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i just called.

the guy said 'at some point in the first half of April'. Now, at this point, I think definitely now more than that!

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GUYS GUYS!!!!! I JUST GOT NOTIFIED!!!

I can save a bunch of money on my car insurance by switching to geico!!!

...enjoy your seizure.

Haha...well played :lol:

Posted

somehow, i find it hard to believe that we'll be notified in the next hour, now, the next thirty minutes.

but i'm commenting to get the pagecount to 100.

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It seems like it might be more efficient for GRFP to use machine messages rather than having people answer the phones at this time of year. They give more or less canned answers, and everyone is asking the same question. The money they spend on call center personnel could be used on a couple more fellowships!

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Maybe all the waiting is just a ruse. Maybe they really ARE too "busy" doing something else...

http://www.sciam.com/blog/60-second-sci ... 2009-04-07

so they can't do porn anymore....instead, could you imagine nsf/call center employees following this forum and giving scintillating responses to see how fast it would get posted then follow with generic answers for a while until the person feels like rousing up desperate grad students again?????

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i imagine that most of you who are calling are pushy enough that even if they put up a canned answer, you would still press 0 to talk to a representative and ask the question that the machine had just answered

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Question...if awarded the NSF fellowship can I immediately defer it the first year? Or do I need to claim tenure for the first year and THEN I'm eligible to defer for any of the following years?

From what I understand, I can defer any two of the 5 years, including the first. Just thought I'd ask everyone else on here. :wink:

Thx

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Question...if awarded the NSF fellowship can I immediately defer it the first year? Or do I need to claim tenure for the first year and THEN I'm eligible to defer for any of the following years?

From what I understand, I can defer any two of the 5 years, including the first. Just thought I'd ask everyone else on here. :wink:

Thx

I think you have to accept it the first year, and then defer any other 2 years

Posted

Au contraire, I'm afraid.

According to a document on nsfgrfp.org:

"You can defer the award for up to two years and take other funding if this is something that appeals to you. You might also defer the first year, take two years of funding, then defer another year, for example."

http://www.nsfgrfp.org/assets/File/NSFG ... 08%20NEW(1).ppt

So, for example, you can accept NDSEG, use that for 2 years, and then use the GRFP funding.

Posted
Yeah, it could, but it seemed like she meant within the hour...but someone else check!!

Seems that window has passed... Perhaps, based on nothing at all, results will be posted within the next hour? Sure, why not?

Posted

I think you have to accept it the first year, and then defer any other 2 years

Au contraire, I'm afraid.

According to a document on nsfgrfp.org:

"You can defer the award for up to two years and take other funding if this is something that appeals to you. You might also defer the first year, take two years of funding, then defer another year, for example."

http://www.nsfgrfp.org/assets/File/NSFG ... 08%20NEW(1).ppt

So, for example, you can accept NDSEG, use that for 2 years, and then use the GRFP funding.

shaydlip / spanglish...thx for the response. appreciate it.

Just talked to an NSF rep, spanglish I believe you're right.

thx again

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no, i think superchuchubu got our hopes up....

Angry Mob Time! Get 'im! That'll learn him to share potentially useful information! :evil:

edit: feel free to swap pronouns as necessary. This is an equal opportunity scape goating

Posted

the worst is waiting for almost this long, and the possibility of "sorry, u are not good enough"

maybe the stimulus will also afford a free t-shirt or mouse pad to all the desperate grads, who don't get the fellowship, who checked their email 324789749 times looking for a reply. :D

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