The National Security Education Program (NSEP) is a scholarship opportunity for U.S. undergraduates to study abroad. Created in 1991, NSEP awards scholarships to American students for study of world regions critical to U.S. interests (including Africa, Asia, Central & Eastern Europe, Eurasia, Latin America & the Caribbean, and the Middle East). The countries of Western Europe, Canada, Australia, and New Zealand are excluded.
NSEP was designed to provide American undergraduates with the resources and encouragement they need to acquire skills and experiences in areas of the world critical to the future security of our nation, in exchange for a commitment to seek work in the federal government. As students of other cultures and languages, NSEP Scholars begin to acquire the international competence needed to communicate effectively across borders, to understand other perspectives, and to analyze increasingly fluid economic and political realities.
NSEP focuses on geographic areas, languages, and fields of study deemed critical to U.S. national security. It draws on a broad definition of national security applied by the President in his annual National Security Strategy, recognizing that the scope of national security has expanded to include not only the traditional concerns of protecting and promoting American well-being, but also the challenges of global society, including: sustainable development, environmental degradation, global disease and hunger, population growth and migration, and economic competitiveness.
NSEP scholarships are intended to provide support to U.S. undergraduates who will pursue the study of languages and cultures currently underrepresented in study abroad and critical to U.S. national security. Awards are for one school year, semester (term), or summer programs.
The NSEP service requirement stipulates that an award recipient work in the Departments of Defense, Homeland Security, State, or the Intelligence Community. If, after making a full and good faith effort (according to conditions and rules established by NSEP), an award recipient demonstrates to NSEP that no appropriate position is available in one of these agencies, he or she may work in any U.S. federal department or agency. There is also an expectation that NSEP Scholars will use the language or regional expertise acquired as a result of the award in their work for the U.S. government.
As a U.S. undergraduate student, you are eligible to apply for an NSEP Boren scholarship if you are:
NSEP applicants must be endorsed by the Dartmouth College Committee on Graduate Fellowships. In order to be endorsed, you must:
The Committee on Graduate Fellowships will read your application materials. All applicants will be interviewed for the purpose of rating their applications.
The 2 or 3 Letters of Recommendation should be sent to Scholarship Advising, 6201 Wentworth Hall, Hanover, NH 03755 or HB6201.
For more information on recommendation letters, click here.
Nominees will submit final applications online by February 11, 2009.
The Scholarship Advising office will:
|
January 15, 2010 |
Campus deadline for electronic application and all other materials |
|
January 25-29, 2010 |
Committee on Graduate Fellowship Interviews |
|
February 10, 2010 |
Dartmouth deadline for final electronic application and supplemental material submission |
|
February 10, 2010 |
NSEP deadline for final electronic application and supplemental material submission by Scholarship Advising |
|
May 2010 |
Scholarship Recipients Announced |
Email Scholarship Advising
