CFR > Title 34 - Education > SUBTITLE B—Regulations of the Offices of the Department of Education > CHAPTER VI—OFFICE OF POSTSECONDARY EDUCATION, DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION (parts 600 to 694) > PART 657—FOREIGN LANGUAGE AND AREA STUDIES FELLOWSHIPS PROGRAM > SUBPART A—General (§657.1 to §657.5) > 657.3—Who is eligible to receive a fellowship?

657.3—Who is eligible to receive a fellowship?

A student is eligible to receive a fellowship if the student—
(a) (1) Is a citizen or national of the United States; or
(2) Is a permanent resident of the United States;
(b) Is accepted for enrollment or is enrolled—
(1) In an institution receiving an allocation of fellowships; and
(2) In a program that combines modern foreign language training with—
(i) Area or international studies; or
(ii) Research and training in the international aspects of professional and other fields of study;
(c) Shows potential for high academic achievement based on such indices as grade point average, class ranking, or similar measures that the institution may determine;
(d) Is enrolled in a program of modern foreign language training in a language for which the institution has developed or is developing performance-based instruction;
(e) In the case of an undergraduate student, is in the intermediate or advanced study of a less commonly taught language; or
(f) In the case of a graduate student, is engaged in—
(1) Predissertation level study;
(2) Preparation for dissertation research;
(3) Dissertation research abroad; or
(4) Dissertation writing.

Code of Federal Regulations

(Authority: 20 U.S.C. 1122 )

Code of Federal Regulations

[61 FR 50202, Sept. 24, 1996, as amended at 74 FR 35073, July 17, 2009]