In order to qualify for this benefit program, you must have completed all Ph.D. coursework and passed all preliminary exams; have approval for the dissertation research proposal at the time of application; be entering the final year of writing the dissertation; and be a U.S. citizen, U.S. permanent resident, or U.S. national. Furthermore, you must be enrolled at a U.S. institution of higher education, and it is the Foundation’s intent that work conducted during the fellowship year be done in the U.S.