The Graduate School
Jacob K. Javits Fellowships
The program provides financial assistance to students who have demonstrated (1) superior ability and achievement; (2) exceptional promise; and (3) financial need to undertake graduate study leading to a doctoral degree or Master of Fine Arts (MFA). The Department of Education awards fellowships in selected fields of study of the arts, humanities and social sciences.
Eligibility:
Student must not yet have completed their first full year of doctoral or MFA
study or are entering graduate school for the first in the next academic
year. A minimum of sixty percent of the awards will be made to entering graduate
students, twenty percent to students in the social sciences, twenty percent
in the arts. Applicants must be U.S. citizens or nationals, permanent residents
of the U.S., or citizens of any one of the Freely Associated States.
Application Deadline:
early October
Stipend: In fiscal year 2006, the stipend was $11,511 and the maximum was $30,000.
Address:
To request an application, call (202) 502-7542
E-mail: ope_javits_program@ed.gov
Web site: http://www.ed.gov/programs/jacobjavits/