Opportunities

ISTS-Neukom Institute Internship Grant Program

The Institute for Security, Technology, and Society (ISTS) and the Neukom Institute offer leave-term funding each term to support an undergraduate, or graduate student, pursuing work experience at the nexus of our institutes’ missions.  Our funding is for internships at non-profit organizations. We do not consider applications for funding at for-profit companies. The next due date for applications is:

• Winter 2014 Internships: Wednesday, October 16th
• Spring 2014 Internships: Wednesday, January 29th

For more information, as well as application instructions and deadlines, click here.

Present and past internship grant recipients

Educational Opportunities

• Dartmouth Courses Relevant to the ISTS Mission

Faculty and Postdocs

• External Fellowship/Grant Opportunities for Faculty and Postdocs
• Dartmouth Post-doctoral Fellows Program in U.S. Foreign Policy and International Security

Internship/Grant/Scholarship Opportunities for Students

• External Internship/Fellowship/Scholarship Opportunities for Students

Conference Calls for Papers/Participation

• 2014 Network and Distributed System Security (NDSS) Symposium
• The 3rd International Conference on Current and Future Trends of Information and Communication Technologies in Healthcare
• The First International Workshop on Security and Privacy in Big Data (BigSecurity 2013)
• 2013 IEEE International Conference on Healthcare Informatics (ICHI)

Other Relevant Dartmouth Resources

• Dartmouth's Career Services - For helpful handouts on resumes and interviewing skills
• DartBoard - For more job and internship opportunities
• Thayer School of Engineering Career Site

Job Opportunities*

• University of Washington Information Assurance and Cybersecurity - Assistant Professor position
• Georgia Institute of Technology, Science, Technology, and International Affairs, tenure track position - Open Rank
• Georgia Institute of Technology, Science, Technology, and International Affairs, tenure track Associate or Assistant Professor position
• The National Security Agency
• The Department of Homeland Security

*ISTS will post job opportunities related to information security and privacy, with brief descriptions of the sponsoring organization (as described by the organization on their website).

Recent News on Opportunities in Information Security

• You Call This an Army? The Terrifying Shortage of U.S. Cyberwarriors, Nextgov.com, February 25, 2013
• Pentagon to boost cybersecurity force, WashingtonPost.com, January 27, 2013
• Federal agencies, private firms fiercely compete in hiring cyber experts, WashingtonPost.com, November 13, 2012
• As Demand Rises for Cybersecurity Professionals, So Does Their Pay, WashingtonPost.com, September 30, 2012
• States Struggle to Find IT Security Personnel, GovInfoSecurity.com. January 27, 2011.
• Security Jobs on the Rise in 2011, GovInfoSecurity.com. January 11, 2011.
• Who's Inside the New U.S. Cyber Command? IEEE Spectrum.  November 8, 2010.
• Hiring Hackers,  GovernmentExecutive.com.  November 1, 2010.
• 2010: A Good Time to Start an Information Security Career, GovInfoSecurity.com.  January 8, 2010.
• Wanted: 'Cyber Ninjas', The New York Times.  December 29, 2009.
• As attacks increase, U.S. struggles to recruit computer security experts, The Washington Post. December 23, 2009.