NSF GRFP 2018-2019

[clinicalpsych20192020]

22 minutes ago, rowboat said:

Not to add any stress, but I was wondering if anyone else noticed that the number of awards is lower this year than in previous years. Apparently they are only offering 1500 awards as opposed to 2000. I'm upset because we have a lesser chance of winning. 

Where did you find that?

[jmillar]

Just now, clinicalpsych20192020 said:

Where did you find that?

https://www.nsf.gov/pubs/2018/nsf18573/nsf18573.htm

[jmillar]

Made a quick graph looking at % accepted, stipend amount, and big changes over the last couple of years for the GRFP. Made a guess of ~13000 applications based off the last two years to make an estimate of acceptance for this year.

[JDNet]

Does anyone know how the 1500 offers are broken down by field? Presumably, there are also different acceptance rates depending on the field, I wonder which field has the highest likelihood of receiving an award. 

[jmillar]

2 minutes ago, JDNet said:

Does anyone know how the 1500 offers are broken down by field? Presumably, there are also different acceptance rates depending on the field, I wonder which field has the highest likelihood of receiving an award. 

I remember hearing in the past that they scale the awards by field to the percentages of people who applied that cycle, trying to keep the acceptance rates similar across fields, but I can't find any sources at the moment.

[zombie_creator]

It's so nice to see everyone is freaking out to the same level as I am. I've been in heavy denial up until March 31st ?

[happytransformer]

21 minutes ago, JDNet said:

Does anyone know how the 1500 offers are broken down by field? Presumably, there are also different acceptance rates depending on the field, I wonder which field has the highest likelihood of receiving an award. 

I believe it's relatively the same across fields. Possibly higher in some of the smaller fields since every application counts as a larger chunk of percent acceptance. It's tough to tell because NSF doesn't release those stats (and rightfully so, since people would tailor their application to a less popular field to increase chances of winning).

 

It'll most likely impact the topic areas where people receive the most awards (there's quite a few where upwards of 100 are awarded); I doubt that they'd reduce the awards for the subject areas where 5-25 people are awarded, since the loss of one award is a significant decrease in funding for that area. 

Edited April 2, 2019 by happytransformer

[cullenish]

 

Not sure if this will help anyone in any way, but just so you know.

Edited April 2, 2019 by cullenish

[Esouth]

Is anyone else unable to access the awardee list?

When I enter this https://www.fastlane.nsf.gov/grfp/AwardeeList.do?method=loadAwardeeList I get an error message.

Of course, I'm hoping that means they're uploading 2019 awardees right now. 

[Ryleigh Moore]

38 minutes ago, cullenish said:

 

Not sure if this will help anyone in any way, but just so you know.

Thank you for showing this. I really wish we also knew the number of applicants in each area as well. 

[Ryleigh Moore]

22 hours ago, kwisco said:

I thought that too, but it seems that one of the links from the GRFP homepage is just down. 

Here is the link to the award list that I am able to see.

https://www.research.gov/grfp/AwardeeList.do?method=loadAwardeeList

 

12 minutes ago, Esouth said:

Is anyone else unable to access the awardee list?

When I enter this https://www.fastlane.nsf.gov/grfp/AwardeeList.do?method=loadAwardeeList I get an error message.

Of course, I'm hoping that means they're uploading 2019 awardees right now. 

Check the link above. We thought this yesterday but unfortunately it is just a broken link 

[Esouth]

1 minute ago, Ryleigh Moore said:

 

Check the link above. We thought this yesterday but unfortunately it is just a broken link 

Rats! And I thought I'd read all the thread because I've been obsessing about this for days!

[Ryleigh Moore]

Just now, Esouth said:

Rats! And I thought I'd read all the thread because I've been obsessing about this for days!

I hear ya. No problem at all it is a long thread  Just hoping to help out when I can.

 

[jmillar]

13 minutes ago, Ryleigh Moore said:

Thank you for showing this. I really wish we also knew the number of applicants in each area as well. 

They used to have this data available, but it has been absent from their website for the last decade. You can see the 2008 cycle here: https://slideplayer.com/slide/1426742/

and up to 2004 cycle here: https://web.archive.org/web/20041207031455/www.ehr.nsf.gov/dge/programs/grf/grfstat.asp

[Ryleigh Moore]

Just now, jmillar said:

They used to have this data available, but it has been absent from their website for the last decade. You can see the 2008 cycle here: https://slideplayer.com/slide/1426742/

and up to 2004 cycle here: https://web.archive.org/web/20041207031455/www.ehr.nsf.gov/dge/programs/grf/grfstat.asp

Ooh thank you very much. I appreciate it.

[retracwe]

Someone said earlier that Plant Pathology students will not be funded? Is that true?

[jmillar]

Just now, retracwe said:

Someone said earlier that Plant Pathology students will not be funded? Is that true?

They were reinstated: 

 

[jjvamd47]

Just now, retracwe said:

Someone said earlier that Plant Pathology students will not be funded? Is that true?

I think some applications in that field got rejected without review, but that happened way earlier (probably too disease-focused or something). So if your application wasn't returned without review, it is being considered and you should still have a shot. 

[retracwe]

Where do you see this?

 

[jmillar]

Just now, retracwe said:

Where do you see this?

 

https://twitter.com/ncarleson/status/1106405423463055361

 

[retracwe]

how do you know if your application is being reviewed? Does it say in the fastlane? I only see that it has been recieved.

[jmillar]

Just now, retracwe said:

how do you know if your application is being reviewed? Does it say in the fastlane? I only see that it has been recieved.

If it says received, it should be under review. For people that were rejected early for formatting issues or ineligibility, emails were sent out previously.

[retracwe]

ok. I am asking because I had to update my email, so I would not have received an email because of technical issues. 

[Epigenetics]

I can't imagine it's beyond Friday because the response deadline for other fellowships (and grad school for the undergrads here) is April 15th and we need to know before then to make a decision.

[lambda]

20 minutes ago, Epigenetics said:

I can't imagine it's beyond Friday because the response deadline for other fellowships (and grad school for the undergrads here) is April 15th and we need to know before then to make a decision.

I mean...it would be cruel to make us sit through another weekend but I can see that happening!!

I feel like I can't focus on anything rn