NSF GRFP Citations and References

[Adrian]

Hello,

I am applying for the NSF graduate research fellowship for psychology, and I am working on my research proposal. Does anyone know if there is a preferred citations and references format? All I've found so far is that the references can be 10pt font. Should I assume that APA style is required? Or could I use the abbreviated style of Science and Nature? Also, should the citations be in the [x] format or in the (author, year) format, or does it matter?

Any help on this would be much appreciated.

Phill

[Eigen]

I would use the appropriate style for your discipline (APA).

I'm submitting mine in chemistry and using the ACS style, as it is the most prevalent for chem.

[pospsy]

I got the NSF last year, and I used the Science style because it saved me space.

The default of my discipline, though, is APA style.

[Eigen]

There is the space thing, too. Luckily for me, ACS is a very compact style, so it helps.

[Adrian]

Thanks for the responses! Space is exactly the thing I was concerned about. Guess I'll go with the Science style.

[t_ruth]

Being able to put the references in 10 point font saved enough space for me, so I kept mine in APA

[smokeypup]

I have another question. There are some contradictions in the 10 point font stipulation across different NSF documents. The program solicitation states that references can be in 10 pt font. However, the "prepare application" user guide says that "Only publications and presentation citations may be a smaller font, no less than 10 pt. Times New Roman." Does this include references???

[t_ruth]

I saw that too, but figured most references would be either publications or presentations

[smokeypup]

I saw that too, but figured most references would be either publications or presentations

Ah, ok. I read that line as "my" publications or presentations.