However, the CMS budget will not fund computer software or hardware. The program supports individually tailored research and study plans encompassing a relevant discipline, including graduate studies in the United States or abroad or temporary assignment to another US government agency. Trainees should complete their projects within 1 year. They prepare quarterly reports to document their activity and to permit the project monitor to evaluate their progress within the program. Have the agency sponsoring study program recommend them.
Applicants compete against each other.
There will be no specific quotas for IC agencies and the number of selectees will not exceed 20 IC-wide per year. Areas of study include methods of intelligence research, the intelligence cycle, intelligence assessment, intelligence contributions to joint operations, and intelligence management. This 37-week program consists of three academic quarters. It provides advanced study in national intelligence organization, collection management, production, dissemination of national intelligence, and basic intelligence analysis. The MSSI program runs concurrently with PGIP, but normally requires an additional quarter of study and the writing of a thesis.