Eligibility Requirements for the FAIT Fellowship
The FAIT Fellowship, designed as a two-year cohort model, offers both undergraduate and graduate fellowships.
The application for the 2025 cohort now closed. The application for the 2026 cohort is planned to open in fall 2025.
To be eligible for the 2025 cohort, you must:
- Be a U.S. Citizen, when you submit your application for the FAIT Fellowship.
- Be enrolled, or planning to enroll, in a full-time IT-related bachelor’s or master’s degree program at a U.S.-based accredited institution.
- Be on a timeline to graduate with your bachelor’s or master’s degree in spring 2027 after completing four full-time semesters as a FAIT Fellow starting in fall 2025. (If you are in an accelerated bachelor’s/master’s degree program, please email FAITFellowship@twc.edu to see if you are eligible).
- Hold a cumulative 3.2 GPA or higher on a 4.0 scale.
As a selected FAIT Fellow, you must:
- Maintain a 3.2 GPA or higher on a 4.0 scale throughout the FAIT Fellowship program.
- Obtain and maintain security clearances and suitability requirements, and meet the minimum medical qualification standard.
- Agree to a five-year commitment as a Foreign Service Diplomatic Technology Officer upon successful completion of the program and the State Department’s entry requirements.