I had another question related to the 2010 NSF GRFP.
It has to do with the reference writer deadlines. I thought that reference letters were due the same day that the application was, which for me is November 18th. This is what I told one of my reference writers, but when they got the email from the NSF, they thought that the email said the deadline was the 22nd.
So, what gives? Would it be possible to create a dummy email to send a dummy reference request to, just to see the wording on the email?