The NSF Graduate Research Fellowship is of interest to individuals interested in graduate education in science, mathematics, and engineering.
With 900 awards made by NSF in 2003, nearly 1 in 7 applicants were offered an NSF Graduate Research Fellowship. Applicants who demonstrate good research experience and strong faculty support have traditionally been successful in the competition.
By visiting the NSF web site at http://www.nsf.gov/funding/
pgm_summ.jsp?pims_id=6201 students may access the Guidelines
for Submission of Applications for the competition, view a
sample-rating sheet used in the review of fellowship applications,
and link to the electronic application process via NSF's FastLane
system.
Application materials should be submitted via FastLane according
to the schedule on the website's program guidelines (dependent
on proposed graduate field of study). Deadlines fall in early
November.
Also available at http://www.nsf.gov/funding/
pgm_summ.jsp?pims_id=6201 are copies of the Suggestions for the Proposed Plan of Research and Faculty Mentoring of Potential Applicants. These documents provide information regarding the Proposed Plan of Research, which is a significant component of the application, and the role faculty mentors can play for applicants. Both documents will assist in supporting applicants to this program.
Applicants must be United States citizens or nationals,
or permanent resident aliens of the United States. Those eligible
to apply are college seniors, first-year graduate students,
and others who have completed a limited amount of graduate
study in science, mathematics, or engineering. Women who intend
to pursue graduate degrees in engineering or in computer and
information science and engineering and who meet the eligibility
requirements above can apply for the additional WENG or WICS
awards.
The ORAU/NSF Fellowship Operations office can be reached via electronic mail nsfgrfp@orau.gov via telephone toll free at (866) 353-0905. Please feel free to contact them with any questions.
