AGENCY: U.S. Department of Education/Office of Postsecondary Education (OPE) PROGRAM: Jacob K. Javits Fellowship Program OBJECTIVES: This program provides fellowships to eligible students of superior ability, selected on the basis of demonstrated achievement, financial need, and exceptional promise, to undertake graduate study in specific fields in the arts, humanities, and social sciences leading to a doctoral degree or to a master's degree in those fields in which the master's degree is the highest degree awarded. The selected fields in the arts are: creative writing, music performance, music theory, music composition, music literature, studio arts (including photography), television, film, cinematography, theater arts, playwriting, screenwriting, acting, and dance. The selected fields in the humanities are: art history (including architectural history), archeology, area studies, classics, comparative literature, English language and literature, folklore, folk life, foreign languages and literature, history, linguistics, philosophy, religion (excluding study of religious vocation), speech, rhetoric, and debate. The selected fields in the social sciences are: anthropology, communications and media, economics, ethnic and cultural studies, geography, political science, psychology (excluding clinical psychology), public policy and public administration, and sociology (excluding the master’s and doctoral degrees in social work). ELIGIBILITY RESTRICTIONS: Eligibility is limited to students who, at the time of application (1) have not completed their first full year of study for a doctoral degree or a Master of Fine Arts, or will be entering such a program in academic year 2010-2011; (2) are eligible to receive grant, loan, or work assistance pursuant to section 484 of the Higher Education Act of 1965, as amended (HEA); and (3) intend to pursue a doctoral or master's degree in fields selected by the JKJ Fellowship Board. An individual must be a citizen or national of the United States, a permanent resident of the United States, in the United States for other than a temporary purpose and intending to become a permanent resident, or a citizen of any one of the Freely Associated States. DEADLINE: October 5, 2009 FUNDING INFORMATION: The Department of Education plans to award approximately 27 individual fellowships. The estimated average size of awards is $43,755 for up to four years. AGENCY CONTACT: |
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