Department of Defense Information Assurance Scholarship Program (DoD IASP)
2007-2008 Academic Year
Deadline: To Dr. Heydari's Office noon, Monday February 12th
Deadline: To DoD, February 28th
As a National Center of Academic Excellence in Information Assurance Education, JMU students in are eligible to apply for the DoD IASP.
Following is a brief description of the DoD scholarship program. Please read the documents linked from this page for details.
Student interested in this scholarship should attend an Info Session on Tuesday January 16th at 5:00 P.M. in room CISAT 236.
Out of campus students and students who can't make it to the session should contact Dr. Heydari ASAP.
Minimum Eligibility Requirements:
- Rising junior and senior undergraduates, masters and doctoral candidates, and graduate certificate program students,
- Students who are U.S. citizens, and
- Must be able to obtain security clearance.
Scholarship Pays for:
- The full cost of tuition, fees, books, lab expenses, supplies and equipment incurred by students selected for the program.
- Students will be provided a stipend to cover room and board expenses:
- Undergraduate students will receive a stipend of $10,000, per academic year
- Graduate (masters and Ph.D.) students will receive a stipend of $15,000, per academic year
- Disabled students may receive additional allowances
Recipient Obligations:
- Scholarship recipients have to serve, as a civilian employee, in a DoD agency one year for each year they receive the scholarship,
- They must be able to participate in the DoD internship program each summer (other times may be arranged). This is most likely a paid internship!
- Students may have to attend a conference during each summer.
Links to the appropriate Documents:
- Department of Defense Information Assurance Scholarship Program
- ATTACHMENT D: SCHOLARSHIP BACKGROUND & REQUIREMENTS
- Student Application
- Visit the DoD Information Assurance Scholarship Program site for more details.
Your completed application (including a PDF CD of all the submitted materials) must be turned in to Dr. Heydari by the due date mentioned at the top of this page.
This scholarship is very competitive, so any application that is not appropriately submitted will be dismissed.
Dr. Heydari
Professor, Computer Science Department
Coordinator, Graduate InfoSec Program
James Madison University, MSC 4103
Harrisonburg, VA 22807