Al Ponte Graduate Scholarship Award

Scholarship Description

This scholarship is intended for students who are going to graduate school, focusing on International Relations and/or Intelligence. Mr. Albano F. Ponte is a vital part of AFIO’s “legion of merit,” through active participation and time, talent, and funds donated to AFIO programs and development.

Eligibility and details

• For Graduate scholarships, applications must be submitted no earlier than your senior undergraduate year of college and no later than your second year of graduate school studies.
• Evaluation criteria include merit, character, serious academic commitment, and relevance of your studies to national security interests and career ambitions.
• Tuition grants will be paid directly to the Bursar/Registrar of the University concerned – under NO circumstances are payments sent directly to awardees or non-bursar third parties.
• All applicants must be U.S. citizens. Also, even if you are a US 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 US-accredited, nor to law, med, 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. Colleges must be regionally accredited.

Eligibility Requirements

• Type of institution award is open to: four-year college
• Award is available to U.S. citizens

Application Requirements

• Application form required
• Transcript required
• Essay required
• Recommendations or references required
• Photograph required
• Resume Required

How To Apply