34 CFR § 650.1 - What is the Jacob K. Javits Fellowship Program?
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identifier: "/us/cfr/t34/s650.1"
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title: "34 CFR § 650.1 - What is the Jacob K. Javits Fellowship Program?"
title_number: 34
title_name: "Education"
section_number: "650.1"
section_name: "What is the Jacob K. Javits Fellowship Program?"
chapter_name: "OFFICE OF POSTSECONDARY EDUCATION, DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION"
part_number: "650"
part_name: "JACOB K. JAVITS FELLOWSHIP PROGRAM"
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currency: "2026-04-05"
last_updated: "2026-04-05"
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generator: "[email protected]"
authority: "20 U.S.C. 1134-1134d, unless otherwise noted."
regulatory_source: "58 FR 58084, Oct. 28, 1993, unless otherwise noted."
cfr_part: "650"
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# 650.1 What is the Jacob K. Javits Fellowship Program?
(a) Under the Jacob K. Javits Fellowship Program the Secretary awards fellowships to students of superior ability selected on the basis of demonstrated achievement, financial need, and exceptional promise, for study at the doctoral level in selected fields of the arts, humanities, and social sciences.
(b) Students awarded fellowships under this program are called Jacob K. Javits Fellows.
(Authority: 20 U.S.C. 1134)
[58 FR 58084, Oct. 28, 1993, as amended at 64 FR 3199, Jan. 20, 1999]