For some of the programs listed, this year s competition is now closed or very close to closing. The programs are nonetheless worth remembering for later years. Deadlines will be on or very close to the dates given. The Department of Defense awards fellowships for study and research leading to doctoral degrees in mathematical, physical, biological, ocean and engineering sciences. Fellowships are for masters and doctoral level students in disciplines relating to environmental management, including physical, biological, and social sciences and engineering.
Grantees usually plan their own programs.
The Department of Education administers the Javits Fellowships, designed to assist students of superior ability to pursue graduate programs leading to the doctorate or MFA in selected fields in the arts, humanities, and social sciences. The sponsor offers fellowships for graduate study leading to research-based master's or doctoral degrees in the mathematical, physical, biological, engineering, behavioral, and social sciences, and in the history and philosophy of science. Awards are also made for work toward a research- based Ph.D. in science education that requires a science competence comparable to that for Ph.D. candidates in those disciplines. Topics must concern education, but applicants may be from any field of study. All pre-dissertation requirements must be completed before the fellowship is awarded.