Well, if it rewards your accomplishments then I am definitely out. I came to the research game pretty late and don't have much in the way of accolades or publications yet. Ah well!
I am the only one in my lab that applied for anything. I think this is just going to confirm to the rest of my lab mates that applying is not worth the effort. Gonna go buy a lottery ticket! At least the results for that come out on time....
Just looked at the worksheet. If they are using GPA/GRE to select 1st round picks, they must set the bar really high.
Also, for those of you that win NDSEG and NSF, can I whichever one you don't want? I think that is going to be the only way I get the monies...