How will CAE proposals be evaluated?
The primary criteria against which CAEs’ basic technical proposals will be evaluated are: (a) the merits of the institution’s proposed approach to designing and developing a robust scholarship program and the likelihood of its producing high quality information assurance scholars for DoD employment; and (b) the quality of the institution’s process for promoting, advertising and evaluating students for scholarship and a federal job appointment within DoD, and the effectiveness of this process in producing “well –qualified” candidates for DoD selection. Other factors, of lesser importance, include the program’s congruence with DoD requirements and relevance to mission needs; staff and faculty qualifications; adequacy of institutional resources; and reasonableness of the cost proposal.
