NSF GRFP 2021-2022

[alexhunterlang]

NSF GRFP applications are due soon! https://www.nsfgrfp.org/applicants/important-dates/

Good luck everyone!

[alexhunterlang]

If you are wondering how to get started, I wrote up my advice. I have also collected quite a few examples you can all check out. Please let me know if you have more examples to share! 

[lkaitlyn]

On 9/16/2021 at 2:36 PM, alexhunterlang said:

If you are wondering how to get started, I wrote up my advice. I have also collected quite a few examples you can all check out. Please let me know if you have more examples to share! 

I thought you'd stopped this! Thanks for keeping it going. Happy to send mine along if there's a place to submit them.

Edited September 25, 2021 by lkaitlyn

[sunny_blues]

Seems like not a lot of people are talking on this thread. Has interest for applying this year waned? I'm making some finishing touches before I submit in a few days.

Edited October 19, 2021 by sunny_blues

[Idris Barakat]

Hey guys, 

I was wondering if it's permissible to combine the "Intellectual Merits" and "Broader Impact" section. Because I have seen examples where people wrote them conjointly. I would love to hear everyone's thoughts on this. Thank you!! 

[sunny_blues]

On 10/19/2021 at 10:06 AM, Idris Barakat said:

Hey guys, 

I was wondering if it's permissible to combine the "Intellectual Merits" and "Broader Impact" section. Because I have seen examples where people wrote them conjointly. I would love to hear everyone's thoughts on this. Thank you!! 

It's best if you keep them separate and explicitly have bold headings saying "broader impacts" and "intellectual merits". Reviewers will score you on a scale based on those categories so you have to make it easy for them to distinguish between the two. Also when you download the template it specifically says to include those headings. Good luck!

[lkaitlyn]

On 10/21/2021 at 10:18 AM, sunny_blues said:

It's best if you keep them separate and explicitly have bold headings saying "broader impacts" and "intellectual merits". Reviewers will score you on a scale based on those categories so you have to make it easy for them to distinguish between the two. Also when you download the template it specifically says to include those headings. Good luck!

I know the deadline has passed but for the benefit of people in future years, I also recommend separating. They're reading these things really quickly so strategic bolding/italicizing/underlining is important to help the reviews get through the material. (Also, as sunny_blues said, they ask you to separate them anyway.) It's also helpful to see how much you have for each so you can ensure you have a balance. A lot of people forget to put enough broader impacts, but that's easy to see visually if that section is separating from the others.

Edited October 24, 2021 by lkaitlyn

[FeMOCO]

Is there a similar thread for this for 2022-23, the most recent cycle?

[lkaitlyn]

On 12/14/2021 at 9:08 PM, FeMOCO said:

Is there a similar thread for this for 2022-23, the most recent cycle?

This thread is for the most recent cycle.

[sloth_girl]

Does anyone know when they came in last year?

[lkaitlyn]

19 hours ago, sloth_girl said:

Does anyone know when they came in last year?

Monday, March 22, ~11:30pm Eastern was when the list came out online; the email notification that I got was the next day ~8am Eastern.

[CycloRen]

Was discussing this cycle of GRFP applications with a university admin and they told me that they hope I "hear good news in May." Is it expected that this year's results are going to be released late? I've not heard of them being released any later than April before.

[Saisei]

On 1/31/2022 at 2:42 PM, CycloRen said:

Was discussing this cycle of GRFP applications with a university admin and they told me that they hope I "hear good news in May." Is it expected that this year's results are going to be released late? I've not heard of them being released any later than April before.

Well, as an undergrad, I will cry if it's in May

[elkgeology]

They've announced that they are releasing results at the end of March.

 

Good luck to everyone.

[differentfrommyredditname]

Good luck to everyone waiting ?? hoping results come early so I can negotiate more funding 

[soupnazi]

Anyone else's work suffering because your brain is preoccupied with the looming NSF (or Ford) results? Just me? Coolcoolcool.

[chemnerd101]

3 hours ago, soupnazi said:

Anyone else's work suffering because your brain is preoccupied with the looming NSF (or Ford) results? Just me? Coolcoolcool.

And super anxious since I found out they'd be announcing awards at the end of march... :')

[Amaranthae]

A couple of things:

First, I noticed that the withdraw application button on FastLane recently disappeared, so I guess we're in the end game now. Also, the award list defaults to 2022.

Secondly, does anyone think that results could be released next week? I know that the site says "at the end of March", but I think I'm so impatient that, for me, the end of March includes next week and the week after (doesn't help that last year's results were released early in the second to last week of March). Is everyone interpreting "at the end of March" to mean the last week of March?

Edited March 17, 2022 by Amaranthae

[yallknow]

21 minutes ago, Amaranthae said:

A couple of things:

First, I noticed that the withdraw application button on FastLane recently disappeared, so I guess we're in the end game now.

Secondly, does anyone think that results could be released next week? I know that the site says "by the end of March", but I think I'm so impatient that, for me, the end of March includes next week and the week after (doesn't help that last year's results were released early in the second to last week of March). Is everyone interpreting "by the end of March" to mean the last week of March?

This might just be the optimist in me, but I think there's a pretty good chance they'll be announced next Tuesday. They've come out a little earlier than usual the last couple of years. I also think that the 'end of March' is somewhat arbitrary, but I could be wrong. Did they have that same announcement last year?

Also, at the *very* least, we have only ~two more weeks of waiting around and then its over. For my own sanity, I hope they're released next week though lol

[cardamoma]

I'm hoping for next week tbh. This whole cycle has been so exhausting, I just want to know what my situation is re: funding and where I'm going to go to school, and move on. Even if it means reading morale crushing reviews about my proposal and personal statement. 

[differentfrommyredditname]

5 hours ago, Amaranthae said:

A couple of things:

First, I noticed that the withdraw application button on FastLane recently disappeared, so I guess we're in the end game now. Also, the award list defaults to 2022.

Secondly, does anyone think that results could be released next week? I know that the site says "at the end of March", but I think I'm so impatient that, for me, the end of March includes next week and the week after (doesn't help that last year's results were released early in the second to last week of March). Is everyone interpreting "at the end of March" to mean the last week of March?

Like @yallknow mentioned, I'm hoping for early next week. I was creeping around the old threads and hoped it would be released around the same time this year

[Amaranthae]

6 hours ago, yallknow said:

This might just be the optimist in me, but I think there's a pretty good chance they'll be announced next Tuesday. They've come out a little earlier than usual the last couple of years. I also think that the 'end of March' is somewhat arbitrary, but I could be wrong. Did they have that same announcement last year?

Also, at the *very* least, we have only ~two more weeks of waiting around and then its over. For my own sanity, I hope they're released next week though lol

I used the Wayback Machine to view last year's archives of nsfgrfp.org and I didn't see a similar announcement saying to expect results at the end of March. Going by what happened last year and the year before (according to last year's thread), there might be maintenance announced tomorrow into Saturday that will signal that results might come out next Monday into Tuesday. Fingers crossed!

[soupnazi]

So, I went to log into FastLane for fun and I was prompted to change my password (which apparently had expired). Not gonna lie, I had a mini heart attack when I saw something other than the normal, entirely unchanged portal... And now, I'm wondering what it all means! Do I need a new password because my continued ability to access this site is necessary? So much paranoia, so little time. 

[sunny_blues]

Getting nervous!!! I applied as a senior undergrad, didn't get it. Now reapplying this cycle as a grad student for my 2nd and final attempt! Ugh please just end it already.

[Hougu]

20 hours ago, Amaranthae said:

I used the Wayback Machine to view last year's archives of nsfgrfp.org and I didn't see a similar announcement saying to expect results at the end of March. Going by what happened last year and the year before (according to last year's thread), there might be maintenance announced tomorrow into Saturday that will signal that results might come out next Monday into Tuesday. Fingers crossed!

Well, about that, they announced maintenance for Friday on the 16th:

03/16/22  -

FastLane will be unavailable from 8:00 PM ET Friday, March 18th, until 8:00 AM ET Saturday, March 19th. We apologize for any inconvenience.

 

 

Edit: I got this from last year's thread, this might ruin some people's night but it might be released tonight or tomorrow morning.

 

Edit 2: False alarm, this seems to happen every week.

Edited March 18, 2022 by Hougu
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