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

Applications are now open for the 2025 Trusted CI Fellowship!  

We’re excited to announce that applications are now open for the 2025 Trusted CI Fellowship. This is your chance to receive expert training, work closely with Trusted CI members, and further empower the NSF community to secure its own research. 
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.

The Fellows program will take place virtually from October 2025 to April 2026.

Click here to apply for the program.

The deadline for Fellowship applications is Thursday, July 31, 2025.


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