---
kind: "section"
citation: "34 C.F.R. § 648.40"
title: "34"
number: "648.40"
heading: "How does an academic department select fellows?"
url: "https://uscodex.org/cfr/34/648.40"
---

# §648.40. How does an academic department select fellows?

- (a) In selecting individuals to receive fellowships, an academic department shall consider only individuals who—
  - (1) Are currently enrolled as graduate students, have been accepted at the grantee institution, or are enrolled or accepted as graduate students at an eligible nondegree-granting institution;
  - (2) Are of superior ability;
  - (3) Have an excellent academic record;
  - (4) Have financial need;
  - (5) Are planning to pursue the highest possible degree available in their course of study;
  - (6) Are planning a career in teaching or research;
  - (7) Are not ineligible to receive assistance under [34 CFR 75.60](/cfr/34/75.60.md); and
  - (8)
    - (i) Are United States citizens or nationals;
    - (ii) Are permanent residents of the United States;
    - (iii) Provide evidence from the Immigration and Naturalization Service that they are in the United States for other than a temporary purpose with the intention of becoming permanent residents; or
    - (iv) **Are citizens of any one of the Freely Associated States.**
- (b) An individual who satisfies the eligibility criteria in [paragraph (a)](#a) of this section, but who attends an institution that does not offer the highest possible degree available in the individual's course of study, is eligible for a fellowship if the individual plans to attend subsequently an institution that offers this degree.

## Notes

### Amendments

[58 FR 65842, Dec. 16, 1993, as amended at 64 FR 13487, Mar. 18, 1999]

### Authority

Authority: 20 U.S.C. 1135-1135e, unless otherwise noted.

### Source

Source: 58 FR 65842, Dec. 16, 1993, unless otherwise noted.

### Amendments

[58 FR 65842, Dec. 16, 1993, as amended at 64 FR 13487, Mar. 18, 1999]