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SUBJ/ACADEMIC YEAR 2022-2023 FLEET SCHOLARS EDUCATION PROGRAM//

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NARR/REF A IS FY-22 STRATEGIC EDUCATION ALIGNMENT PLAN.   
REF B IS OPNAVINST 1500.78, FLEET SCHOLARS EDUCATION PROGRAM.// 

RMKS/1.  This NAVADMIN announces the Fiscal Year (FY) 2022, Academic Year 
(AY) 2022 and 2023 Fleet Scholars Education Program (FSEP). 
 
2. Background 
   a.  Fleet Scholars Education Program (FSEP) is a Navy talent management 
initiative that selects high performing Unrestricted Line (URL) Officers and 
Information Warfare Community (IWC) Officers to attend in-residence graduate 
education programs.  Selected participants will attend in-residence graduate 
school at an accredited institution of their choice (Continental United 
States, Alaska and Hawaii). 
   b.  FSEP is nominally suited for the Lieutenant (LT) paygrade; however, 
Lieutenant Commanders are eligible.  Top performing Lieutenant Junior Grade 
Officers may be considered if promoted to LT before reporting to their school 
of choice for graduate education. 
   c.  FSEP participants have up to 24 months to complete a graduate degree 
while in a full-time student status.  Participants will be required to choose 
a degree from the approved areas of study list located at paragraph 4.  The 
approved areas of study list has changed from last year due to the continuing 
refinement of Navy Education Requirements.  Distance learning, night/weekend 
/part-time programs structured for the working professional are not 
authorized graduate programs under FSEP. 
   d.  Officers who have already received fully-funded graduate education are 
not eligible to participate.  Graduate degrees obtained through Post 9-11 
G.I. Bill, tuition assistance or the Navy College Program for Afloat College 
Education are not disqualifiers.  Selectees will be assigned a unique 
additional qualification designation for tracking and career management 
purposes. 
 
3. Application and Selection Process 
   a.  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 their nominees for selection no 
later than 30 September and submit to the Director for Warfighter Development 
(OPNAV N71) via the Naval Postgraduate School (NPS) Civilian Institutions 
(CIVINS) program office for final selection approval and selection 
notification. Selection notification will be released by 31 October 2021 in 
order for Navy Personnel Command, Graduate Education and Training Placement 
(PERS-440) to meet the Academic Year (AY) 22-23 fall/winter semester/quarter 
start dates.  Each community sponsor may select up to their annual allocated 
graduate education opportunities, as per reference (a), shown below: 
 
       Community       Designator            Opportunities 
       SURFOR          1110                  (8) 
       SUBFOR          1120                  (5) 
       NSWC            1130                  (3) 
       NECC            1140                  (3) 
       AIRFOR        1310, 1320     (6) 
       IWC             1810     (1) 
                       1820     (1) 
                       1830     (1) 
   b.  Upon notification of selection to 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 have existing Education Service 
Agreements (ESA) with the Navy on the NPS CIVINS website FSEP page 
at https://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. 
Permanent change of station orders and enrollment should not occur prior to 
01 July 2022 for the fall/winter term of AY 22-23. 
 
4. Policy Update 
   a.  FSEP participants will choose from the following areas of study: 
       Data Science 
       Engineering (5XXX) 
       Public Policy/Public Administration 
       Technology Innovation/Management 
   b.  For those areas of study awarding a subspecialty code (SSC), all 
Education Plans will be reviewed against the Educational Skill Requirement 
(ESR), and approved by the respective SME/PERS-451. 
   c.  For questions on whether a desired degree falls outside the specific 
areas of study listed above, the selectee shall submit a degree approval 
request to the NPS CIVINS office.  Details of the degree approval process can 
be found at NPS CIVINS website listed in Para. 6. 
 
5.  Service Obligation:  In line with reference (b), FSEP selectees shall 
agree to remain on active-duty for three 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. 
 
6.  Additional information regarding FSEP is available at the NPS CIVINS 
website at https://nps.edu/web/civins/fsep, and in reference (b). 
 
7.  This message will remain in effect until superseded or 31 May 2022, 
whichever occurs first. 
 
8.  Released by VADM J. W. Hughes, Deputy Chief of Naval Operations for 
Warfighting Development (N7).// 
 
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