Scholarships - GEORGE
WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY
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FULL
SCHOLARSHIPS
IN COMPUTER
SECURITY AND INFORMATION ASSURANCE
AT THE
GEORGE WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY,
WASHINGTON, DC
Funded by
Defense Department, Department of
Homeland Security, and National Science
Foundation
APPLICATIONS ARE DUE MONDAY, JANUARY 31,
2011 AT 5:00 p.m.
COMPLETE
DETAILS AND THE APPLICATION FORM ARE AT
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12 students currently participate in
this program; 6 will graduate in May 2011, creating
opportunities for additional students to join the
program.
GWU is a NSA-certified Center of
Academic Excellence in Information Assurance Education
and Research.
Eligibility requirements :
minimum GPA: 3.0 undergraduate
OR
3.2 graduate
(must maintain during scholarship)
United States citizen, 18 or older,
full-time student (rising junior or higher) or
applied for or accepted for full-time enrollment at
GW with an undergraduate or graduate major in one of
the following areas: Mathematics, Biometrics,
Electrical Engineering, Electronic Engineering,
Computer Science, Computer Engineering, Software
Engineering, Computer Programming, Computer Support,
Data Base Administration, Computer Systems Analysis,
Operations Research, Information Security
(Assurance), Forensic Science, Business Management,
Business Administration, Public Policy, Public
Administration, or another area related to computer
security and information assurance
Benefits:
All tuition and fees are paid
Annual (9-month) stipend
Books and course materials paid for
Scholarship recipients:
participate in
up to two years of study in information assurance or
computer security
participate in organized activities
and a required course where they learn government
practices, grow their network of government
contacts, and take steps toward internships and
final job placements.
Attend local and national
conferences
work at a paid summer internship at
a federal agency between their first and second year
(student and professors find appropriate agency
during first year covered by scholarship) [unless
they graduate after the first year]
Must accept paid employment at a
federal agency upon graduation (may be the same or a
different agency than for the internship), one full
year for each year or partial year on scholarship
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