Title IV – National Defense Fellowships

E1026774

Title IV – National Defense Fellowships was a federal program established in the late 1950s to provide graduate-level fellowships aimed at strengthening the United States’ scientific, technical, and defense-related education and research capacity.

All labels observed (1)

Label Occurrences
Title IV – National Defense Fellowships canonical 1

How this entity was disambiguated

Statements (31)

Predicate Object
instanceOf United States education program ⓘ
federal fellowship program ⓘ
administeredBy United States federal government ⓘ
aimedAt enhancing U.S. research capacity in strategic fields ⓘ
strengthening U.S. research universities ⓘ
appliesTo graduate education ⓘ
benefitType fellowship ⓘ
country United States ⓘ
educationLevel graduate ⓘ
establishedInPeriod late 1950s ⓘ
field defense-related research ⓘ
science ⓘ
technology ⓘ
focus defense-related manpower development ⓘ
scientific manpower development ⓘ
technical manpower development ⓘ
fundingSource federal funds ⓘ
goal to increase the supply of highly trained engineers ⓘ
to increase the supply of highly trained scientists ⓘ
to support national defense needs through education ⓘ
historicalContext Cold War era ⓘ
linked to: Cold War
purpose to provide graduate-level fellowships ⓘ
to strengthen U.S. defense-related education capacity ⓘ
to strengthen U.S. defense-related research capacity ⓘ
to strengthen U.S. scientific education capacity ⓘ
to strengthen U.S. technical education capacity ⓘ
relatedTo U.S. national defense policy ⓘ
U.S. science and technology policy ⓘ
sector higher education ⓘ
targetGroup graduate students in science and technology fields ⓘ
typeOfSupport financial support for graduate study ⓘ

How these facts were elicited

Referenced by (1)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Public Law 85-864 → section → Title IV – National Defense Fellowships ⓘ