Deadline:
March 30, 2025
Location(s)
United States of America
Washington, D.C.
Overview
The Graduate Scholarship Program is a financial needs-based initiative where you will be exposed to intelligence challenges while performing meaningful work that relates to your graduate studies.
Details
About the Job
The Graduate Scholarship Program is a financial needs-based initiative that offers graduate students an unmatched experience in a diverse, equitable, and inclusive environment. Graduate students, serving as scholarship recipients with CIA, attend an accredited college/university on a full-time basis and work during summer breaks at the Agency.
While working at CIA, you will be exposed to real intelligence challenges while performing meaningful work that relates to your graduate studies. An IT major, for example, might be given increasingly complex projects involving sophisticated computer systems. An engineering major might help produce a piece of state-of-the-art equipment. A finance major could be involved in developing and analyzing budgets for a worldwide operation, while a foreign language major might be instrumental in translating documents for U.S. policymakers. An international relations major might brief a senior policymaker and, as a final example, a human resources major could have the opportunity to develop and implement personnel policies and procedures.
Because CIA invests in scholarship recipients, accepting an offer means continued employment with the Agency for a specified time frame. You are required to work at the Agency after college graduation for a period equal to 1.5 times the length of the college sponsorship you received from CIA. Students who leave earlier are required to reimburse the U.S. Government for their tuition. All positions require relocation to the Washington, DC area during summer work tours.
Who You’ll Work With
At the Central Intelligence Agency (CIA), we recognize our Nation’s strength comes from the diversity of its people. People from a broad range of backgrounds and viewpoints work at CIA, and our diverse teams are the reason we can keep our country safe.
Opportunity is About
Eligibility
Candidates should be from:
Description of Ideal Candidate
US citizenship required (dual-national US citizens eligible). All positions require relocation to the Washington, DC metro area.
Minimum Qualifications:
- Pursuing a Graduate degree as a full time student and enrolled in, or planning to take, at least 9 credits per semester
- Financial need as demonstrated by the gross annual household income ceiling up to $70,000 for a family of four or less, and $90,000 for a family of five or more
- If the applicant has not been listed as a dependent for the previous tax year, the gross annual household income ceiling is $35,000 or less
- GPA of at least 3.0 on a 4.0 scale
- Availability to work at least one 90-day summer tour prior to graduation and willingness to work at CIA full time after graduation
Desired Qualifications:
- Academic excellence in core subjects areas
- Relevant practical or job experience in your field of interest
- Proficiency in a foreign language. Languages of interest are listed on our Foreign Language page here
- Demonstrated leadership qualities
- Genuine interest in contributing to CIA's mission
ALL APPLICANTS MUST SUCCESSFULLY COMPLETE:
- A thorough medical and psychological exam
- A polygraph interview
- A comprehensive background investigation
To be considered suitable for Agency employment, applicants must generally not have used illegal drugs within the last 12 months. The issue of illegal drug use prior to 12 months ago is carefully evaluated during the medical and security processing.
Dates
Deadline: March 30, 2025
Cost/funding for participants
Stokes Scholars will receive:
- Agency-wide benefits
- Tuition assistance up to $18,000 per academic year for tuition, mandatory fees and books; STEM majors receive tuition up to $25,000 per academic year
- Competitive year-round salary
- Employment every summer and onboard as full-time officer after graduation
- Undergraduate and /or post-graduate degrees in authorized field of study
- Partial per diem subsistence expenses (for non-local Scholars)
As a CIA employee, you’ll also get the satisfaction of knowing your work is part of something bigger than yourself. Our work is driven by one mission: to keep our Nation safe. Every day is an opportunity to enhance U.S. national security.
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