alexhunterlang Posted September 16, 2021 Posted September 16, 2021 NSF GRFP applications are due soon! https://www.nsfgrfp.org/applicants/important-dates/ Good luck everyone!
alexhunterlang Posted September 16, 2021 Author Posted September 16, 2021 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! t_ruth 1
lkaitlyn Posted September 25, 2021 Posted September 25, 2021 (edited) 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 Posted October 19, 2021 Posted October 19, 2021 (edited) 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 Posted October 19, 2021 Posted October 19, 2021 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 Posted October 21, 2021 Posted October 21, 2021 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 Posted October 24, 2021 Posted October 24, 2021 (edited) 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 sloth_girl 1
FeMOCO Posted December 15, 2021 Posted December 15, 2021 Is there a similar thread for this for 2022-23, the most recent cycle?
lkaitlyn Posted January 2, 2022 Posted January 2, 2022 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 1
sloth_girl Posted January 19, 2022 Posted January 19, 2022 Does anyone know when they came in last year?
lkaitlyn Posted January 20, 2022 Posted January 20, 2022 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. sloth_girl 1
CycloRen Posted January 31, 2022 Posted January 31, 2022 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 Posted February 3, 2022 Posted February 3, 2022 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 Posted February 24, 2022 Posted February 24, 2022 They've announced that they are releasing results at the end of March. Good luck to everyone. svdLS, happyhalogen17, soupnazi and 1 other 4
differentfrommyredditname Posted March 16, 2022 Posted March 16, 2022 Good luck to everyone waiting ?? hoping results come early so I can negotiate more funding sunny_blues and soupnazi 1 1
soupnazi Posted March 17, 2022 Posted March 17, 2022 Anyone else's work suffering because your brain is preoccupied with the looming NSF (or Ford) results? Just me? Coolcoolcool.
chemnerd101 Posted March 17, 2022 Posted March 17, 2022 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... :') differentfrommyredditname and soupnazi 2
Amaranthae Posted March 17, 2022 Posted March 17, 2022 (edited) 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 Posted March 17, 2022 Posted March 17, 2022 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 Amaranthae, differentfrommyredditname and chemnerd101 1 2
cardamoma Posted March 17, 2022 Posted March 17, 2022 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 and Amaranthae 2
differentfrommyredditname Posted March 17, 2022 Posted March 17, 2022 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 yallknow and Amaranthae 1 1
Amaranthae Posted March 18, 2022 Posted March 18, 2022 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! differentfrommyredditname and yallknow 2
soupnazi Posted March 18, 2022 Posted March 18, 2022 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 Posted March 18, 2022 Posted March 18, 2022 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. cardamoma 1
Hougu Posted March 18, 2022 Posted March 18, 2022 (edited) 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 more info Amaranthae, happyhalogen17 and sloth_girl 3
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