UCSB Geography graduate students Matthew Rice and Charles Deitzel were among four graduate students in fields of study related to geospatial intelligence who were awarded the United States Geospatial Intelligence Foundation’s 2004 University Scholarships and were honored at the GEOINT 2004 Symposium in New Orleans, Louisiana in October. The $5000 scholarship awards are given to current doctoral students who “demonstrated academic and professional excellence in the geospatial intelligence tradecraft.”
The USGIF is a Virginia-based non-stock, not-for-profit corporation. The foundation is dedicated to promoting the geospatial intelligence tradecraft and developing a stronger community of interest between government, industry, academic and professional organizations, and individuals who share a mission focus around the development and application of geospatial intelligence data and geo-processing resources to address national security objectives. Its scholarships are offered to students enrolled in graduate programs at accredited institutions of higher education, and, in 2005, the foundation plans to expand the scope of the program to include undergraduate students as well as graduating high school seniors bound for university studies related to geospatial intelligence. To qualify, a student must be enrolled in a related field (includes information technology, image processing, systems engineering, data architecture, computer sciences, etc.).
