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CIVILIAN SCHOLARSHIP FOR NON-MILITARY SERVICE (SFS PROGRAM)
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Civilian Master's Degree Scholarship - Federal Cyber Corps Service
Download Scholarship Application!
Fall 2008 Application: (PDF) / Service Agreement: (PDF)
Additional Information
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Timeline
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Application Season Opens
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Application Deadline
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Student Notifications
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Visitor Day
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Acceptance Deadline
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Arrival Date (Report In)
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Classes Start
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Fall Students 2008
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April 14, 2008
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April 25, 2008
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Sep 22, 2008
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Sep 28, 2008
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The U.S. Naval Postgraduate School (NPS) in Monterey is proud to offer an exceptional program that enables civilians to obtain a full scholarship for a Master's Degree, receive a salary while in school, and begin a civilian career with an unlimited future. The "Scholarship for Service" program DOES NOT entail enrollment in the Military. Our students receive their Master's Degree and move on to CIVILIAN government jobs in such organizations as the CIA, FBI, NSA, and others.
NPS's Center for Information Security Studies and Research (CISR) is one of the world's foremost centers for information security education and research and has been designated as a National Center of Excellence for Information Assurance.
Overview:
- Free tuition at NPS for two year Master's Degree in Computer Science, emphasis in Information Assurance
- Approximately $34,000/year salary while enrolled in the program
- Access to state-of-the-art equipment and the opportunity to participate in classified classes and research
- Upon graduation, start your paid CIVILIAN position as a cyber security professional in any of a number of federal, state, and local agencies
Qualifications:
- Bachelor's Degree, prior to enrollment, in Computer Science or closely related field (Mathematics, Engineering, or Physics) with a minimum GPA of 3.0. The selection committee is most interested in specific computer and math classes completed and might, in certain circumstances, give special consideration to other fields of study
- Some undergraduate courses recommended as a basis for admittance into the Scholarship for Service program are listed below. The top 5 courses are most important and are listed in order of importance. Our typical SFS applicant has an undergraduate degree in computer science; applications from students who have taken fewer than half of these courses will not be competitive. We expect students to be proficient in a language such as C, C++, Java or Ada.
- Logic and Discrete Math
- Computer Architecture
- Data Structures
- Operating Systems
- Networking
- Algorithm Analysis
- Automata
- Programming Paradigms
- Programming Language Theory
- Applicants must be U.S. citizens not employed by the federal government, meet criteria for federal employment, and be able to obtain a security clearance
Students selected for this program will receive a full 2-year tuition (i.e. six academic quarters) to the NPS Computer Science Program, an entry-level annual salary while in school, and placement in a summer internship program. After completion of the program, students will seek full-time, paid positions with the Federal Government where they will work for a minimum of two full years. This material is based upon work supported by the National Science Foundation under Grant No. 0414102.
Any opinions, findings and conclusions or recommendations expressed in this material are those of the author(s) and do not necessarily reflect the views of the National Science Foundation (NSF).
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