In addition to submitting an application when applying to a degree program, all NPS Federal employees are required to complete and submit the Staff Forms to admissions@nps.edu.

You are required to submit a signed Participation Agreement to admissions@nps.edu. Please email this form within 3 business days of submitting your application. Your application will not be reviewed without it.

• If you expect to be at a different command prior to or while attending, you are required to submit a Participation Agreement signed by your new command.
• The Participation Agreement is not required if you are group endorsed.

You must request a waiver if you are a USN officer and have already received a Navy funded degree (i.e. TA, NWC, NPS, and FSEP) and are interested in pursuing a second funded degree at the same level. Please use the following templates to initiate the waiver. If one has been granted, submit all completed forms to admissions@nps.edu.

• First Endorsement (Command)
• Second Endorsement (Detailer)
• Waiver Request for Second Funded Degree (Member)