Air Force seeks applicants for IA scholarship program Published Nov. 29, 2005 Air Force Personnel Center News Service RANDOLPH AIR FORCE BASE, Texas (AFPN) -- The Air Force is offering qualified officers, who apply no later than Jan. 3, the opportunity to compete for and earn a master's degree in the Information Assurance Scholarship Program. A board will convene Jan. 19 at the Air Force Personnel Center here to select officers to attend the IASP. The Defense Department established the program to increase the number of qualified officers entering the information assurance career field. The DoD saw the need to train officers in information assurance as the department has become increasingly dependent on information technology for war fighting and for the security of its communications infrastructure. The program varies in length from 18 to 24 months for the Naval Post Graduate School, located in Monterey, Calif., and the Air Force Institute of Technology at Wright Patterson Air Force Base, Ohio. The Information Resources Management College program, located at Fort McNair, D.C., is one semester and counts as nine to 15 graduate credit hours towards a master's program at partnering institutions. The balance of the program may be completed in six to 18 months depending on the partner school selected. Students who complete the IASP will receive the National Security Telecommunications and Information Systems Security Instruction 4011 certificate. Participants will incur a three-year active duty service commitment upon completion of the program. Information on eligibility requirements, submitting applications and participating schools can be found at http://www.defenselink.mil/nii/iasp/DoDMembersMain.htm. Officers should send completed applications to the following address: HQ AFPC/DPAFE 550 C Street West, Suite 32 Randolph AFB, TX 78150-4734