Purpose of Program: The purpose of the JKJ Fellowship Program is to
award fellowships to eligible students of superior ability,
selected on the basis of demonstrated achievement, financial need,
and exceptional promise, to undertake graduate study in selected
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 terminal highest degree awarded in the
selected field of study at accredited institutions of higher
education. 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: American
history, art history (including architectural history), archeology,
area studies, classics, comparative literature, English language
and literature, folklore, folk life, foreign languages and
literature, foreign languages that are less commonly taught as
follows: Arabic, Chinese, Japanese, Korean, Russian, Indic family
(including Hindi, Urdu, Sinhala, Bengali, Nepali, Punjabi, Marathi,
Gujarati, Oriya, Assamese); Iranian family (including Dari, Farsi,
Tajiki, Kurdish, Pashto, Balochi); and Turkic family (including
Turkish, Azerbaijani/Azeri, Kazakh, Kyrgyz, Turkmen, Uzbek,
Uyghur), linguistics, non-American history, philosophy, religion
(excluding study of religious vocation), speech, rhetoric, and
debate. The selected fields in the social sciences are:
Anthropology, communications and media, criminology, 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).
Applications Available: August 25, 2006.
Deadline for Transmittal of Applications: October 6, 2006.
Deadline for Transmittal of the Free Application for Federal
Student Aid (FAFSA): January 31, 2007.
Eligible Applicants: Individuals who at the time of
application: (1) Have not completed their first full year of study
for a doctoral degree or a master's degree in those fields in which
the master's degree is the terminal highest degree awarded in the
selected field of study, or will be entering a doctoral degree
program or a master's degree program in those fields in which the
master's degree is the terminal highest degree awarded in the
selected field of study in academic year 2007-2008; (2) are
eligible to receive grant, loan, or work assistance pursuant to
section 484 of the Higher Education Act of 1965, 20 U.S.C. 1091, as
amended (HEA); and (3) intend to pursue a doctoral or master's
degree in fields selected by the Jacob K. Javits (JKJ) Fellowship
Board at accredited U.S. institutions of higher education. 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.
Estimated Average Size of Awards: $42,652.
Estimated Number of Awards: 46.
Additional Information: Applicable regulations, priorities, and
other information are available in the Federal Register notice.
Additional information is available online at:
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