The 2010 AFIO Scholarship The Association of Former Intelligence Officer is sponsoring 19 scholarships (most at $4000 or $2000) for students studying or desiring careers in intelligence.

Application deadline is 1 July. Eligibility requirements and application guidelines are copied below, and available at:

http://www.afio.com/13_scholarships.htm

APPLICATION DEADLINE: JULY 1, 2010

Applications for 2010 can be sent to AFIO starting in March of 2010. Do you qualify for several of these scholarships? If so, you need only send in one master application and supporting materials. Just indicate in your cover letter which of the many scholarships AFIO offers you think you might qualify, and you will be considered for each of them. If you are granted one, you will not be considered for others. AFIO occasionally grants scholarships to individuals who received an AFIO grant in prior years. Feel free to apply again.

Deadline for applications: July 1, 2010 is the deadline to have all your materials to the office. Materials can be sent by email to afio@afio.com or by mail to: AFIO Scholarship Committee, 6723 Whittier Ave Ste 200, McLean, VA 22101.

Here are the scholarships being offered by AFIO in 2010:

Guidelines

· For Undergraduates scholarships, applicants must be entering their sophomore or junior year by the summer of 2010. · For Graduate scholarships, applications must be submitted no earlier than your senior undergraduate year and no later than your second year of graduate studies. · Evaluation criteria may include merit, character, estimated future potential, background (for example, parent's AFIO membership or careers etc), and relevance of their studies to the full spectrum of national security interests and career ambitions. · Applications are evaluated by a special AFIO committee. Evaluations will be impressionistic and personal, by committee consensus, and with decisions final. · Tuition grants will be paid directly to the Bursar/Registrar of the University concerned - under NO circumstances will payments be made directly to awardees. · All applicants must be U.S. citizens. No Scholarship will be awarded to students attending foreign universities or schools not US-accredited, nor to law schools [foreign or domestic].

Applicants must provide:

Cover Letter (i.e. explaining your need for scholarship, your career goals and dreams, your views of U.S. world standing and intelligence community)
Resume (i.e. address, age, college, experience, extra-curricular activities)
A copy of your academic transcript - need not be original or "official"
One recommendation
Recent photograph - can be sent as a high resolution digital image file via email attachment, or printed and mailed. Image should show full face...sitting, standing, or portrait only.
Indicate for WHICH scholarships you wish to be considered. No need to send multiple copies of your materials.

All applications can be sent to the AFIO address at the bottom of this email.

Information:

AFIO e-mail: afio@afio.com

The 2009 Jorge Espejal Contreras IALEIA Scholarship

Jorge Espejel-Contreras was IALEIA Chapter Mexico President when he passed away unexpectedly in January of 2007. Jorge was known to many of us on the IALEIA Board as a reserved man, but was passionate about the role of the honest and ethical use of intelligence in law enforcement. He showed great dedication to his community, and to his country, and will be missed by his many friends in IALEIA.

In honor of Jorge, the IALEIA Board will award annual scholarships of $1000 to eligible IALEIA members and their families. Details for award of the Fall 2009 scholarships will be available during the Summer of 2009.

The 2009 Henley Putnam University Scholarship

IALEIA will be accepting applications for a $1,000.00 Henley Putnam University academic scholarship, to be awarded in the fall, 2009

Details will be posted on the home page

For more information contact Bill Brown at brown@ialeia.org