Stokes Educational Scholarship Program - STEM (Maryland)
NSNational Security Agency/Central Security Service · Department of Defense
- Pay
- $35,749–$43,120/yr
- Where
- Fort Meade, Maryland
- Apply by
- 2026-10-01
- Posted
- Sep 3
The National Security Agency (NSA) is currently accepting applications nationwide for the Stokes Educational Scholarship Program. This highly competitive tuition assistance program is designed for high school seniors who plan to pursue degrees in the following STEM disciplines: -Artificial Intelligence -Computer Engineering -Computer Science -Cybersecurity -Data Science -Electrical Engineering -Mathematics
What you'd do
- As a participant in the program, you will attend college full-time at an accredited institution of your choice within the United States and work at NSA for a minimum of 12 weeks each summer in positions related to your field of study.
- In return, participants are required to work at NSA in their area of study after graduation for a period equal to one and one-half times the length of their scholarship support.
- Participants who leave the program before fulfilling this service commitment will be required to repay the government for tuition and mandatory educational fees received through the program.
What they want
- Students accepted into the program must maintain: -A minimum 2.75 GPA on a 4.0 scale during the freshman year -A minimum 3.0 GPA on a 4.0 scale each semester/quarter after the freshman year Academic Coursework Requirements For Data Science, Computer Science, Computer Engineering, and Electrical Engineering High school transcripts must show: -At least one Physics or Calculus course, and -At least t
- Starts
- 2026-09-03