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I started working in June, so when grad school officially started I already had 2 solid months to get acclimated to the school, the department, the weather, done moving in my apartment etc. I see no disadvantage in starting early, since it's not like they expect you to produce publishable data in the summer. My friends in biological sciences all started in the summer as an early/extra rotation and none of them regretted it.

The source is the person in charge of Research Accounting at my school. It was explained to me that winners of last year will get retroactive 2K. You dont have to believe it, I just wanted to bring in some good news for those who are anxiously waiting for the results

That it never feels like I work enough. I have no other duty besides research, and the freedom to pick whatever topic to tackle and how much to get done is sometimes scary.

Double post. Sorry.

FYI, the stipend is raised to 34K, retroactive to this year. It's official although not yet announced.

I started doing a lot of educational outreach and departmental events in grad school. The fact that I was the first (also female) awardee of my subfield at my school has given my voice a little more weight. I have since contributed to NSF GRFP writing workshops etc., that means more connections within the Graduate School. I have no teaching duty as a fellow so I have more time for professional developments etc. I never mentioned being a fellow, but trust me that kind of prestige spreads far enough. I have had my fair share of travel grants+fellowship applications. I would say everyone is a long shot

More freedom in my research & a little confidence boost An additional perk of being an NSF fellow is the kind of networking I have been able to do since last April, with faculty, admin staff, and researchers outside of my institution. The fellowship has opened so many doors that I couldnt imagine possible. Good luck to all applicants this year! "Wait and hope!"

You cant tell the result from the email subject, afaik. In 2014, it was "2014 NSF Graduate Research Fellowship Program Application Results" and sent to me at 3:06a April 1, just a few minutes after Fastlane update.

Conferences, yes. The activity OP is going to, no. You dont list a volunteer position until you have done it. That advice comes from the Professional Development team of my school.

You can only list an activity after you've already done it. Have you? It should be under Presentations/Publications.

I'm going to be blunt to you guys, but a graduate student's stipend is to support only that one person with modest living expenses. No, it shouldn't be enough for you to support your wife, your kid(s), your family back home etc. So the answer is automatically "it would be very difficult".

Have you heard this song on radio, what is the name, it was like "dum dum dum di dum..."?

Read If you look within The Bank thread, this question has been answered many times. Your question sounds condescending but ironically you are too lazy to do the search yourself.

Im in theory and I work about 40 hours (productive, no disruption) a week, not counting meetings or mentoring undergrad students. My boss doesnt care if Im in the lab or not, as long as progress is made.

I'd like to chime in that although many older professors are still prolific researchers, there are also many doing non research related work, especially administration. That can eat up a lot of time. One of my favorite theorists headed this route 2 years ago (and I almost joined his lab). Just my thought.

I second this. If you go to the Professional Development/Grant & Fellowship Office, they will be able to help you out. Mine keeps a large collection of winners' applications and updates them every year.

I'll PM you!

Your SOP is the one place you cant make a fool of yourself... I vote no!

Cornell Database is organized and extensive. Also UCLA's GRAPE database. If you are still in school, your school might have access to the best one, PIVOT. Specifically for humanities and social science, H-net

Congrats! Just an FYI, Shiozaki WILL definitely get tenure. There has never been any doubt His BAGEL code is one of the most well written excited state codes, both in programming style and theory content. It is open-sourced so you can check it out yourself. The speed is mesmerizing! Plus, working for an assistant professor has many advantages. There are a few threads here you can read about it.

What you are asking is extremely broad. Are you interested in method development or application-based projects? In what subject exactly? My 2 cents for TDDFT: 1. Method development: Start with good basic books and learn from the ground up. Play around with available open-source codes. I can PM you book titles that are helpful to me. 2. Applications: Learn as you go.

You said horrible things about her and now she gave you the A you wanted, then everything is fine again? Yeah, I hope you learned something: to not jump to conclusion whenever things dont go your way... Professors dont have to give you good grades. You either earn it or you dont, nothing has to do with how much work you do for them or how friendly they are to you. That is what I mean.

Haha, thanks for pointing that out peachypie!

You have nothing to prove that she graded you unfairly, yet you came here to say horrible things about her. I think it is you that is unprofessional. Sorry but I am not sorry.