Title 20 — EducationRelease 119-73not60
§4509 Fellowship Conditions
Title 20 › Chapter 57— JAMES MADISON MEMORIAL FELLOWSHIP PROGRAM › § 4509
Summary
Madison Fellows get payments only while the Foundation finds they are making acceptable progress in an approved study or research program. Junior fellows must spend nearly full time on their program. The Foundation may require reports and a school official’s signed certificate confirming progress, unless it allows exceptions.
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Title 20, §4509
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(a)A student awarded a Madison Fellowship shall continue to receive payments only during such periods as the Foundation finds that the student is maintaining satisfactory progress in an approved program of study or research. Recipients of junior fellowships shall devote essentially full time to their program of study.
(b)The Foundation is authorized to require reports from any fellowship recipient containing such information, in such form, and to be filed at such times as the Foundation determines to be necessary. Such reports shall be accompanied by a certificate from an appropriate official at the institution of higher education, approved by the Foundation, stating that such student is making satisfactory progress in a program of study or research, with such exceptions as the Foundation may establish.
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Codification Pub. L. 99–591 is a corrected version of Pub. L. 99–500.
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20 U.S.C. § 4509
Title 20 — Education
Last Updated
Apr 5, 2026
Release point: 119-73not60