About the ‘Launch Your IT Career’ Scholarship Program

The SkillsBuild Training ‘Launch Your IT Career’ Scholarship Program is a scholarship for women and underrepresented individuals who are interested in starting an IT career.

Created in March 2021, the scholarship’s aim is to improve diversity in the workplace.

The scholarship will achieve this objective by offering free IT certification courses to women and underrepresented individuals who can demonstrate a keen desire to work in IT.

According to CompTIA…

There’s plenty of statistics to back up the ongoing gender gap in tech—as well as the lack of representation of minority groups: 

• According to builtin.com, 3% of computing jobs are held by African American women, 6% held by Asian women and 2% held by Hispanic women. Half of women say they experience gender discrimination at work which creates barriers to promotions and can serve as a career off-ramp. 
• A recent Kaspersky report revealed major inequities for women in the field. Only 10% of women working in a tech role work in a female-majority team, compared to 48% working in a male-majority team.
• A recent report from Exabeam found that, on average, male respondents made $91K whereas female respondents reported $62K. 

The ‘Launch Your IT Career’ Scholarship Program’s goal is to help narrow this gap.

What courses do I have access to with the ‘Launch Your IT Career’ Scholarship Program?

Each scholarship winner will be able to choose from one of the following Expert Instructor-led courses:

• CompTIA A+
• CCNA (Cisco Certified Network Associate)
• CWNA (Certified Wireless Network Administrator)
• Microsoft 365 Modern Desktop Administrator

Who can apply for the ‘Launch Your IT Career’ Scholarship Program?

If you are a woman, or a member of an underrepresented group in the IT industry, you are qualified to apply for the ‘Launch Your IT Career’ Scholarship Program.

You can be from any country.

How to apply for the ‘Launch Your IT Career’ Scholarship Program?

To apply for a ‘Launch Your IT Career’ scholarship, write a 300 word essay with the following information:

• Why you are interested in an IT career
• What difference an IT career can make in your life
• In what ways will an IT career enable you to give back to others
• Include your full name
• Include your City, and Country
• Include your phone number and contact email address

Submit your essay here.

What is the closing date for the ‘Launch Your IT Career’ Scholarship Program?

There is currently no closing date for the ‘Launch Your IT Career’ Scholarship Program.

We have a limited number of scholarships on offer, so the scholarship will close to new applicants once that number has been exhausted.

How will I know if I have won a ‘Launch Your IT Career’ Scholarship?

We will notify you via email 2 times.  If that is unsuccessful we will try calling once.

If we are not able to contact you successfully via these methods we will assign the scholarship to the next available scholarship winner.

If you don’t hear from us within 90 days of your scholarship application you have not been successful.