Applicants must be women currently enrolled or expected to be enrolled at an accredited university or college by the next academic term, either full-time or part- time, be at least an incoming junior undergraduate student or higher, demonstrate interest in pursuing a career related to national security or defense, demonstrate financial need, have a minimum GPA of 3.25 and be a U.S. citizen.
Focus of the scholarship is on the following preferred fields of study: security studies, military history, government relations, engineering, computer science, cyber security, physics, mathematics, business (as it relates to national security or defense), law (as it relates to national security or defense), international relations, political science, policy and diplomacy, intelligence and economics.