Fiscal Year 2020 Fellowship, Scholarship, and Special Education Program Review Board Working Group (FSSRB-WG)
This MARADMIN announces the Fiscal Year 2020 Fellowship, Scholarship, and Special Education Program Review Board Working Group (FSSRB-WG), which will meet on 13-14 November 2019 to evaluate and prioritize approximately 75 Fellowships and 400 Graduate Education Program billets. Various commands and departments are tasked to assign a major/lieutenant colonel or civilian equivalent to participate in the working group, with names and contact information due by 15 September 2019.
Issued: September 11, 2019
1. This MARADMIN announces the Fiscal Year (FY) 2020 Fellowship, Scholarship, and Special Education Program (SEP) Review Board (FSSRB) Working Group (WG), designates WG assignments, and tasks appropriate departments and commands to provide input and support to the FSSRB-WG.<br>
1.A. Per reference (a), the FY 2019 FSSRB met on 22 to 23 January 2019 to validate existing billets and requirements. It recommended establishing an associated WG as a standing group to convene annually or on-call. The FY 2020 FSSRB-WG will meet 13 to 14 November 2019 to evaluate the utility of and prioritize approximately 75 Fellowships and approximately 400 Graduate Education Program (formerly referred to as SEP/Advanced Degree Program) billets. Regional Affairs Officers and Foreign Area Officers, foreign professional military education, and scholarship programs will not be included in this FSSRB-WG but will be reviewed at a later date.<br>
1.B. WG members will begin initial coordination 1 October 2019 on a virtual platform in order to conduct initial program reviews in advance of the FY 2020 FSSRB-WG. Further coordination for this effort will be conducted separately.<br>
2. Tasks<br>
2.A. FSSRB-WG. Per references (a) through (d):<br>
2.A.1. President, Marine Corps University will host and assign a meeting Chair for the FY 2020 FSSRB-WG.<br>
2.A.2. Evaluate the utility of all Fellowships and the Marine Corps Graduate Education Program Order (MCGEP) assignments with respect to institutional costs to the Marine Corps and return on investment.<br>
2.B. Commands/Departments (CMD/DEPT) listed below are asked to assign a major/lieutenant colonel or civilian equivalent for the WG. Occupational Field managers, program managers, and members from the FY 2019 FSSRB are preferred. More than one member may be assigned to the WG if desired. Provide name(s) and contact information to the point of contact (POC) no later than 15 September 2019 (Read in two columns: CMD/DEPT and Fellow/SEP Military Occupational Specialty):<br>
CMD/DEPT Fellow/SEP MOS<br>
TECOM 8802 Education Officer<br>
EDCOM CMC Fellows<br>
NPS Senior Service Representative<br>
USNA 8803 Leadership Training Specialists<br>
8820 Aeronautical Engineer<br>
8826 Ordnance Systems Engineer<br>
8878 Historian<br>
PP&O Interagency Fellows Program<br>
8866 Space Operations<br>
8870 Special Operations<br>
I&L Logistics Fellows<br>
3006 Contingency Contracting<br>
8831 Environmental Engineer Management<br>
8862 Materiel Management<br>
M&RA Domestic Scholars / Immediate Graduate Education Program<br>
8840 Manpower Management<br>
MCSC 8824 Electronics Engineer<br>
PR 8844 Financial Management<br>
8852 Defense Systems Analysis<br>
I/C4 8834 Technical Information Operations<br>
8846 Data Systems Specialist<br>
8848 Data Systems Management<br>
8858 Command, Control, Communications, Computers and Intelligence<br>
CD&I 8825 Modeling and Simulations<br>
8850 Operational Analyst<br>
JA 44XX JA Masters<br>
CD 4505 Communications Strategist<br>
3. Officers with current or previous Fellowship and MCGEP experience are encouraged to provide comments and recommendations to the overall POC.<br>
4. Release authorized by Major General William F. Mullen III, Commanding General, Training and Education Command.