§ 649.51 - What are the conditions and components of a fellowship for doctoral study?

(a) An award for a fellowship for doctoral study is for a total of three years, consisting of not more than two years of fellowship support for study or research, and not more than one year of support for dissertation work, provided that the fellow has attained satisfactory progress prior to the dissertation stage.

(b) Following the two years of fellowship support for study or research, the institution of higher education shall provide—

(1) Financial support in the amount of the fellow's financial need, as defined in § 649.6(b), or in an amount equal to the stipend awarded in the last year of fellowship support, whichever is less, for two years;

(2) A waiver of tuition and fees or an allowance on behalf of the fellow as full payment of tuition and fees required of the fellow by the institution as part of the fellow's instructional program for two years; and

(3)(i) Teaching requirements for the fellow that equal those required of other graduate teaching assistants at that institution; and

(ii) Supervision of the fellow's teaching for one year.

(c) Following two years of institutional support, the institution must include in its application for the third year of fellowship support for the fellow's dissertation work a certification that—

(1) The institution has provided two years of institutional support;

(2) The fellow satisfactorily completed one year of supervised teaching; and

(3) The fellow satisfactorily completed all pre-dissertation requirements.

(Approved by the Office of Management and Budget under control number 1840-0509)