Amount: Up to $18,000 (Up to $25,000 for STEM). About: The Central Intelligence Agency (CIA) offers one of the most unique scholarships available. The CIA Undergraduate Scholarship is a merit and needs-based scholarship that offers students an award up to $18,000 per calendar year (STEM recipients receive $25,000) plus a full starting salary in return for working summer internships at the CIA during their tenure. Recipients of this scholarship are also required to accept continued employment with the CIA after graduation for a period equal to 1.5 times the length of the college sponsorship they received from the CIA.
Eligible Grade Levels: High School Graduate, GED, College Freshman, College Sophomore, College Junior, College Senior
Eligible Majors: Banking, Engineering, Computer and Information Sciences, Finance, Foreign Languages, Human Resources, International Relations
Residency Requirement: No residency requirement
Minimum GPA: 3.0
Deadline: Please check back in early 2024 for Summer 2025 application information. Please note that scholarship deadlines often change, so make sure to check the scholarship sponsor’s website for up-to-date deadlines.