The Superior Graduate Fellows Program is designed to enhance Louisiana's ability to retain and attract top quality students by offering financially and academically attractive stipends or fellowships to graduate students. The emphasis in the Graduate Fellows Program is on doctoral programs, although Master's programs critical to Louisiana’s economic development are also eligible. The goals of the Graduate Fellows component are to elevate higher levels of performance in departments or units which have attained regional, national, or international standards of eminence; and/or promoted economic development within the state.