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Program Options
Two ComSci Program options are offered to applicants:
1. The ComSci Program With Work Assignment (Full-time Program)
This option offers a 10-month, intensive and challenging work assignment in an executive or legislative branch office (generally in the Washington Metropolitan Area), coupled with the policy study and leadership program of regularly-scheduled ComSci seminars, site visits, and other activities. It is designed to provide participants who choose the full-time program with policy-making and program-management experience at the highest executive levels. Guidance and assistance in seeking one's full-time work assignment is provided. Fellowship assignments are structured around the interests, qualifications, and developmental needs of each participant. Work assignments are aligned to each participant's specialty or competence. The tuition cost for this option is $8,500.
2. ComSci Program Without Work Assignment (Part-time Program)
This option is a 10-month policy study and leadership program without the work assignment. This option allows individuals to participate in ComSci on a part-time basis. Participants continue to work at their home agencies throughout the duration of the program while attending regular seminars and specially scheduled ComSci events. Option 2 is best suited for individuals in the Washington Metropolitan Area or for individuals who are able to commute to Washington, D.C., for one day each week. The tuition cost for this option is $8,500.
For full-time or part-time participants, the ComSci Program combines intensive education and orientation activities. The ComSci Fellows experience a broadening of knowledge and understanding not achievable through traditional fellowship programs. In turn, the ComSci Program develops, within the personnel of the federal service, the skills and resources needed to conceive, plan, and effectively and intelligently implement national programs dealing with complex scientific and technological issues.
ComSci Fellows meet for regular seminars, site visits, or special programs intended to involve them in discussions on current science and technology issues. Invited speakers include experts from government agencies, the private sector, and academia. When appropriate, regular seminars take the form of short tours of research and industrial facilities in the Washington Metropolitan Area.
Other special features of the ComSci Program include a one-week congressional orientation, which provides a series of briefings on the legislative process, and a one-week policy study trip, which combines extensive on-site visits to scientific institutions and industrial organizations, highlighted by in-depth discussions with senior level executives.
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