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
OnlineOnline at: https://www.afio.com/13_scholarships.htm
Email
Email: [email protected]
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The Association of Former Intelligence Officers (AFIO) was incorporated in 1975 as a 501(c)3 non-profit, non-political, educational association for current and former intelligence professionals and supporters of the US intelligence community.
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