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- § 1134. Award of Jacob K. Javits fellowships
- § 1134a. Allocation of fellowships
- § 1134b. Stipends
- § 1134c. Fellowship conditions
- § 1134d. Authorization of appropriations
§ 1134. Award of Jacob K. Javits fellowships
(a) Authority and timing of awards
(b) Designation of fellows
(c) Interruptions of study
(d) Process and timing of competition
(e) Authority to contract
(Pub. L. 89–329, title VII, § 701, as added Pub. L. 105–244, title VII, § 701, Oct. 7, 1998, 112 Stat. 1786; amended Pub. L. 110–315, title VII, § 702(a), Aug. 14, 2008, 122 Stat. 3345.)
§ 1134a. Allocation of fellowships
(a) Fellowship Board
(1) Appointment
(A) In general
(B) Qualifications
In making appointments under subparagraph (A), the Secretary shall—
(i) give due consideration to the appointment of individuals who are highly respected in the academic community;
(ii) appoint members who represent the various geographic regions of the United States;
(iii) ensure that individuals appointed to the Board are broadly representative of a range of disciplines in graduate education in arts, humanities, and social sciences; and
(iv) ensure that such individuals include representatives from institutions that are eligible for one or more of the grants under subchapter III or V.
(2) Duties
The Board shall—
(A) establish general policies for the program established by this subpart and oversee the program’s operation;
(B) establish general criteria for the award of fellowships in academic fields identified by the Board, or, in the event that the Secretary enters into a contract with a nongovernmental entity to administer the program assisted under this subpart, by such nongovernmental entity;
(C) appoint panels of academic scholars with distinguished backgrounds in the arts, humanities, and social sciences for the purpose of selecting fellows, except that, in the event that the Secretary enters into a contract with a nongovernmental entity to administer the program, such panels may be appointed by such nongovernmental entity; and
(D) prepare and submit to the Congress at least once in every 3-year period a report on any modifications in the program that the Board determines are appropriate.
(3) Consultations
(4) Term
(5) Initial meeting; vacancy
(6) Quorum; additional meetings
(A) A majority of the members of the Board shall constitute a quorum.
(B) The Board shall meet at least once a year or more frequently, as may be necessary, to carry out the Board’s responsibilities.
(7) Compensation
(b) Use of selection panels
(c) Fellowship portability
(Pub. L. 89–329, title VII, § 702, as added Pub. L. 105–244, title VII, § 701, Oct. 7, 1998, 112 Stat. 1787; amended Pub. L. 110–315, title VII, § 702(b), Aug. 14, 2008, 122 Stat. 3345.)
§ 1134b. Stipends
(a) Award by Secretary
(b) Institutional payments
(1) In general
(A) The Secretary shall (in addition to stipends paid to individuals under this subpart) pay to the institution of higher education, for each individual awarded a fellowship under this subpart at such institution, an institutional allowance. Except as provided in subparagraph (B), such allowance shall be, for academic year 2009–2010 and succeeding academic years, the same amount as the institutional payment made for academic year 2008–2009, adjusted for academic year 2009–2010 and annually thereafter in accordance with inflation as determined by the Department of Labor’s Consumer Price Index for the previous calendar year.
(B) The institutional allowance paid under subparagraph (A) shall be reduced by the amount the institution charges and collects from a fellowship recipient for tuition and other expenses as part of the recipient’s instructional program.
(2) Special rules
(A) Beginning March 1, 1992, any applicant for a fellowship under this subpart who has been notified in writing by the Secretary that such applicant has been selected to receive such a fellowship and is subsequently notified that the fellowship award has been withdrawn, shall receive such fellowship unless the Secretary subsequently makes a determination that such applicant submitted fraudulent information on the application.
(B) Subject to the availability of appropriations, amounts payable to an institution by the Secretary pursuant to this subsection shall not be reduced for any purpose other than the purposes specified under paragraph (1).
(Pub. L. 89–329, title VII, § 703, as added Pub. L. 105–244, title VII, § 701, Oct. 7, 1998, 112 Stat. 1789; amended Pub. L. 110–315, title VII, § 702(c)(1), Aug. 14, 2008, 122 Stat. 3346.)
§ 1134c. Fellowship conditions
(a) Requirements for receipt
(b) Reports from recipients
(Pub. L. 89–329, title VII, § 704, as added Pub. L. 105–244, title VII, § 701, Oct. 7, 1998, 112 Stat. 1789.)
§ 1134d. Authorization of appropriations
There are authorized to be appropriated $30,000,000 for fiscal year 2009 and each of the five succeeding fiscal years to carry out this subpart.
(Pub. L. 89–329, title VII, § 705, as added Pub. L. 105–244, title VII, § 701, Oct. 7, 1998, 112 Stat. 1790; amended Pub. L. 110–315, title VII, § 702(d), Aug. 14, 2008, 122 Stat. 3346.)