VIP is a contractor under MARAD Contract #693JF718C000070
The purpose of this program is to provide individualized assistance to maritime graduates that have a service obligation to find afloat employment. Only USMMA graduates and graduates of the six State Maritime Academies enrolled in the Student Incentive Payment (SIP) Program are eligible for this program. [California Maritime Academy, Maine Maritime Academy, Massachusetts Maritime Academy, Great Lakes Maritime Academy, Texas A&M Maritime Academy, and the State University of New York Maritime College]