Javits Fellowships

Who Can Apply

Functional Categories:
Resource Development and Support - Student Financial Aid

Applicants:
U.S. Territories And Possessions (Includes Institutions Of Higher Education, Hospitals)
Anyone/General Public

Applicant Eligibility:
Eligibility is limited to U.S. citizens or nationals, permanent residents of the United States, and citizens of any one of the Freely Associated States. An individual who is enrolled or plans to enroll in a terminal degree program is eligible only if he or she is a citizen of the United States. Applicants must be enrolled or eligible to be enrolled in a graduate program in an approved field of study at an accredited institution of higher education. In fiscal year 1999 sixty percent of new awards shall be available for fellowships to otherwise eligible applicants who have earned no graduate credit hours. The remaining forty percent of new awards shall be available for fellowships to all otherwise eligible applicants who are within the first year of graduate study. In each of these two categories, a minimum of sixty percent of these new fellowships shall be awarded to applicants in the humanities, twenty percent to applicants in the social sciences, and twenty percent to applicants in the arts.

Beneficiaries:
Quasi-public non-profit organization
Private non-profit institution/organization
Public nonprofit institution/organization
U. S. Territories

Beneficiary Eligibility:
Citizens and nationals of the United States, permanent residents of the United States, and citizens of any one of the Freely Associated States.

Credentials/Documentation:
Regulations were published in the Federal Register on January 19, 1998. This program is excluded from coverage under OMB Circular No. A-87.