The mission of the AFIO is to build a public constituency for a sound, healthy and capable U.S. intelligence system. Their focus on education fosters an understanding of the important role of intelligence in National Security and nurtures interest by students in careers in the many fields used by U.S. Intelligence Agencies. This includes the role of supporting intelligence activities in U.S. policy, diplomacy, strategy, security and defense.
Jasin Graduate Scholarship
To be awarded to graduate students focused on national security issues who are pursuing degrees in areas such as international relations, security policy, or intelligence studies and who are currently serving in the U.S. Government or have intention to do so. Five are offered at $5,000 each.
Applications must be submitted no earlier than your senior undergraduate year of college and no later than your second year of graduate school studies.
All applicants must be U.S. citizens. Also, even if you are a U.S. citizen, no scholarship will be awarded to students attending foreign universities (study abroad is eligible, if administered by a U.S. school), or schools not U.S.-accredited, nor to law, medical, or business schools (foreign or domestic).
Students intending to study in schools of engineering, science, technology and/or show extensive foreign language mastery and/or area knowledge in Arabic, Dari, Farsi, Pashto, Russian, Chinese, Korean, Persian, Hausa and other sub-Saharan African languages, Hebrew, Punjabi, Somali, Swahili, Turkish, and Urdu are strongly encouraged to apply.
Fellowship Website:
https://www.afio.com/scholarships.html