The United States Geospatial Intelligence Foundation (USGIF) 2012 Scholarship Program deadline is Friday, April 20.
“Scholarship recipients represent a broad array of geospatial interests, including humanitarian operations, natural disaster preparation and response, epidemiology, transnational river politics, planetary applications, conflict along borders and modeling of river water quality,” said USGIF Academic Director Dr. Max Baber. “All of these interests exist within the broader definition of national security, so this represents a great opportunity for innovative students to be recognized and supported for their efforts.”
Since 2004, USGIF has donated $480,000 to promising students in the geospatial intelligence field. Last year the Foundation awarded $94,000 to 20 recipients and plans to award $100,000 for the 2012 program. High school recipients received $2,000 scholarships, and all others received $5,000 scholarships.
The Foundation strives to communicate to students the broadness and power of GEOINT as it serves as a great source for national, global and human security. By advancing education within the tradecraft, USGIF is committed to cultivating a generation of synthesizers who can take data and derive actionable knowledge from it.
The USGIF Scholarship Program hopes to inspire students who are interested in all that GEOINT has to offer to invest their futures in this incredibly exciting and relevant field of study.
Students — whether high school, undergraduate or graduate — studying geospatial intelligence or a related field are encouraged to submit an application.
