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Scholarships - GEORGE WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY

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 www.seas.gwu.edu/cybercorps.

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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