National Cyber Scholarship Competition 2021
The nation's largest online cybersecurity scholarship competition for high school and college students
A free cybersecurity competition that took place April 5-7 2021, where students could break, decrypt and reverse-engineer their way to $2 million of college scholarships and certified cybersecurity training!
What is it?
The National Cyber Scholarship Competition took place in April 2021, giving students chance to win scholarships and world-class training
Students were invited to put their training into practice in a 48-hour capture the flag competition where they could win free SANS training and a scholarship to their preferred college.
High school and college students who completed 20% of CyberStart (through CyberStart America or Cyber FastTrack), or who qualified via CyberPatriot or picoCTF, were invited to take part in a 2-day challenge to win $2 million in college scholarships and access to cybersecurity training worth $3000!
NCS Practice Arena
Revisit the 2021 National Cyber Scholarship Competition challenges and sharpen your CTF skills in the NCS Practice Arena!
How to play
Head to ranges.io
Sign into your existing account (if you have ever used the platform under its previous name, Tomahawque, then your login details will be the same) or create a new one - you will need to verify your email address when creating a new account
Once you’re signed in, navigate to ranges.io/join-event
Enter the event code ncsc-practice
In this practice arena, you will be given access to some of the challenges from the National Cyber Scholarship Competition Spring 2021. These challenges are now free for you to complete and practice in your own time.
The practice arena will be available until March 31, 2022.
Use these challenges to test your creativity, technical skills and problem-solving ability. Identify your strengths and weaknesses as you analyze forensic data, break into vulnerable websites, and solve challenges built by industry experts!
Update for 2021-22
This year, the National Cyber Scholarship Foundation has made the decision to reconsider how scholarships will be distributed. To ensure the Foundation reaches and rewards a diverse group of students, the National Cyber Scholarship Competition will not be taking place in 2022.
Instead, multiple scholarship opportunities will be available to students this year.
