About AI Usage in CHDS Applications
The NPS Academic Honor Code holds that “unless otherwise stated by the instructor or advisor, all work submitted in fulfillment of graduation requirements will be the student’s own.” In keeping with this policy, it is not acceptable to submit as one’s own work any text, code, image, or multimedia output by generative AI tools. If any text, code, image, or multimedia output from generative AI tools is included in one’s work, it must be marked and attributed. No acknowledgement is needed for uses of generative Al to support (but not produce) one’s final product, much as one might use search engines, library databases, grammar checkers, online dictionaries and thesauruses, or task planners.
In-residence REP Executive Education Program and REP Early Career Executive Education Program applications are now being accepted.
- December 30 deadline for admittance to the next cohorts.
Please note that the application deadlines for the executive cohort and early career cohort are the same. In the application, you will be able to identify whether you would like to be considered for the executive cohort, the early career cohort, or both. If you believe you may qualify for both programs, please request to be considered for both programs. The application review team will consider the relevancy and level of applicants’ positions, radiological emergency preparedness responsibilities across geographical areas, and the experience and knowledge they will bring to the program. A significant objective of the REP program is to establish relationships between cohort members across disciplines, agencies, and levels of government so that participants can utilize their network to develop new radiological emergency preparedness policies, strategies, and plans to solve problems. Therefore, program participant selection with each cohort (the executive cohort and the early career cohort) will also consider the potential benefit of relationship building to the applicant.
Application overview
- Current contact information
- Your organization/agency and your position in it
- Your resume
- A letter of recommendation
- Essay for the REP Executive Program: Senior Leadership Challenges in Practice (if applying): Reflecting on the past two years, describe a significant strategic policy challenge you encountered in your role as a senior leader. How did you approach and resolve the issue, what was the outcome, and what key insights did you gain from the experience? (<4000 characters)
- Essay for the REP Early Career Program: Innovation in Practice (if applying): As an emerging leader, you are invited to identify and propose an idea for meaningful change within your organization. This could involve a new policy, program, process, approach, system, or use of technology. Your idea should address a specific organizational challenge or opportunity. Your essay should: 1) Clearly define a problem, gap, or opportunity for improvement within your organization. 2) Describe your proposed solution or idea for change, including how it would address the identified issue. 3) Identify potential organizational barriers, challenges, or resistance you might face in pursuing this change. Selected participants will further develop their proposal as part of the program’s pre-coursework and present it to their cohort for peer feedback. After completing the program, participants will be encouraged to share their proposal with their agency’s leadership for potential implementation. (<5000 characters)
- Question 1: Describe how your work contributes to strengthening radiological emergency preparedness in your jurisdiction and across your region. (< 2000 characters)
- Question 2: How do you plan to influence radiological emergency preparedness in the next three to five years, and what impact do you hope to make in the field? (< 2000 characters)
- Question 3: In what ways have you built capabilities, fostered relationships, and enhanced collaboration—both within your organization and across communities in your jurisdiction—to enhance radiological emergency preparedness? (< 2000 characters)
- Question 4: Please describe two or three recent projects you’ve led or contributed to that are related to radiological emergency preparedness. What made these efforts significant, and how have they strengthened preparedness and response capabilities at the national, state, and/or local/community level? (< 4000 characters)
- Question 5: What do you see as the most significant emerging threat or challenge to off-site emergency preparedness, response, and recovery for fixed nuclear facilities in the next decade? Why is it critical to address this issue now? (< 2000 characters)