The US Central Intelligence Agency's Stokes Graduate Scholarship Program is a financial needs-based initiative that offers graduate students an unmatched experience. Graduate students, serving as scholarship recipients with CIA, attend an accredited college/university on a full-time basis and work during summer breaks at the Agency. While working at CIA, students will be exposed to real intelligence challenges while performing meaningful work that relates to their graduate studies.

Stokes Scholars will receive:

• Agency-wide benefits
• Scholarship funding up to $18,000 per academic year for tuition, mandatory fees and books; STEM majors receive tuition up to $25,000 per academic year
• Competitive year-round salary
• Employment every summer
• Non-local scholars are eligible for coordination and payment of official work tour travel expenses
• Onboard as full-time officer after graduation

Students are required to work at the Agency after college graduation for a period equal to 1.5 times the length of the college sponsorship you received from CIA. Students who leave earlier are required to reimburse the U.S. Government for their tuition. All positions require relocation to the Washington, DC area during summer work tours.