---
kind: "section"
citation: "34 C.F.R. § 662.3"
title: "34"
number: "662.3"
heading: "Who is eligible to receive a fellowship under this program?"
url: "https://uscodex.org/cfr/34/662.3"
---

# §662.3. Who is eligible to receive a fellowship under this program?


An individual is eligible to receive a fellowship if the individual—

- (a)
  - (1) Is a citizen or national of the United States; or
  - (2) Is a permanent resident of the United States;
- (b)
  - (1) Is a graduate student in good standing at an institution of higher education; and
  - (2) When the fellowship period begins, is admitted to candidacy in a doctoral degree program in modern foreign languages and area studies at that institution;
- (c) Is planning a teaching career in the United States upon completion of his or her doctoral program; and
- (d) **Possesses sufficient foreign language skills to carry out the dissertation research project.**

## Notes

### Authority

Authority: Section 102(b)(6) of the Mutual Educational and Cultural Exchange Act of 1961 (Fulbright-Hays Act), 22 U.S.C. 2452(b)(6), unless otherwise noted.

### Source

Source: 63 FR 46361, Aug. 31, 1998, unless otherwise noted.