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I think unless you win, you just don't hear anything. I remember reading a blog of someone who had won NSF and hadn't heard anything back from NPSC even by May. Alternatively, you can try contacting them?

Did anyone hear anything? lol, I saw nothing in my email and it still says "In Review", granted, that doesn't mean much because this fellowship is managed very oddly.

I only recently finished the hoopla involved in the NDSEG application process. Protip: your department should have an accountant or at least SOMEONE at your university can notarize your proof of identity. Failing that, go to your bank. But that first part shouldn't fail.

Glad to see they're making movements on the waitlist people. Would hope to see the NSF doing something similar in the coming days.

Super cool. Welcome to the tribe, fellow awardee!

You only need to be in one of the four categories, it is not an ANDing of the four (that would be an eclectic group of people!).

I see in 2012 a person heard back on April 12th. This fellowship is so mysterious to me, the website is sooo backwards and unhelpful. Can anyone remember how to even login to the application? Edit: Found it: https://npsc.onlineapplications.net/applications/main.asp. Still says "In Review".

I did a GA; I just did normal research work under my adviser.

Aren't they on California time? So ... maybe later ... ?

Go for it, I'd be curious to know.

So unclear. Checked my spam folder and nothing. :/ Maybe next week. It's the last fellowship I have to hear about before I can notify all my letter writers.

They said on Facebook to email them if this happened to you.

Going along with what this says. Generally, going to a top tier school is supposed to a) connect you with more people who work in your discipline (more interesting problems and conversations that can lead to more productive work), a more competitive academic environment where you try to publish to keep up with the prestige of your school and the work ethic of your peers. Beyond this, the meaning isn't that much. Of course, if you do not plan on doing research/academia after graduation then the school name matters slightly more (not sure what you would be doing though, especially since Chemistry !). But really, its your own independent work ethic. Hiring committees at universities tend to pick candidates from better schools because the combination of a) and have led to more productive researchers that have better looking CVs. But you can still do it at a lower school, its just up to you. You need to: 1. Work very hard and consider everyone outside and inside your school as a rival, because that is the case even in year 1 of graduate school. You must shine! 2. Network aggressively at conferences and promote your work online as much as possible. 3. Publish as much as possible, and push your adviser to work in the same direction. 4. Plan for the future; what are the necessary goalposts to hit to move to a successful postdoc then maybe a high tier school? (Note: the answer is always the same ... publish or perish).

I applied for this and haven't heard anything. I don't understand how these fellowships can't send emails out to everyone at once like NDSEG/NSF seem to do. :/

Of course, could be ARO, but I don't think so!