spivak_khayesh

Friends, thanks for being great company in this endeavour. This was my second and last possible time applying, as I am already second year in my Ph.D. program (social science). Didn't get it. One person from my school did get it this year, which is great (last year nobody got it from my school– I am in a social science category that only receives about 8 a year). Onward. There are many other ways to get through grad school. The books, the professors, and the peers is what matters the most. They are our community.

Thank you for a genuinely human message. I (heart) cats.

One format I have been recommended is in brackets in main text; e.g., (Gayatri Spivak:2001) But then NOT repeating it at end in a citation list, or footnote, e.g., Spivak, Gayatri. Of Grammatology. Editions de Minuit: 1976. Has anyone heard this?

Anyone have any more detail about this? I was an Honorable Mention for the 2012-2013 application cycle in Social Science, but I know I did not get elevated to Awardee. Who did this happen to? (kudos to those for whom it did happen, by the way).

So that is 3 pages (PS+RB+FG) instead of 4 pages (PS+PR), and then RP stays the same. That is a shame because it's always harder to write well in fewer pages, you don't have space to flesh out your argument. I suspect this is the result of reviewers complaining about having to read 6 pages, and/or increased review load combined with the governmental budget crisis (which impacts NSF's ability to pay reviewers). Of such banal considerations are momentous changes made.

You should mention the school that you are planning to attend. There's no reason to suppress that. Don't worry about feasibility-- it's just as feasible that you can do a great job at the new institution, just as much as at the present one. And the school you are attending is not a significant factor in evaluation.

Got HM. VG/E, VG/E, E/G. Congratulations to all who got it, to all HMs, and to all who applied. It has been a pleasure to travel with all of you on this learning journey. Bless.

Where on FastLane are people checking status? Here? https://www.fastlane.nsf.gov/jsp/homepage/proposals.jsp Or elsewhere? Also, is there a different announcement for those already in first year of their PhD program or its all just one list? They don't send emails to recipients first?

Absolutely ok to call them and ask your status. It won't affect you negatively and you have a right to ask. Tell them you have an offer from elsewhere and tell them the deadline by which you have to accept that one.

Congratulations. See you on campus!

The decision will not hinge on typos. I mean of course a few ghastly typos that make it a clunky read would reduce their pleasurable reading and have an impact, but infinitesimal typos that were not picked up due to some error of spelling software I will bet they won't notice those either. They are reading 100s of apps in very short time.

Going by this, NSF's will be announced somewhere between March 22 (end of spring break) and April 10th?

The cancellation of Javits is noted on several university websites, e.g. http://www.fellowships.buffalo.edu/awards/administered/javits.php