If you are applying this year to start a MA-PhD program in the humanities or social sciences next year, read this:
The Department of Education has issued a notice inviting applications for the Jacob K. Javits (graduate) Fellowship Program, copied below. This year the invitational priorities include area studies, less commonly taught languages, and homeland security. I also have copied below the list of invitational priorities noted in the Federal Register announcement. Deadline for applications is October 6, 2006. For full details, see the Federal Register announcement at http://www.ed.gov/legislation/FedRegister/announcements/2006-3/082506b.html
Regards,
Miriam Kazanjian
Coalition for International Education
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Notices Inviting Applications (September 12, 2006)
RECENT "NOTICES INVITING APPLICATIONS" (grant opportunities)
from the U.S. Department of Education (ED) include those
related to:
* Jacob K. Javits Fellowship Program -- CFDA# 84.170A
Information about ED funding opportunities, including
discretionary grant application packages, are at:
http://www.ed.gov/fund/landing.jhtml
Below is information from the notice inviting applications.
For more complete information, please see the notice itself;
however, please note that while we *try* to ensure that the
version on the web and the Federal Register notice are the
same, the Federal Register notice is the one to consult for
complete and authoritative information.
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Jacob K. Javits Fellowship Program (Federal Register: August 25,
2006 [CFDA# 84.170A])
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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:
http://www.ed.gov/legislation/FedRegister/announcements/2006-3/082506b.html
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Also from the Federal Register Announcement on the Javits Fellowships:
Priorities: For FY 2007 these priorities are invitational
priorities. Under 34 CFR 75.105(c)(1) we do not give an application
that meets these invitational priorities a competitive or absolute
preference over other applications.
These priorities are:
Invitational Priority 1
Within the eligible fields under Humanities, the Secretary is
particularly interested in receiving applications from students
studying 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).
Invitational Priority 2
Within the eligible fields under Humanities, the Secretary is
particularly interested in receiving applications from students
studying non-American history, especially the modern history of the
Middle East, Asia, India, and Latin America.
Invitational Priority 3
Within the eligible fields under Social Sciences, the Secretary is
particularly interested in receiving applications from students
studying criminology especially as it relates to issues surrounding
homeland security.
Program Authority: 20 U.S.C. 1134-1134d.
Applicable Regulations: (a) The Education Department General
Administrative Regulations (EDGAR) in 34 CFR parts 74, 75 (except as
provided in 34 CFR 650.3(b)), 77, 82, 84, 85, 86, 97, 98 and 99. (b)
The regulations for this program in 34 CFR part 650.
