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That exact number is unfortunately unknown. Sucks, right?

Oh I've done it long ago, and it was depressing.

You can sort by discipline and count, but it's a bit tedious. https://www.fastlane.nsf.gov/grfp/AwardeeList.do?method=loadAwardeeList So, I read my daughter Horton Hatches the Egg, and now I'm drinking another beer. Life is good.

I'm rooting for you!

Eh, this is my last undergrad semester, and my only responsibilities is grading for one course (which I currently have nothing for) and finishing my last Spanish class (which I'm acing). This is the slowest semester I've had in years.

Well, as we wait, I'm looking at elective courses that I want to take. Ergh, there's too many that directly parallel my research. How am I supposed to choose?!

I mean, I wove it into the proposal, but didn't separately mention it. Eh well. I'm hoping my reviewers are humanities people and they can appreciate the finesse required to seamlessly incorporate the two. At least that's my hope. Haha.

Oh, I can certainly still put it off, but I've grown a strong sense of apathy and overwhelming attraction to sleep as I get older. Mmm. Sleep. Yup, it's pretty fun! And I forgot to put a separate broader impacts section, too, but eh well. I doubt it hurt me as badly as it could have.

You know, I think as I sit here and enjoy my beer, I haven't seen a thread this active on Grad Cafe this cycle. I hope at least some of us get the NSF GRFP. I'm perfectly happy if at least someone gets it.

I'll probably wait until year two. At this point I have two extra presentations, and by year two I might have a pending publication on the exact topic I proposed.

Welp. Time to nab a drink while I wait. #BeerOClock

I'd much rather wait when I know. Yeah, the chances of there being a lot of history of science people who are already published is ludicrous. How many humanities students are published? I grade undergrad papers. They are nearly always terrible!

Awwww... That could have been fun.

Yup. I own it on Amazon. I should watch it tonight to pass the hours.

I shall become the NSF thread keeper of the memes.

Brownie points if someone knows which movie this is from. I've really been enjoying Coop F5. It's probably geographically specific to Oklahoma, but it's super hoppy and delicious. http://coopaleworks.com/beers/f5-ipa/

This is a good suggestion, and it helps that a lot of IPAs are fairly high point beers, too.

I ultimately chose the school that I stated in the application materials (because I received funding there), but being awarded one would have affected my decision, definitely.

Cheaper seems to be the wiser option in library programs, unless you want to study something highly specific.

That sounds... declicious.

Well, it's a little hard to get authentic Cadbury chocolate here in the US, so you should be fine once you get here, if that's your poison.

Mine actually directly parallels the research I'd like to do in graduate school. In fact, the proposal wouldn't be a terrible dissertation proposal. I've been lucky in that my interests have been continually nurtured as I've finished my undergraduate degree. My senior capstone paper is probably a good third of what my masters thesis will be, and my statement of purpose for the program I'm going to attend stated as much. I still don't think I have much of a chance, but I do think I'm far more focused than most of my peers (e.g., those who are still undergraduates). I hope I have better odds than the 10% anyway. Edit: Aw man, I reread my personal statement. I typoed "if" as "f" in my last sentence. Oh well.

Well, at least you're self-aware.

Will finish Free Radicals today, and, while I enjoyed it, I think Brooks romanticizes the necessity for 'scientist anarchists' far too much. Next up is Brave New World by Huxley. Never read it before, and I think it's time.

You make good points. Honestly, I think my research proposal was incredibly polished, considered, and holds high potential, but I'm afraid that it's not something that is considered topically important right now. If I get a cranky reviewer who thinks my ideas are stupid, I'm doomed. Although, it is a DH project. The digital humanities-esque part of it probably ups its appeal a measure. DH projects seem to do well with grants.