Female students aged 25 and over with critical financial need are eligible. The applicant must be accepted into an accredited program or course of study at a U.S. institution, including institutions in Puerto Rico and the Virgin Islands, and be graduating with 12 to 24 months from date of grant. Applicants also demonstrate critical need for financial assistance.
Students receive stipends for each year.
The air force sponsors about 25 fellows per year. The fellowships are for study and research in areas of interest to the air force. Air force graduate fellowships are tenable at any United States institution of higher education offering a Ph.D. in science or engineering. Those fellows selected and sponsored by the air force laboratory, but they are not required to spend a summer at an air force laboratory. The UPE initiated this awards with the IEEE Computer Society, as the largest association of computer professionals, to raise the importance of academic achievement in our future computer professionals.