & funding
- Reduced-rate conference registration covering all activities and meals, plus complimentary shared lodging for the nights of March 11 and 12.
- Recipients paid a USD 50 registration processing fee instead of the full conference price.
- A very limited group could receive a post-conference travel stipend of USD 500, or USD 100 for local recipients; this support was not guaranteed.
- Travel-stipend payment required any assigned volunteer hours or poster participation and attendance at the March 13 verification session.
Eligibility
- Applicants had to qualify through one of six WiCyS routes: Student, Faculty, Mentor, Military, Ally, or Equity & Advancement Scholarship.
- Student applicants had to be WiCyS Student Members.
- Faculty applicants had to be WiCyS Faculty Members and either Student Chapter Advisors or faculty members who had not previously attended WiCyS.
- Mentor applicants had to be WiCyS members and mentors in the 2025–2026 Mentorship Program.
- Military applicants had to meet the published veteran, military-spouse, active-duty, membership, or proof-of-eligibility route.
- Ally applicants had to be WiCyS members directly involved as allies in a WiCyS program; Equity & Advancement applicants had to be WiCyS members.
- The official pages state no nationality, residency, age, degree, or work-experience restriction, and the conference welcomes attendees of all genders.
Can you apply?
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Application process
- 1Hold the WiCyS membership type required for the selected scholarship route and prepare any route-specific proof.
- 2Use the official scholarship page when applications are open and select the applicable Student, Faculty, Mentor, Military, Ally, or Equity & Advancement route.
- 3Submit the application by the published deadline; the closed 2026 cycle ended October 15, 2025 at 5:00 p.m. CT.
- 4Await the status notification, which WiCyS issued for the 2026 cycle on December 3, 2025.
Program timeline
Applications opened.
September 10, 2025
Application deadline.
October 15, 2025 at 5:00 p.m. CT
Status notifications.
December 3, 2025
Conference and scholarship period began.
March 11, 2026
Conference ended.
March 13, 2026
September 2, 2026 at 10:00 a.m. CT
Applications open for the 2027 cycle.