Giving promising officers an opportunity to advance in digital forensics
The annual Magnet Forensics Scholarship Program helpsagencies with limited or no digital forensics capacity to utilize digital evidence to get to the truth in their investigations.
What is the Magnet Forensics Scholarship Program?
We want to promote diversity throughout the field and advance the technical skills of promising officers by giving them digital forensics training so we can continue to work together in our mission to unlock the truth and protect the innocent.
Magnet Forensics Scholarship Awards are currently provided in two categories: New to digital forensics and Advanced in digital forensics.
New to digital forensics
Ready to start in the field of digital forensics
Advanced in digital forensics
Experienced in the field and ready to upskill
What recipients will receive
World-class digital forensics training
Opportunity to obtain digital forensics certifications
Software license
for one year
Starting from the very basics of digital forensics and working right through to advanced smartphone and computer forensics, you’ll be able to take unlimited training from Magnet Forensics for a year.
After completing our training, you’ll be eligible to become Magnet Certified, demonstrating your expertise and giving you credibility with your agency and on the stand.
You will also receive a one-year Magnet Axiom license, giving you access to a comprehensive digital forensics tool that will help you find and report on evidence from smartphones, computers, and the cloud.
What recipients will receive
World-class digital forensics training
Starting from the very basics of digital forensics and working right through to advanced smartphone and computer forensics, you’ll be able to take unlimited training from Magnet Forensics for a year.
Opportunity to obtain digital forensics certifications
After completing our training, you’ll be eligible to become Magnet Certified, demonstrating your expertise and giving you credibility with your agency and on the stand.
Software license for one year
You will also receive a one-year Magnet Axiom license, giving you access to a comprehensive digital forensics tool that will help you find and report on evidence from smartphones, computers, and the cloud.
Hear from previous Magnet Forensics Scholarship award winners
Submit your application
To apply for the Magnet Forensics Scholarship Program, fill out this form.
Your application will need to also include:
A letter of reference from a supervisor and/or leader within your agency
Your current resume / CV
A cover letter explaining how you meet the objectives of the Magnet Forensics Scholarship Program (outlined above)
Applications for the 2026 awards are now open and will close on October 16, 2025. For questions, contact ScholarshipProgram@magnetforensics.com.
I’ll be able to get as much justice for our victims as possible anytime anything digital is involved.”
Nicholas Gray,
Detective, Petersburg Bureau of Police
Frequently asked questions
In honor of Sgt. Steve Martin
The Magnet Forensics Scholarship Program is honoring an officer who committed his career to the fight against child sexual exploitation. Sgt. Steve Martin joined the Peel Regional Police in 2003, beginning his career on uniform patrol. Over the next few years, Martin would serve with the agency’s neighborhood policing unit and its Criminal Investigation Bureau, before joining its Internet Child Exploitation unit in 2013. Martin was passionate about helping children: As an officer, he played a lead role in arresting criminals who shared and created child sexual abuse material. In between shifts, he was active in the local Big Brother community. He died in January after a long bout with cancer, leaving behind his wife and six-year-old daughter. He was 40 years old.
In honor of Sgt. Steve Martin
The Magnet Forensics Scholarship Program is honoring an officer who committed his career to the fight against child sexual exploitation. Sgt. Steve Martin joined the Peel Regional Police in 2003, beginning his career on uniform patrol. Over the next few years, Martin would serve with the agency’s neighborhood policing unit and its Criminal Investigation Bureau, before joining its Internet Child Exploitation unit in 2013. Martin was passionate about helping children: As an officer, he played a lead role in arresting criminals who shared and created child sexual abuse material. In between shifts, he was active in the local Big Brother community. He died in January after a long bout with cancer, leaving behind his wife and six-year-old daughter. He was 40 years old.