UNCLASSIFIED ROUTINE R 301738Z APR 18 FM CNO WASHINGTON DC TO NAVADMIN INFO CNO WASHINGTON DC BT UNCLAS NAVADMIN 105/18 PASS TO OFFICE CODES: FM CNO WASHINGTON DC//N1// INFO CNO WASHINGTON DC//N1// MSGID/GENADMIN/CNO WASHINGTON DC/N1/APR// SUBJ/ACADEMIC YEAR 2019-2020 FLEET SCHOLARS EDUCATION PROGRAM// REF/A/DOC/OPNAV/15AUG16// AMPN/REF A IS OPNAVINST 1500.78, FLEET SCHOLARS EDUCATION PROGRAM.// RMKS/1. This NAVADMIN announces the fiscal year 2019, academic year (AY) 2019 and 2020 Fleet Scholars Education Program (FSEP). 2. FSEP is a Navy talent management initiative that is aimed at ensuring the highest performing individuals are sought out, encouraged and given an opportunity to attend numerous elite and competitive educational programs. The goal is to recognize and reward our top talent. Each of the educational opportunities are based on community selection criteria of their top performing unrestricted line (URL) and information warfare community (IWC) officers. Selected participants will attend in-residence graduate school at an accredited institution of their choice (Continental United States, Alaska and Hawaii). 3. FSEP participants have up to 24 months to complete a graduate degree while in a full-time student status. Distance learning, executive master of business administration, night/weekend/part-time programs structured for the working professional, medical, and legal education programs are not authorized graduate programs under FSEP. 4. Community sponsors will develop and implement selection criteria and policies to identify their most talented and proven performers for FSEP participation. Community sponsors will make selections no later than 31 October 2018 and submit to Deputy Chief of Naval Operations (Manpower, Personnel, Training and Education) (N1), Naval Postgraduate School (NPS) Civilian Institutions (CIVINS) program office, and Navy Personnel Command, Graduate Education and Training Placement (PERS-440) in order to meet AY 19- 20 fall/winter semester/quarter start dates. The Navy Expeditionary Combat Command (NECC, 1140) community selection notification will be made to the selectees in December 2018. FSEP is nominally focused on lieutenant (O-3) URL and IWC officers. Each community sponsor may select up to their annual allocated graduate education opportunities shown below: Community Designator Opportunities AIRFOR 1310, 1320 (7) SURFOR 1110 (9) SUBFOR 1120 (5) NSWC 1130 (3) NECC 1140 (3) IWC 1810, 1820, 1830 (3) 5. Officers who have already received fully funded graduate education are not eligible to participate. This does not include graduate degrees obtained through Post 9-11 G.I. Bill, tuition assistance or Navy College Program for Afloat College Education. Selectees will be assigned a unique additional qualification designation for purposes of tracking and career management. 6. Upon notification of selection by the Navy, FSEP selectees should apply to at least three accredited graduate education institutions of their choice. Participants may be reimbursed for up to three application and transcript fees after beginning their first semester/quarter. Participants shall consult the list of schools that already have education service agreements (ESA) with the Navy on the NPS CIVINS website FSEP page at http://my.nps.edu/web/civins/fsep. In cases where the school of choice is not on the ESA listing, the selectee shall notify the NPS CIVINS office no less than 7 months prior to program start to allow sufficient time to pursue additional ESAs. Participants are responsible for researching and completing prerequisites including graduate record examinations where applicable. Starting enrollment and permanent change of station orders should be for no earlier than 1 July 2019 to begin the fall/winter term of AY 19-20. 7. Service Obligation: In line with reference (a), FSEP selectees shall agree to remain on active-duty for 3 years following graduation or withdrawal from the program. A member who voluntarily or through misconduct fails to complete the active-duty time agreed upon shall be required to reimburse the cost of the education received, prorated for the obligated time served. 8. Additional information regarding FSEP is available at the NPS CIVINS website at http://my.nps.edu/web/civins/fsep, and in reference (a). 9. This message will remain in effect until superseded or 31 January 2019, whichever occurs first. 10. Released by Vice Admiral R. P. Burke, N1.// BT #0001 NNNN UNCLASSIFIED//