This scholarship is a financial need-based program for graduate students who are looking to work summers in Washington, DC while attending an accredited college or university during the school year. It is open to students entering graduate school, current graduate students and doctoral students.

In this program, you will perform meaningful work related to your college major. In addition to a year-round salary, recipients are provided up to $18,000 in tuition assistance per calendar year and are eligible for health insurance, paid time off and more.

Graduate scholarship participants are required to work for at least one 90-day session before graduation and be employed by the CIA after graduation for a period of 1.5 years for each year of paid scholarship.