ODNI ANNOUNCES STUDENT OPPORTUNITY THIS SUMMER IN NATIONAL INTELLIGENCEANALYSIS

The Office of the Director of National Intelligence is seeking about 30 highly motivated graduate students and college seniors interested in careers in intelligence analysis to study and work with currently serving analysts during an intensive two-week residential seminar.

The hands-on seminar, the first such exercise sponsored by the ODNI, will be held July 13 through July 24 in Washington , D.C. and will address the theme: ?Political Instability ? International Systems in Transition.?

The program will include lectures, field trips to agencies and work on an intelligence problem under the direction of analysts drawn from the Intelligence Community. Students who qualify will receive Secret level security clearances for the duration of the seminar.

The curriculum is being developed by the Philip Merrill Center for Strategic Studies of the Paul H. Nitze School of Advanced International Studies of the Johns Hopkins University and by the seminar?s co-sponsors, the Deputy Director of National Intelligence for Analysis and the Office of the Intelligence Community Centers for Academic Excellence. Successful applicants will receive travel expenses, room and board, course materials and a $1,000 stipend.

Application deadline is April 30.
http://www.dni.gov/cae/index.htm

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