; and (2) to increase the participation of researchers and institutions that have been historically underrepresented in Federal education research activities of the Institute, including historically Black colleges and universities, Tribal Colleges and Universities, Alaska Native-serving institutions, Native Hawaiian-serving institutions, and other minority-serving institutions. (b) Fellowships (1) In general The Director shall establish and maintain— (A) research, evaluation, and statistics fellowships in institutions of higher education (which may include the establishment of such fellowships in historically Black colleges and universities, Tribal Colleges and Universities, Alaska Native-serving institutions, Native Hawaiian-serving institutions, and other minority-serving institutions) that support— (i) graduate and postdoctoral study onsite at the Institute or at the institution of higher education; and (ii) early-career researchers