Jacob K. Javits Fellowship scheme generally famous as Javits Fellowships gives aid to undergraduate students of outstanding talent who desire to work for study at doctoral and Master of Fine Arts level in the said areas of arts, humanities and social sciences and are opted on the ground of expressed accomplishment, money necessity and extraordinary guarantee.

Jacob K. Javits Fellowship scheme generally famous as Javits Fellowships gives aid to undergraduate students of outstanding talent who desire to work for study at doctoral and Master of Fine Arts level in the said areas of arts, humanities and social sciences and are opted on the ground of expressed accomplishment, money necessity and extraordinary guarantee.

Javits Fellowship Board frames the general policies, decides various fields of study in which the fellowships gives and appoints dignified panel of experts for the selection of the candidates for the awards. Office of Postsecondary Education (OPE), The Department of Education administers the fellowships in conformity to the standards and criteria set by the Javits Fellowship Board.

The council selects qualifying undergraduate students based on pattern prepared by the board and they are to show and prove their money need by filling of Free Application for undergraduate.

Javits fellowship receives every year until completion of their degree or up to lesser of 48 months and subjects to money availability. The fellowships consists of stipend, which basis on the monetary need of the candidate, which in turn decides by the evaluation of the Federal Student Assistance Processing System and institutional payment, which is higher education institution accepts for the fellow in lieu of tuition and fees.

With regard to, the qualifying criteria, individuals need to be permanent residents of the US or any of its States. At the time of applications, the individuals should be entering into a doctoral program in the next academic year and still in their first year of doctoral program for which they intend to expect financial assistance. For particular studies where the final highest degree is masters, those individuals are eligible who will be starting a Master of Fine Arts Program in the next academic year.

Eligible applicants attending a graduate program, which will eventually lead to terminal master's degree or a doctorate in the specified field at the higher education institution, authorizes by an accrediting agency, which has gained recognition by the Secretary of the US Department of Education. The applicants who are pursuing their course in the foreign institution are not eligible.

Javit fellows are qualify to get loan, scholarship and work support in accordance to the Section 484 of the Higher Education Act of 1965, as modified and graduate students earlier receiver of Javits fellowship are ineligible.