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Scholars/Obligees
Welcome to the scholar/obligee section of the National Center on Service Obligations (NCSO) Web site. This section is designed for scholars/obligees who have received a scholarship from a Personnel Development Program grant awarded in 2005 and any year thereafter. This Web site provides answers to Frequently Asked Questions about service obligation regulations/requirements, and a portal to NCSO's Service Obligation Tracking System (SOTS), a secure, online database used to collect scholar/obligee contact and service obligation information for the tracking of service obligation fulfillment.
Scholars/obligees are required to update NCSO annually with their contact and employment information. Students are referred to as scholars while still enrolled in their training programs and referred to as obligees when they have exited/completed their training programs. When an Institution of Higher Education (IHE) enters and submits a record, the scholar/obligee is sent an e-mail with instructions on how to access the SOTS. Scholars/obligees must log in to the system to create an account, verify the contact and service obligation information entered by the IHE and enter employment records for positions that fulfill their service obligation. NCSO sends your employment records to your employers for verification.
Scholars/obligees may begin to fulfill their service obligation through eligible employment while still enrolled in the training program after they have completed one academic year of training. These scholars are provided access to the SOTS as soon as the IHE submits their contact information and current service obligation record to the SOTS.
