Information Assurance Scholarship Program

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APPLICATION CONTENT REQUIREMENTS for CURRENT IASP STUDENTS WHO ARE REAPPLYING:

An acceptable application package for the Information Assurance Scholarship Program consists of a letter of reference and the maintenance of your grade point average.

One (1) Letter of Reference from the current Principal Investigator or key faculty member who is fully knowledgeable of your potential for successful learning, your knowledge, and your ability, based upon this past year of effort.
Official (certified) copies of all of your transcripts from all the institutions of higher learning you have attended, SINCE your last submission. You are required to maintain the appropriate grade point average to maintain your status in the program.

Note regarding the Supplemental Statement of General Academic and Employment Conditions. This form has been submitted under your previous application. Following the selection of students for scholarship, letters will be sent to selected students, containing similar information, which affirms the student’s willingness to commit to the internship (if applicable) and the obligated service requirement. It will also note that failure to do so will require pay back of Scholarship to the U.S. Government. Once signed, this will be attached to previous documentation for the record. Therefore, it is not necessary to submit the supplemental statement again.

APPLICATION CONTENT REQUIREMENTS for STUDENTS NOT CURRENTLY IN THE IASP:

An acceptable application package for the Information Assurance Scholarship Program consists of a completed, signed, and dated Resume, all of the supplements to the OF612 described below, AND all written information or materials required by your school (CAE/IAE):

Supplemental OF612 Continuation Sheets. If the OF612 does not have sufficient space for you to provide complete answers to all questions, you must attach separate sheets of plain 81/2" X 11" paper on which you record your responses or the continuations of your responses. On each such page, indicate your name, your social security number, and the OF612 item numbers to which your responses apply.
Supplemental Academic Sufficiency Statement. You must complete the Statement of Academic Sufficiency supplement to the OF612, to which you must attach the following additional supplemental statements:

One (1) Letter of Reference from a current faculty member who is fully knowledgeable of your potential for successful learning, your knowledge, and your ability. See remainder of application package for instructions about the content of this Letter of Reference. Letters must be on University letterhead and contain the full name and contact information of the faculty member (phone, email, and address).
One (1) additional Letter of Reference from either a current or former faculty member, or a current or former supervisor who is fully knowledgeable of your potential for successful learning, your knowledge, and your ability. See remainder of application package for instructions about the content of this Letter of Reference. Letters must be on official letterhead and contain the full name and contact information of the faculty member or current/former supervisor (phone, email, and address).
Official (certified) copies of all of your transcripts from all the institutions of higher learning you have attended.

Supplemental Competency Statement. You must complete the OF612 Supplemental Competency Statement with narrative responses that describe the level of your attainment of the knowledge and ability factors indicated. See remainder of application package for instructions about the content of this supplemental statement.
Supplemental Statement of General Academic and Employment Conditions. If you agree with the all of the academic and employment conditions required for your receipt of scholarship assistance and appointment under the Information Assurance Scholarship Program, and wish to be considered for it, you must complete the OF612 Supplemental Statement of General Academic and Employment Conditions, and include it in your application package.

Your school (CAE/IAE) is required by the Department of Defense to assist in the evaluation of Information Assurance Scholarship Program applicants. At its discretion, your school may require you to provide additional information or material to enable its evaluation of your eligibility and candidacy for scholarship assistance. The school may not decrease the requirements of the DoD IASP. If your school requires written information or material in addition to that described above, that additional information or material shall constitute an OF612 Optional Center of Academic Excellence in Information Assurance Education Supplement, and must be included in your application package for you to receive full consideration. Contact the Information Assurance Scholarship Program liaison for your school to find out if your school has additional application requirements. (See the web annex titled "Centers of Academic Excellence in Information Assurance Education" for the points of contact.)