Butler County Community College will fund financial awards, boot camps and professional information technology certification examinations for eligible networking and cybersecurity program students through a $400,000 Department of Defense grant the college received as a partner in a new consortium.

BC3 is one of six community colleges in the state that will emphasize cybersecurity education. The colleges will work to increase students’ completion rates in certification programs that strengthen the defense industrial base workforce and the rates of students transferring to senior institutions, according to a news release from BC3.

BC3 will receive $133,600 a year for three years, as per the terms of the grant.