GEORGE WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY

FULL SCHOLARSHIPS

IN COMPUTER SCIENCE AND INFORMATION ASSURANCE
Funded by Defense Department, Department of Homeland Security, and National Science Foundation

Key Competition Dates:

• Deadline: January 31, 2012


• Finalist Interviews: February 10, 2012

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

Eligibility requirements:

• minimum GPA: 3.0 undergraduate OR 3.2 graduate (must maintain during scholarship),


• United States citizen,


• 18 or older,


• full-time GW student (rising junior or higher) or applied for or accepted for full-time enrollment at GW


• 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

Scholarship Program Benefits:

• All tuition and fees are paid


• Annual (9-month) stipend


• Books and course materials paid for

Application Available Online: https://app.applyyourself.com/?id=gwu-cspri

Additional Information Available at: http://www.seas.gwu.edu/cybercorps/Scholarship%20Ad.pdf

Montgomery College Campus Contacts:

(GT) Tamesha Robinson, Tamesha.Robinson@montgomerycollege.edu & Audrey Hill, Audrey.Hill@montgomerycollege.edu

(RV) Karen King, Karen.King@montgomerycollege.edu

(TP/SS) Evelyn Gonzalez-Mills, Evelyn.Gonzalez-Mills@montgomerycollege.edu; & Tonya Mason, Tonya.Mason@montgomerycollege.edu