Google, in collaboration with the Consortium of Cybersecurity Clinics, is supporting selected colleges, universities, and community colleges with up to $1M each to increase access and opportunities for students interested in pursuing careers in cybersecurity. In addition, recipients can access the Google Cybersecurity Certificate, Google Titan security keys, and student mentorship opportunities from Google. See below to learn more about the clinics receiving funding.
Why Cybersecurity Clinics
At Google, security has always been at the core of our products. We’ve worked to protect people, businesses and governments by sharing our expertise and advancing cybersecurity tools and resources.
This fund will strengthen existing members of the Consortium of Cybersecurity Clinics, while supporting new higher education institutions to help students build a career in cybersecurity. We want to support these institutions in building a workforce with the real-world experience needed to protect critical U.S. infrastructure - in hospitals, nonprofits, schools and utilities - from cyber attacks.
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Grantees
We are pleased to announce all of the colleges and universities who have been awarded Cybersecurity Clinic funding from Google:
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Spelman College
The Spelman SPEAR will prepare the next generation of cyber, security, and policy experts by providing faculty-led instruction with a capstone project that will provide students with real-world experiences, opportunities to obtain various cybersecurity certifications, and access to employment opportunities. Students will offer complimentary services to critical public infrastructure and community organizations.
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Turtle Mountain Community College
The Turtle Mountain Community College Cyber Clinic, in collaboration with partnering Tribal Colleges, is dedicated to enhancing the digital sovereignty of the Turtle Mountain Band of Chippewa Indians. TMCC CYBER CLINIC’s mission is to provide robust cybersecurity support and education, ensuring the protection and integrity of critical infrastructure for our indigenous nations. TMCC students will serve local tribes, schools, healthcare facilities, telecommunications, and other tribal entities by offering cybersecurity training, risk assessments, penetration testing, and proactive defense strategies.
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Franklin Cummings Tech
The Franklin Cummings Tech Cybersecurity Clinic pairs small groups of of cybersecurity students with experienced practitioners to assess the security postures of small- and medium-sized companies and nonprofits. The goals of the clinic are twofold: (1) To promote diversity in the cyber workforce by providing real-world experience to underrepresented students, under the mentorship of experienced practitioners, and (2) To promote proven cybersecurity practices among BIPOC-owned small and medium-sized businesses, and among nonprofits that serve low-income and BIPOC youth.
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Trident Technical College
The Trident Technical College (TTC) Cybersecurity Operations Clinic will support the development of cyber readiness in local small to medium-sized organizations, with a focus on small businesses and non-profits. With faculty support, TTC Cybersecurity Operations Clinic student interns will provide free cybersecurity assessments and training to clients as well as training and outreach to additional community organizations.
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Northeastern State University in Oklahoma
In 2024, the Northeastern State University in Oklahoma’s Cybersecurity Program, in collaboration with academic units across the NSUOK campus, launched the Northeastern State University Cybersecurity Clinic. This initiative will benefit student interns, faculty, and staff who travel to communities throughout Oklahoma to conduct cybersecurity risk reviews of partner organizations and provide community-based outreach and cybersecurity training to local community organizations. These include city/county governments, small and medium-sized businesses, nonprofits, and tribal entities.
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NSI CTC - HUSB
The NSI CTC – HUSB Cybersecurity Clinic is a jointly developed and run multidisciplinary clinic that educates and trains students from both universities on cybersecurity in a classroom and clinical setting. Students gain hands-on practical experience from faculty, lecturers, and mentors, enabling them to provide direct cybersecurity assistance to public critical infrastructure organizations. These include state and local governments, K-12 schools, utilities, public hospitals, and small businesses within the Washington metropolitan area - all of which are facing a barrage of cybersecurity threats without the resources to address these threats.
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Eastern Washington University
The EWU Cybersecurity Clinic is a faculty-led, student-active collective that is strategically positioned to address critical cybersecurity needs for rural communities and infrastructure partners providing critical services in Eastern Washington State. Our goal is to strengthen the cybersecurity hygiene, across all sectors, of our community partners through education, cybersecurity assessments, and hands-on cybersecurity training.
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Cyber Center of Excellence (CCOE), San Diego State University (SDSU), California State University San Marcos (CSUSM) and National University
The San Diego Cyber Clinic is a unique collaboration between Cyber Center of Excellence (CCOE) California State University San Marcos, National University and San Diego State University. The only multi-institution clinic in the Consortium of Cybersecurity Clinics with a nonprofit industry partner leading the charge is training students to service clients across the public and private sectors in the San Diego region.
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University of North Carolina Greensboro
The Spartan CyberGuardian Academy (SCGA) trains a diverse range of individuals, spanning from high school and community college students to graduate-level scholars and organizations, arming them with practical cybersecurity knowledge and skills critical to the success of organizational cybersecurity practices. The SCGA clinic offers essential cybersecurity services including auditing, training, and remediation to non-profit organizations, small businesses, and all entities within the Piedmont Triad region that lack resources or dedicated cybersecurity teams.
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Tougaloo College
The Tougaloo College Cybersecurity Clinic trains students to provide cybersecurity risk reviews and audits; hosts cyber awareness training for students, faculty, and clients; and offers pro bono services for community organizations, churches, healthcare entities, and small businesses. The clinic, housed in the Mathematics and Computer Science department, recruits students from diverse backgrounds to help organizations at risk to defend themselves against cyber-attacks.
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West Virginia State University
The WVSU Cybersecurity Clinic, together with the Cybersecurity Innovation Center (CIC), are dedicated to enhancing cybersecurity across critical infrastructure sectors against cyber threats. Its mission revolves around innovation, education, and collaboration, ensuring a resilient and secure cyber environment.
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University of Arizona
The UArizona Cybersecurity Clinic’s vision is to secure and empower K-12 institutions, non-profits, small businesses, and government agencies by providing risk and vulnerability assessments. Its mission is to create unique and impactful student experiential learning opportunities to conduct these assessments. This approach will cultivate the next generation of cybersecurity leaders while providing a critical service to these organizations.
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University of Hawai’i Maui College
The University of Hawai’i Cybersecurity Clinic will provide opportunities for students to conduct hands-on projects, in real-world scenarios working with business and industry partners in Maui and across Hawai’i. These project-based learning opportunities will allow students to learn about critical infrastructure and cybersecurity application skills, complementing their technical and classroom skills. Culturally relevant, hands-on projects and the use of Hawaiian storytelling techniques will help attract underrepresented students.
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The University of Texas at El Paso
The UTEP Miners Cybersecurity Clinic is a central hub for comprehensive cybersecurity services and practical training throughout the region. Led by UTEP students, the clinic focuses on enhancing cybersecurity measures for local critical infrastructures, schools, and small businesses. The UTEP Miners Cybersecurity Clinic utilizes the institution's rich expertise and existing initiatives in cybersecurity to deliver essential cybersecurity services to under-resourced areas, significantly contributing to regional cyber hygiene and safety.
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Dakota State University
The Dakota State University Cybersecurity Clinic enhances cybersecurity for small businesses, local, state, and tribal governments, and critical infrastructure partners that are at heightened cybersecurity risks. The DSU Cybersecurity Clinic identifies vulnerabilities and recommends actionable, low-cost improvements.
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Rochester Institute of Technology
RIT’s ESL Global Cybersecurity Institute educates and trains cybersecurity professionals; develops new cybersecurity knowledge and technologies; and provides cybersecurity services for a wide range of partners. Its state-of-the-art Cyber Range simulates realistic cyber attack scenarios for training purposes and hosts collegiate cyber offense/defense competitions with global participation.
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University of Texas at Austin
The UT Austin Applied Cybersecurity Community Clinic is the fruit of discussions with the Department of Homeland Security Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency’s Cybersecurity Advisory Board, the City of Austin, and UT’s Robert Strauss Center for International Security and Law, all of which were interested in providing students with hands-on cybersecurity experience while also providing pro bono services to community organizations and small businesses that cannot afford such services on their own.
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Indiana University
The IU Cybersecurity Clinic was created for the dual purposes of improving local and state cyber hygiene while training the next generation of cybersecurity leaders.
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The University of Alabama
The University of Alabama cybersecurity clinic is a faculty-led, student-participatory organization that assists small to medium-sized organizations, especially non-profits, to defend themselves against cybersecurity attacks.
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University of Texas at San Antonio
Initially envisioned and piloted in 2004, the UTSA/Center for Infrastructure Assurance and Security Cyber Clinic is helping communities develop viable and sustainable cybersecurity programs across all sectors of the community. The clinics brings students in the UTSA computer science department together with local organizations needing help with their cybersecurity efforts.
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Massachusetts Institute of Technology
The MIT Cybersecurity Clinic works with cities and towns, particularly in New England, to help them reduce their vulnerability to cyberattacks. Its approach is to work directly with public agencies or elected officials to assess their vulnerabilities and suggest low-cost improvements they can make. The clinic believes that having an assessment of the status-quo is the first step in figuring out a plan of action that will prevent unwanted incidents. Teams from the clinic typically work with public agency clients for two months to gather and analyze relevant information. There is no cost for these services.
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University of Georgia
In 2018, the University of Georgia’s Public Service and Outreach division, in collaboration with academic units across the UGA campus, launched the CyberArch initiative. CyberArch student interns, faculty and staff travel to communities throughout Georgia to conduct cybersecurity risk reviews of partner organizations and provide community-based outreach and cybersecurity training to locally based, community organizations, including city/county governments, small and medium sized businesses and nonprofits.
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UC Berkeley
Citizen Clinic is a multidisciplinary, public-interest digital security clinic within the University of California, Berkeley’s Center for Long-Term Cybersecurity (CLTC) and School of Information. Citizen Clinic has, since 2018, trained teams of students from diverse backgrounds to support the cyber-resiliency of non-profits at risk of politically motivated cyber attacks.
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Stillman College
Establishing strong cybersecurity frameworks and awareness programs is critical to an organization’s success regardless of size or industry. Stillman’s Cybersecurity DEI Clinic helps small businesses and non-profits mitigate vulnerabilities through training and awareness programs.
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University of Nevada, Las Vegas
UNLV Free Cyber Clinic helps small businesses mitigate cybersecurity risks at no cost. It offers security auditing, security policy and business continuity plan development, security device or software configuration, employee education, and cybersecurity recommendations. The service is performed at the client site and a comprehensive assessment report is provided to the clients. The clinic recruits students with interdisciplinary backgrounds, trains them with both technical and non-technical skills, and sponsors industrial certifications. It operates year-round allowing the clients to have the service when needed and the students can gradually improve their skills over multiple years.
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