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SheLeadsTech Scholarship

 

This scholarship is open to global students who identify as women and are pursuing a degree in IT audit, risk, security, assurance, or cybersecurity.

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Application Coming 25 March 2025

Applications Due: 11:59 pm US CT, 6 May 2025

Scholarship Offering:

SheLeadsTech empowers women to enhance their professional skills and advocate for their career advancement. In celebration of International Women's Month, every March, we will award academic scholarships of US$2,500 each, to five students who meet the criteria below. Scholarship money will be paid directly to the awardee (if their school is International) or the awardee’s school (if their school is in the United States) in July 2025 and must be used for the school you’re attending in 2025. Awardees will also receive an ISACA Career Building Bundle to help continue your education and launch your IT career.

Criteria:

Applicants must:

  1. To apply, you first need a free ISACA account. If you have appplied for an ISACA Foundation scholarship before, you may sign in using that account.
  2. Be 18 years of age or older.
  3. Identify as a woman.
  4. Be enrolled in or accepted to an accredited college, university, or technical training institute.
  5. Be pursuing, or planning to pursue, a degree or an advanced degree focused on IT audit, risk, security, assurance, or cybersecurity.
  6. Agree to communicate with the ISACA Foundation twice a year for two years regarding school and career trajectory after the scholarship award.
  7. Agree to participate in an ISACA blog post.

ISACA Career Building Bundle:

  • One year of ISACA student membership (giving you access to career pathway and advancement events and webinars)
  • One ISACA course selected from the ITCA  or CET certification (completion of this course will help you get an ISACA certification that indicates a standard of skills to a prospective employer)
  • One ISACA Virtual Conference registration (where you will benefit from speakers who are renowned experts in their fields)
  • ISACA’s Mentoring Program (giving you access to certified digital trust professionals as mentors)
  • Resources to start an ISACA Student Group at university/college (as applicable)
  • Access to additional ISACA and ISACA Foundation resources