---
kind: "section"
citation: "34 C.F.R. § 663.3"
title: "34"
number: "663.3"
heading: "Who is eligible to receive a fellowship under this program?"
url: "https://uscodex.org/cfr/34/663.3"
---

# §663.3. 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) Is employed by an institution of higher education;
- (c) Has been engaged in teaching relevant to his or her foreign language or area studies specialization for the two years immediately preceding the date of the award;
- (d) Proposes research relevant to his or her modern foreign language or area specialization which is not dissertation research for a doctoral degree; and
- (e) **Possesses sufficient foreign language skills to carry out the research project.**

## Notes

### Authority

Authority: Sec. 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 46363, Aug. 31, 1998, unless otherwise noted.