Fiscal Year 2019 Fellowship, Scholarship, and Special Education Program Review Board (FSSRB)

1.  This MARADMIN announces the Fiscal Year 2019 (FY19) Fellowship, Scholarship, and Special Education Program Review Board (FSSRB), designates board and operational planning team (OPT) working group (WG) assignments, and tasks appropriate departments and commands to provide input and support to the FSSRB.<br>
1.a.  The FY19 FSSRB will meet 22 and 23 January 2019 to review, validate, and prioritize approximately 75 Fellowships, Foreign Professional Military Education (PME) assignments and scholarships, and approximately 400 Special Education Program/Advanced Degree Program (SEP/ADP) billets.<br>
1.b.  OPT/WG meetings began in October 2018 and will be scheduled in order to develop preliminary mission analysis and make preparations in advance of the FY19 FSSRB.  Further coordination for these meetings will be conducted separately.<br>
2.  Tasks  <br>
2.a.  FSSRB.  Per references (a) through (d):<br>
2.a.1.  Evaluate the utility of all Marine Fellowships, Scholarships, SEP/ADP, and Foreign PME assignments with respect to institutional costs, value, and return on investment.<br>
2.a.2.  Determine Fellowship/Scholarship prioritization and optimization.<br>
2.a.3.  Review post Fellowship/Foreign PME/Scholarship utilization tour policy.<br>
2.a.4.  Review/analyze requests to realign SEP/ADP billets.<br>
2.a.5.  Review currency and accuracy of all Billet Education Evaluation Certificates (BEECs) for SEP/ADP assignments.<br>
2.a.6.  Survey Marines currently in each SEP/ADP assignments (Billet Identification Code (BIC)) and at least the last two incumbents with respect to the curriculum at the educational institution compared to the position required education skill sets.<br>
2.a.7.  Solicit and consider alternative training/education venues to existing SEP/ADP programs.<br>
2.a.8.  Evaluate impact of participation in SEP/ADP on Military Occupational Specialty (MOS) credibility of those selected.<br>
2.a.9.  Recommend limitations on which MOSs should be eligible for those programs.  <br>
2.a.10.  Consider ways to maximize voluntary participation and minimize involuntary assignment to programs.<br>
2.a.11.  Evaluate requirements for additional billets requiring graduate level education.<br>
2.a.12.  Brief FSSRB recommendations to CMC and/or MROC as required in the spring of 2019.<br>
2.b.  Occupational Field Sponsors/Fellowship, Scholarship, Foreign PME, and SEP/ADP advocates (i.e., commands/departments (CMD/DEPT) with oversight or ownership of BICs or Marines in these assignments):<br>
2.b.1.  Review and update, as far as practical, all BEECs prior to 1 January 2019 per reference (d).<br>
2.b.2.  Submit updated BEECs to DC, CDI (Total Force Structure Division).<br>
2.c.  CMD/DEPT listed below will assign a Colonel/Civilian (CIV) equivalent member for the following Fellowship/Foreign PME/Scholarship programs, and a Captain/Major/Lieutenant Colonel or CIV equivalent for the OPT/WG.  More than one member may be assigned to OPT/WG if desired (Read in two columns:  CMD/DEPT and Fellow/Scholar/SEP MOS).<br>
CMD/DEPT    Fellow/Scholar/SEP MOS<br>
TECOM       8802 Education Off<br>
            8878 Historian<br>
EDCOM       CMC Fellows<br>
            Foreign PME (Intermediate and Senior Level Schools)<br>
            Olmsted Scholars<br>
USNA        8803 Leadership Training Specialists<br>
            8820 Aeronautical Engineer<br>
            8826 Ordnance Systems Engineer<br>
PP&amp;O        8220/8240 International Affairs Program<br>
            Interagency Fellows Program<br>
            8866 Space Operations<br>
            8870 Special Operations<br>
I&amp;L         Logistics Fellows<br>
            3006 Contingency Contracting<br>
            8831 Environmental Engineer Management<br>
            8862 Materiel Management<br>
Intel       Junior Officer Strategic Intelligence Program (JOSIP)<br>
            Junior Officer Cryptologic Career Program (JOCCP)<br>
M&amp;RA        Domestic Scholars/Immediate Graduate Education Program<br>
            8840 Manpower Management<br>
OLA         Congressional Fellows<br>
JA          4405/6/7/8/9/10/17/21/22/30 Master of Law<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<br>
            Intelligence (C4I)<br>
CD&amp;I        8825 Modeling and Simulations<br>
            8850 Operations Analyst<br>
CD          4505 Communications Strategist<br>
3.  Officers with current or previous Fellowship/Foreign PME/Scholarship/SEP/ADP experience are encouraged to provide comments and recommendations to the overall point of contact (POC).<br>
4.  The overall POC is Mr. Mike Cooper at DSN 378-0696, comm (703) 432-0696, or via e-mail at michael.g.cooper2@usmc.mil.<br>
5.  Release authorized by Lieutenant General Michael G. Dana, Director, Marine Corps Staff.