; 50 U.S.C. 3161 note). 937. Strategic Defense Fellows Program (a) Fellowship program (1) In general Not later than one year after the date of the enactment of this Act, the Secretary of Defense shall establish within the Department of Defense a civilian fellowship program designed to provide leadership development and the commencement of a career track toward senior leadership in the Department. (2) Designation The fellowship program shall be known as the Strategic Defense Fellows Program (in this section referred to as the fellows program ). (b) Eligibility An individual is eligible for participation in the fellows program if the individual— (1) is a citizen of the United States or a lawful permanent resident of the United States in the year in which the individual applies for participation in the fellows program; and (2) either— (A) possesses a graduate degree from an accredited institution of higher education in the United States that was awarded not later than two years before the date of the acceptance of the individual into the fellows program