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Congrats isanewton! I just got the rejection letter 20 min ago (8:30am PST)

Me too!

Yeah they were using a non-Embark system then so it must have been hard to keep track of everything. Good luck to everyone!!

@TallLatte, I applied and haven't received any confirmation email. I've applied to this one before, and I got the rejection email Jan 4th 2013 for last year's cycle, and the previous year, nothing at all =\

Hi everyone, Thank you for creating such an awesome community of PhD students. I've benefitted so much from everyone's advice and links to resources. But it seems that all the fellowship resources out there only have the successful applications and not the failed ones, and I think we can learn from each other's failures, too. So I've posted all twelve (6 for two cycles, 2011-2012, 2012-2013) of my PhD fellowship applications: http://blog.olgabotvinnik.com/post/49146275949/how-to-fail-and-sometimes-win-at-graduate-fellowships And I hope many more of you will do the same. Thanks, Olga

Same here, rejected just now by email.

Congrats to the winners! Is it time to lose hope? It'd be helpful to see last names/locations of the winners. I'm on the west coast, last name B, so maybe they're waiting until it's past 9am to call. I hope...

CSGF for sure. NDSEG - 3 years - 30.5k, 31k, 31.5k stipend CSGF - Renewable to 4 years - have to do a 12 week internship - 36k stipend - 5k 'academic allowance' for first year (conferences, technology, etc), 1k each year afterwards - restricts you to at most one TA-ship - fellowship conferences The CSGF takes away a summer from you to do an internship, but it's a lot more money and you get to network with other computationally minded peers.

No hint at what stage, they just said "We will notify all applicants by mid-April, so sometime in the next week"

I called them today and asked if we'd hear before April 17th (deadline to respond for NDSEG) and she said yes.

Applied this year, I haven't heard from them.

Congrats on getting both! I got the NDSEG too (couldn't apply for NSF cause I have an MS) NDSEG is more money and more prestigious (~7% acceptance rate, NSF is ~15%) but the NDSEG team seems to really not like deferrals since they don't even have that option in their offer, only accept/decline, and they specifically state that it cannot be deferred. So my recommendation would be to email the NDSEG people just in case and see if they will let you defer, otherwise take the NSF, but make sure to say "NDSEG Fellowship 2012-2013 (deferred)" on your CV so people know how awesome you are.

Awarded the fellowship, in biosciences (Bioinformatics, single cell genomics) So there's hope for biology!!

I got rejected yesterday. Really long rejection letter...

Hi, I worked in Boston (Broad Institute) for a year after undergrad and am attending UCSD in the fall. BU's connection to the Broad is pretty amazing, but there's only a few faculty that you can take advantage of there. UCSD is overall well-respected in Bioinformatics and has much deeper program than BU. I'd suggest talking to your PI about this. What kind of job do you see yourself doing? I told my PI that I wanted her job and she said I should go to UCSD. For reference, I was deciding between UCSF Bioinformatics, Cornell Tri-institutional Computational Biology and Medicine, and UCSD. Good luck!

Congrats to everyone who received an award or HM! I got HM in Life Sciences - Genomics: E/VG VG/E E/VG I guess you have to have at least one reviewer completely love your application? I applied for bioinformatics/systems biology so maybe I should have gone the CS route: Computer Science - other, Bioinformatics. I might not be eligible next year either cause I'm getting my master's from my current program and doing my PhD elsewhere.

Albert Einstein: Jan 12-13, Jan 26-2 Brandeis University (Neuro): Feb 3, Feb 17, Mar 3 Boston University (GPN): Mar 4-6 Case Western Reserve University (BSTP): Feb 3-4, Mar 2-3 Columbia (Biological Science) March 1-3 Columbia (Integrated CMB): Jan 20-22 Columbia (Neurobiology & Behavior): Feb 8-10, Feb 29-Mar2 Columbia (Pathobiology & Molecular Medicine): Feb 3-5 Cornell (Weill): February Cornell Tri-Institutional (Weill/Cornell/Memorial Sloan Kettering) Computational Biology and Medicine: March 4-6 Dartmouth (PEMM) March 2-3 Duke (Toxicology and Environmental Health) February 2-4 February 16-18 Emory (PBEE): February 2-4 Emory (IMP): Feb 2-4, March 1-3 Emory University (neuro): Feb 9-11 or Feb 23-25 FSU (Molec. Biophysics): Feb 16-18 Harvard (BBS): Jan 26-29 and Feb 9-12 Harvard (MCB): Feb 1st - 4th, Feb 15-18 Harvard (neuro): Jan 19-22 Harvard (BPH): Jan 26-27 Indiana University - Bloomington (Biology): Feb. 16-19 Marquette University (Biological Sciences): Feb 1 MIT (Biology): Feb 11-14, Feb. 25-28, Mar 10-13 MIT (CSBi): Feb 9-11, Feb 16-19 Mount Sinai (Biomedical Sciences PhD): Jan 9-10, Jan 17-18, Jan 24-25 or Feb 13-14 MSU: Jan 5-8 MSU (Zoology): Feb 2-3 Northwestern (IBiS): Feb 13-14 or Feb 27-18 Northwestern (Neuro: NUIN): Jan 19-20, Feb 2-3, Feb 23-24 NYU Sackler: Jan 19-20, Jan 26-27, Feb 9-10 Ohio State University (IBGP): Feb. 9-11 Ohio State University (Neuro): Jan 18-20 OHSU: Feb 1-4 OHSU (neuro) feb 5th- 7th Princeton (neuro): Feb 16-18 Princeton (EEB): February 8-10 Rockefeller: March 1-2 and 8-9 Scripps Research Institute-CA campus: Feb 24-25, Mar 2-3 Sloan Kettering: 1/17-1/19 Stanford (SCBRM) feb 29th - mar 3rd Stanford (Biology) feb 29th - mar 3rd Thomas Jefferson (neuro): Jan 26-27 Tufts-Sackler (Integrated Studies): Jan 27 Tufts-Sackler (Genetics and ISP) Feb 10th Tufts-Sackler (Molecular Microbiology) Feb 2-3 Tufts-Sackler (Neuroscience) Feb 17th UAB (BMS): Jan 19-21 University of Arizona (Medical Pharmacology): Feb 9-12 University of Arizona (Physiological Sciences) Feb 16-17 University of Cambridge (UK): Jan 18th-20th University of Chicago (BSG): Feb 23-25 University of Chicago (Molecular Biosciences): Feb 16-18 University of Chicago (CEB): Feb 15-19 UC Berkeley (Biophysics): Feb 14-16 UC Berkeley (MCB): Feb 5-7, Feb 26-28 UC Berkeley (MBN): Jan 26-27 UC Davis (BMCDB): Mar 1-2, Mar 5 UC Davis (GGG): Feb 16-17 UC Davis (neuro): Feb 9-10 UC Irvine (CMB):Jan 26-28,Feb 2-4 UCLA ACCESS: Jan 28-30, Feb 11-13, Feb 25-27 UCLA ACCESS (Molecular and Medical Pharmacology): Dec 22 UC Riverside: Feb 24 UC San Diego (Biomedical Sciences): Feb 9-12 UCSD Biological Sciences: Feb 1-2, Feb 22-23 UCSD (Bioinformatics and Systems Biology): March 1-3 UCSF BMS: Jan 26-28 OR February 9-11 UCSF iPQB: Feb 9-11 UCSF iPQB (Bioinformatics): Feb 16-18 UCSF Tetrad: Feb 2-3 OR Feb 24-25 UC Santa Barbara MCDB: Feb 23-25 or Mar 1-3 UChicago (neuro): Feb 10 or Feb 13 (but travel times drag it out several days before and/or after) U Colorado - Denver (BSP): Feb 2-5, Feb 9-12 U Illinois Urbana-Champ (neuro) - Feb 16-19 U Iowa (Micro): Feb 23-26 U Iowa (Neuro) - Jan 26-28 U Kentucky (IBS)- Jan 12-13, Jan 26-27 UMASS Worcester: Feb 2-4 and Feb 16-18 U Maryland - Baltimore - Feb 3 U Miami (RSMAS): Feb 3-4 U Mich (PIBS): Jan 27-28 (Cancer Bio), Feb 3-4 (general) U Minnesota (MICaB): Feb 9-12 or 16-19 U Minnesota (neuro): Feb 23-26 UNC Chapel Hill (BBSP): Feb 2-4, Jan 26-28, Feb 9-11, Feb 23-25 UPenn (Biochemistry and Molecular Biophysics): Jan 19-21, Feb 9-11 UPenn (CAMB): Jan 12-14 UPenn (neuro): Jan 20, Feb 10 UPitt (IBGP): Jan 20-22 URochester (BMB): Feb 3-4, March 2-3(environmental medecine) Feb 2-4 University of South Carolina (Biomedical Sciences) Feb 6-7 UT Austin (CMB): Jan 26-28, Feb 16-18 UT Austin (MSI): Feb 10-11 UVa (BIMS): Jan 12-14 or Feb 2-4 UW-Seattle (Biology): Jan 13 or Jan 20 UW-Seattle (MCB): Jan 25-27,Feb 8-10 UW-Seattle (GS): Feb12-14, Feb 26-28 UW-Seattle (Neuro): Jan 24-25 U Wisconsin - Madison (Biophysics): Mar 1-3 U Wisconsin - Madison (CMP) : Feb 27th, March 5th Vanderbilt (IGP): Jan 12-14, many others (just got back from the 1st weekend, they said there would be 8-9 other weekends) Virginia Commonwealth University (Biomedical Sciences Doctoral Portal): Feb 3rd or Feb 17th Washington University in St. Louis (DBBS-MCB): March 1-3 WashU (neuro): Jan 27-28, Feb 3-4 Yale (B.B.S.): Feb 2-5, Feb 9-12

@jjw017 - congrats! Just got my interview invite, too. See you there! Where else are you waiting to hear back from?

Accepted to UCSD Bioinformatics and Systems Biology today! Really pumped!

Sounds like none of us got to the finalists round.

bean1989 I agree with kgumps2012, you have fantastic stats. You'll do great!

Thanks, fosgfp. Hoping to get interviews from other places soon!

Rejected from MIT CSBi today. Congrats to everyone with invites!

Undergrad Institution: Top 5 University for undergrad, UC-Santa Cruz MS in Bioinformatics Major(s): Mathematics, Biological Engineering Minor(s): GPA in Major: 3.0 Overall GPA: 3.2 Position in Class: Average Type of Student: Female GRE Scores (old version): Q: 800 V: 570 W: 5.5 Research Experience: 4 labs in undergrad (1 pub from 1st, 2/4 were summers, 1 was 1 year, 1 for 6mo), worked for a year after college at a genomic research institute (5 pubs from this exp: 1 conference poster, 1 submitted, 3 in prep). Awards/Honors/Recognitions: Accepted to national summer research programs, engineering leadership in undergrad, UC Regents scholarship in grad Pertinent Activities or Jobs: Volunteer math tutor to middle schoolers, paid math tutor to college students Any Miscellaneous Accomplishments that Might Help: Famous PIs writing letters Special Bonus Points: Involved in promoting women and girls in science and engineering, co-chairing student symposium of an international conference in 2012, going to Russia in summer 2012 to recruit graduate students to a new technical university Any Other Info That Shows Up On Your App and Might Matter: certified Russian-English medical interpreter Applying to Where: Stanford - Biomedical Informatics (BMI) Harvard - Bioinformatics and Integrative Genomics (BIG) Harvard - Systems Biology Harvard - School of Engineering and Applied Sciences (SEAS) - Applied Math MIT - Computational and Systems Biology (CSBi) MIT - Electrical Engineering and Computer Science (EECS) UCSF - Bioinformatics UCSD - Bioinformatics UW - Biomedical and Health Informatics Cornell Tri-Institutional Program - Computational Biology Anyone heard from Stanford/Harvard/MIT in these programs?

That's annoying. Thanks for letting us know, tk20.