1. Applicants to the AF SFFP must be citizens or legal permanent residents of the United States.
2. Applicants must currently hold a full-time appointment at a U.S. accredited baccalaureate-granting college, university, or technical institution.
3. Applicants must have a Ph.D in science, mathematics, or Air Force-relevant engineering disciplines.
4. Applicants' research interests must be in line with the interests and needs of the various Air Force Research Facilities. These include the nine Air Force Research Laboratory Directorates, Air Force Test Center, the United States Air Force Academy, and the Air Force Institute of Technology. Click here to learn more about the areas of interest to the various Air Force Research Facilities as well as to learn more about the areas of interest to the various Air Force Research Facilities and for contact information for each facility.
5. Selected fellows are expected to conduct research at an Air Force Research Laboratory Directorate, Air Force Test Center, the U.S. Air Force Academy, or the Air Force Institute of Technology, not at their home institution or any other site.
6. All appointments are subject to the participant's successful security investigation and approved access to unclassified government information systems.

AF SFFP faculty participants have the opportunity to bring a graduate student with them.

These students must meet the following requirements:

1. They must be citizens or legal permanent residents of the United States.
2. They must be currently pursuing a graduate degree (master’s or Ph.D.).
3. They must be enrolled in graduate school for the semester following the fellowship program.
4. They must hold to the same guidelines outlined for their faculty counterparts. (See numbers 4-6 above.)