NSF GRF Changing Institution/Graduating, Additional funding, different project

[PeterGriffin]

Hello guys,

I could use a little insight about how NSF could/would operate on a situation as mine.

So when I applied for the NSF GRF, I was a entering Master's student and my project was not funded. However, my PI put in a different proposal but had put me into doing a different project that he wanted me to do into a different funding source and I had the skills that he needed.

Well, I received the NSF GRF and my PI received his grant.

So, the first question is that what happens when I finish this project and graduate but I still have funding from NSF to go and start my PhD. Is that difficult to swing?

Second is if I am funded through the grant instead of the GRF and I complete my project and his without using the GRF by deferring funding and apply all of it to a new institution, new PI, and a new question with a different model (same field, but that's about it). Will that be an issue?

Any input would be great, kind of lost here.

[apathetic]

I just got the fellowship as well, but here is what I gather:

Your NSF funding isn't tied to a project. Switching institutions is not a big deal either. The only big deal is that you must use your fellowship in 12 month blocks, i.e. you cannot cut out 3 months in the middle and then defer the money until later -- it's gone.