Information Assurance Scholarship Program
This year, we plan to participate in the Department of Defense Information Assurance Scholarship Program. The program is described in detail at the Information Assurance Scholarship Program web site. Here is a summary of some of the benefits and obligations:
Benefits
- Tuition, books, and a $15,000 per year stipend; and
- Information security internships with the Department of Defense
Obligations
- Take certain courses and maintain the required GPA;
- Obtain and maintain elegibility for a security clearance; and
- A period of obligated service with the Department of Defense (in detail, from the web site: "If all conditions are met, Information Assurance Scholars who elect to serve a period of obligated service as civilian employees will receive full-time permanent positions with the Department of Defense on program completion. Alternately, scholarship recipients may elect to serve a period of obligated service as a member of the National Guard or Reserves.")
Application Procedure
First, please submit your application to the graduate program in the Graduate Group in Computer Science (see the web page "Frequently Asked Questions about Admissions to GGCS" for information and instructions about applying). Then, please fill out Attachment D, New Student Application, in the 2012 IASP Solicitation for Proposal package and send it to us at:
Prof. Matt BishopComputer Security Laboratory
Department of Computer Science
University of California at Davis
1 Shields Ave.
Davis, CA 95616-8562
If you are admitted to the Graduate Group in Computer Science's graduate program, we will evaluate your application and forward it to the National Security Agency. That agency will determine who, if anyone, is to be awarded a scholarship.
For this year, we are only offering this scholarship opportunity to graduate students.
Questions?
If you have any questions, please contact Matt Bishop at the above address, or using email at "bishop at cs dot ucdavis dot edu" (please make the obvious changes; it's written this way to hinder automated address reaping by the friendly folks who send you spam), or by telephone at (530) 752-8060.