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Honorable Mention VG/VG F/G VG/E Proposed topic is in image processing/signal processing. The most useful criticism came from the second reviewer, who said that he/she needed to see more math in the proposal. The first reviewer gave me one-line reviews. Third one wrote paragraphs, but on reading them it's obvious he/she just copy-pasted from the letters of rec and from my own statements.

Does anyone know what will happen to my application if I failed a class this winter? I'm taking a class that is outside my department, (pass/no pass option). Due to health problems, I am unable to finish the course. The professor has told me that filing an incomplete is not an option. If I failed the class, and then had my GRFP accepted, would the NSF rescind the fellowship after seeing that I failed a course?

Sorry to hear that, but I would suggest not saying anything, since the PI will have that LOR on hand and could be adapted to another fellowship (Ford foundation?). Edit: Sorry, can't reply to OP since forum is quoting the wrong person. This should not be a reply to rehab-robotics.

Looks great. Was just struggling with this... I was going to use the IEEE Transactions style, since it used 10-point font as well. I may end up just "hard coding" a bibliography and put everything in a single line in the tex file. That way the layout engine will not add carriage returns. I've seen some proposals where they manage to fit 10 or more references. Currently I only have room for 4! Anyway, please post the .bst file!

Thanks everyone for the excellent information in these threads so far... I have a question that came to mind after watching this video today, from the nsfgrfp.org website. In the video they touch on the LOR writers, and several times they mention people who know you professionally. I recently earned a BS in Electrical Engineering and am currently enrolled in a graduate program. Fortunately, over the past year I have been working as an engineer for a small company that does embedded work. This job has given me much experience as an engineer, and the bosses (CTO and CEO) have both said that they are willing to write strong letters of recommendation. Of course, their context is the job market, not the NSF grant. And they have mentioned this because the funds of the company are drying up ("bleeding money" as they put it) and they have recommended that I shop around for another job. The CTO knows me very well. He knows what type of work ethic I have. He probably knows me better than the letter writers who will be coming from academia. But he does not hold a PhD, and the job overlaps with my proposed research topic to a certain degree, but not completely. Is it a bad idea to chose a writer that comes from industry? This will be my first time applying for the GRFP, and I will be a first year grad student starting next week...