Assistance program
Foreign Affairs IT (FAIT) Fellowship
$6.9 Million committed in FY2022–FY2026
- Agency
- State, Department of, State, Department of
- Assistance
- Not Applicable
- CFDA number
- 19.205
- What it does
- Develop new Information Technology talent for the Department of State’s Foreign Service at the undergraduate and graduate level; individuals who are dedicated to pursuing Foreign Service careers, and can effectively “respond to the complex challenges of modern diplomacy and international relations,†particularly in the vital Information Technology realm. The program seeks to attract and recruit highly talented and qualified candidates who represent the cultural, social, ethnic, racial, gender, and geographic diversity of the United States to a Foreign Service career in the U.S. Department of State through a program of educational support and professional development
- Who benefits
- Minority group, Specialized group (e.g. health professionals, students, veterans), Private nonprofit institution/organization, Quasi-public nonprofit organization, Education Professional, U.S. Citizen, Public nonprofit institution/organization, Other public institution/organization
- Who applies
- Public nonprofit institution/organization (includes institutions of higher education and hospitals), Other public institution/organization, Non-Government - General, Minority group, Private nonprofit institution/organization (includes institutions of higher education and hospitals), Quasi-public nonprofit institution/organization.
- Authorized by
- Public Law Statute 42,47-Section 150 - 1990-1991 Department of State Authorization Bill, Public Law 101-246,
Committed by fiscal year
* FY2026 is year-to-date — the fiscal year is still in progress, so its total is still filling in. The striped band and dashed line mark that provisional stretch.
Top recipients
By dollars committed.
How to read these numbers
- Committed through this program
Money committed under this assistance listing (its CFDA program), counted in the year each action happened.
- How it's paid
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- Awards, counted once
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- The colored bars
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Direct payments