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  1. I have a question and I am wondering if any of you would have any advice. I'm a first year grad student. I applied for the NSF GRFP last year as an undergrad, but wasn't funded because of my broader impacts in my personal statement. However, my project proposal, involved with my undergrad advisor's research, was very well received. I am competitive to apply this cycle, but my first rotation is in research unlike I have done before and thus I did not feel that I could yet write a strong project proposal in the short amount of time. I am considering applying again and using my old research proposal, except there aren't any professors at my current school who are directly working in that research area and while I continually hear that the person and not the project is funded, I worry that lack of a specific mentor will go against me. There are ample facilities/experts in specific areas (e.g., yeast genetics/bioinformatics which are components in my project) as well as a very famous, now emeritus, professor in the field at my school that make the project seem very doable. Except, I lack a possible PI whose lab I would actually theoretically conduct the project in and I am worried that the reviewers would dismiss my application for this reason. What do you guys think?
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