Jacob J. Javits Fellowship Program

The program provides financial assistance to students who have demonstrated: 1) superior academic ability and achievement; 2) exceptional promise; 3) financial need to undertake graduate study leading to a doctoral degree or a master's degree in which the master's degree is the terminal highest degree in the selected field of study (e.g. MFA). The Department of Education awards fellowships in selected fields of study of the arts, humanities and social sciences. Twenty percent of the fellowships are awarded in the social sciences, twenty percent in the arts, and sixty percent in the humanities. A minimum of sixty percent of the awards shall be made to students who have no graduate credits.