The Jacob K. Javits Fellowship Program
is authorized by Title VII, Part A, Subpart 1 of the Higher
Education Act of 1965, as amended and provides up to four years of
financial assistance to students to undertake graduate study at the
doctoral and Master of Fine Arts level in selected fields of arts,
humanities, and social sciences. Fellows are selected on the basis
of 1) superior academic ability demonstrated by their achievements
and exceptional promise; and 2) financial need.The amounts of new
and continuing awards are based on a students financial need as
determined by the Title IV, Part F needs analysis system. Each
individual fellows need must be assessed and reported each year,
along with a continuing fellows academic progress as determined by
the institution. This collection is completed annually by grantee
institutions to report on the fellows' progress and levels of
financial need for the next academic year. ED uses this data to
calculate fellowship amounts and the total grant amount sent to
each institution for each fiscal year.
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