Who is eligible to receive a fellowship under this program?
34 C.F.R. § 663.3
in effectEffective: 2024-07-01An individual is eligible to receive a fellowship if the individual—
(a)(1) Is a citizen or national of the United States; or
(2) Is a permanent resident of the United States;
(b) Is employed by an institution of higher education;
(c) Has been engaged in teaching relevant to his or her foreign language or area studies specialization for the two years immediately preceding the date of the award;
(d) Proposes research relevant to his or her modern foreign language or area specialization which is not dissertation research for a doctoral degree; and
(e) Possesses sufficient foreign language skills to carry out the research project.
Source: eCFRURL: https://www.ecfr.gov/api/versioner/v1/full/2024-07-01/title-34.xmlFetched: 7/26/2026