• Any high school (grades 9-12) in Florida may participate, public or private. There is no cost for participation; however, you MUST RESERVE YOUR PLACE in advance.
• Each school must designate at least one faculty/staff representation to help manage participation for their school (via the Reservation Form).
• Each school may bring no more than 12 students and 2 teachers/chaperones (unless district requirements specify otherwise). Spots for this event are limited and will be reserved on a first-come, first-served basis.
• Schools may apply for travel grants to cover the cost of travel to the event in Orlando. Travel grants are available for public schools only, including charter schools. Private schools are not eligible for travel grants. A limited number of no-cost hotel rooms will be available to accommodate schools traveling more than three hours and may be reserved on a first-come, first-served basis.
• Breakfast, lunch, and an afternoon snack will be provided onsite during the event on April 4. No additional meals will be provided.
• This year’s event will feature three competition tracks: beginner, intermediate, and experienced.

Important Deadlines

This event involves dozens of schools and hundreds of students. Coordinating it takes considerable expense and effort, and space is limited. To ensure fairness to all, we will be strictly adhering to the following deadlines:

• UPDATED: CyberLaunch is FULL, and any future requests will be added to a waitlist.
• UPDATED: February 18, 2025, by 5:00 pm EST
  • Deadline for penalty-free cancellation: Schools that cancel after this date will be prohibited from participating in 2026. Failure to attend without prior notice of cancelation will result in a two-year prohibition.
  • Deadline for team changes (names, spellings, etc.)
  • Deadline to submit Travel Request Form: Failure to submit a Travel Request Form will result in denied reimbursement.
• April 21, 2025
  • Deadline to submit travel reimbursement receipts: Schools seeking reimbursement MUST have already submitted a Travel Request Form by the above deadline and received approval.

Agenda

A preliminary agenda is available for planning purposes. Speaker and session info coming soon! Download the agenda >>here<<.

Prep Packs

Preparation packets will be available to all schools in mid-January. A notification of availability will be sent out to all registered schools.

CyberLaunch provides access for hundreds of high school students throughout Florida to explore the potential of a career in cybersecurity—many of whom would not otherwise get the chance. Your support helps Cyber Florida at USF to cover the costs of food, transportation, and overnight accommodations as needed to ensure that ANY public high school student in the state of Florida can participate, regardless of their circumstances. Your support will help hundreds of students to take the first step toward a brighter future in a high-demand field!

NOTE: For all sponsorship levels, if you prefer to be invoiced (check payment), please email us at [email protected].

Important Deadline: For a sponsor logo to be included on the t-shirts and the conference bag, the sponsorship must be secured (including payment received) no later than March 18, 2025. Thank you!

Universe Sponsor: $10,000

• Opportunity to provide welcome remarks (up to 5 minutes)
• Logo on conference bags
• Logo recognition on all event collateral, including day-of signage
• Logo recognition on website
• Social media posts thanking the company for their sponsorship, one pre-event and one day-of
• Opportunity to include giveaway item in conference bags
• Logo on conference t-shirt

Solar System Sponsor: $7,500

• Recognition from the podium during opening remarks
• Logo recognition on all event collateral, including day-of signage
• Logo recognition on website
• Social media posts thanking the company for their sponsorship, one pre-event and one day-of
• Opportunity to include giveaway item in conference bags
• Logo on conference t-shirt

Orbit Sponsor: $5,000

• Logo recognition on all event collateral, including day-of signage
• Recognition on website
• Social media posts thanking the company for their sponsorship, one pre-event and one day-of
• Opportunity to include giveaway item in conference bags
• Logo on conference t-shirt

Liftoff Sponsor: $2,500

• Logo recognition on all event collateral, including day-of signage
• Recognition on website
• Social media posts thanking the company for their sponsorship, one pre-event and one day-of
• Opportunity to include giveaway item in conference bags
• Logo on conference t-shirt

Launchpad Sponsor: $1,000

• Logo recognition on all event collateral, including day-of signage
• Recognition on website
• Pre-event social media post thanking the company for their sponsorship
• Opportunity to provide a branded item for conference bags

Starbase Supporter: $5 – $999

• Name recognition on the Wall of Supporters
• Option to recognize a specific school

Sponsorships may be paid via credit card or invoice (check). Sponsorships are not confirmed until payment is received and a signed sponsor contract is submitted. All sponsors at the Launchpad Level and higher will have the option for a free exhibit table if desired, but we request that tables focus on cybersecurity careers, training, and education for the benefit of student competitors and teachers. If you have questions or would like to discuss a custom sponsorship, please contact us at [email protected]. Thank you!

For all sponsorship levels, please note the following: Pursuant to IRS guidelines, support is defined as a “Qualified Sponsorship”, which means no endorsement of your business, qualitative or comparative language, price information or indication of savings or value can be included in written words or in program remarks. In essence, your organization can be acknowledged through the simple use of your name, logo and location, but no message that promotes or markets and trade or business, or any service, facility or product is permissible.

FLORIDA: SC No. 59-0879015 A COPY OF THE OFFICIAL REGISTRATION AND FINANCIAL INFORMATION MAY BE OBTAINED FROM THE DIVISION OF CONSUMER SERVICES BY CALLING TOLL-FREE, WITHIN THE STATE, 1-800-HELP-FLA OR VIA THE INTERNET AT WWW.800HELPFLA.COM.