National Security Education Program (NSEP)

The National Security Education Program (NSEP) was established by the David L. Boren National Security Education Act (NSEA), and signed into law by President George H. W. Bush in 1991.  The NSEA mandated the Secretary of Defense to create the National Security Education Program (NSEP) to award: (1) scholarships to U.S. undergraduate students to study abroad in areas critical to U.S. national security; (2) fellowships to U. S. graduate students to study languages and world regions critical to U. S. national security; and (3) grants to U. S. institutions of higher education to develop programs of study in and about countries, languages and international fields critical to national security and under-represented in U. S. study. 

For more information, please visit http://www.nsep.gov/initiatives/