Hacker Summer Camp (HSC)

What is Hacker Summer Camp?

It's the time period each summer when, usually in the before times, many Information Security / Cyber Security / Hacker Conferences occur in Las Vegas, Nevada, USA. As a result many people spend the whole week in Las Vegas in the summer learning (and often partying) which has earned it the nickname "hacker summer camp".

See our HSC Podcast - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=v9Ii5V1kqXc&list=PLegn9T1wU4sUIhC4OeaFrPj2krg99GLpJ 

See the - Hacker Summer Camp Guide https://hackersummercamp.guide/ 

Scholarship Program

Information Security is a constantly changing and evolving field. One of the best ways for us as a community to support those up-and-coming into our industry is to enable students to attend InfoSec conferences for their learning and networking opportunities, in this case “Hacker Summer Camp.” (Hacker Summer Camp is a week of information security conferences all in one place, maximizing the opportunities to learn; Black Hat, BSidesLV, SquadCon, Diana Initiative, Def Con http://hackersummercamp.guide/ ).

This year, due to the border situation, we will NOT accept people traveling from outside the United States.

As we have a limited number of competitive scholarships, we will not be able to award everyone. 

The application form will close on May 31st, 2025. 

We will begin informing applicants and recipients by email on June 14th.

You can [Apply here.]

Donations for The Diana Initiative Student Scholarship for 2025 will close at the end of the day (5 PM PDT) on July 11, 2025, so that students have enough time for mentorship and to book travel. You can donate to the scholarship fund.

Please note, we offer free and discounted student TICKETS to The Diana Initiative without needing to apply for the scholarship:

https://www.eventbrite.com/e/the-diana-initiative-2025-tickets-1257583047749 

What you will receive if you win:

• Hotel room paid for (you have to pay for extras we cover room and tax) at the Alexis Park Hotel from Sunday Sunday August 3rd - Sunday August 10th

• A Ticket to The Diana Initiative event on August 4th, 2025 https://www.dianainitiative.org/ 

• A Ticket to Black Hat (Donated by Black Hat) August 5-7, 2025 https://blackhat.com/ 

• A Ticket to SquadCon 2025 (Donated by Black Girls Hack) August 5-6, 2025 https://www.blackgirlshack.org/event-6095576 

• A Ticket to attend DEF CON (Donated by DEF CON) August 8-10th, 2025 https://defcon.org/ 

• A portion of the scholarship donations raised.

Thank you to our Scholarship Sponsors