vice Posted April 9, 2009 Share Posted April 9, 2009 Multi-disciplinary stuff is really popular right now, it could work out well. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cosby49 Posted April 9, 2009 Share Posted April 9, 2009 I'm pretty sure someone posted earlier that they called and found out that NSF might not notify us until the 15th. I think one can be lenient and consider that 'early April.' Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
vice Posted April 9, 2009 Share Posted April 9, 2009 15 and 16 are defiantly mid April. April 15 12pm would be the absolute middle of the month Obviously I am just arguing semantics for fun but... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cosby49 Posted April 9, 2009 Share Posted April 9, 2009 lol, I understand. I realized that in my earlier posts I was being impatient. Now I am trying to do homework and experiments and not worry AS much about NSF (but I am still here, so obviously I am thinking about it enough)! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
redeye Posted April 9, 2009 Share Posted April 9, 2009 Multi-disciplinary stuff is really popular right now, it could work out well. It's all in how you spin it, I guess, but I'm not holding my breath. Meh. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mtlve Posted April 9, 2009 Share Posted April 9, 2009 yeah 15 more pages to go until my release prediction page #! 15min until they go home for the night. I wonder if they can sleep at night knowing that they are torching thousands of grad students. PLEASE NSF LET US GET BACK TO PLANNING AND CONDUCTING EXPERIMENTS INSTEAD OF SURFING THE NET AND CALLING THE CALL CENTER FOR NEWS FOR HOURS EACH DAY!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
shaydlip Posted April 9, 2009 Share Posted April 9, 2009 yeah 15 more pages to go until my release prediction page #! 15min until they go home for the night. I wonder if they can sleep at night knowing that they are torching thousands of grad students. PLEASE NSF LET US GET BACK TO PLANNING AND CONDUCTING EXPERIMENTS INSTEAD OF SURFING THE NET AND CALLING THE CALL CENTER FOR NEWS FOR HOURS EACH DAY!!!!!!!!!!!!!! I'm sorry, who is stopping you from doing this anyway? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
liatris Posted April 9, 2009 Share Posted April 9, 2009 yeah 15 more pages to go until my release prediction page #! 15min until they go home for the night. I wonder if they can sleep at night knowing that they are torching thousands of grad students. PLEASE NSF LET US GET BACK TO PLANNING AND CONDUCTING EXPERIMENTS INSTEAD OF SURFING THE NET AND CALLING THE CALL CENTER FOR NEWS FOR HOURS EACH DAY!!!!!!!!!!!!!! I sure can't sleep. See you all tomorrow!~ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Friar.Tuck Posted April 9, 2009 Share Posted April 9, 2009 I'm sorry, who is stopping you from doing this anyway? Verily, goode shaydlip, thy words hath yet again brought a smile to mine lips. These simple minded fools who doth vex thee and I art but dust in the Abbey of Montfranc. Forsooth! Should they not cease their folly, 'twould be but just for the forces of good and light to cleave their skulls in twain for the greater good. Truly thou art wise! Thou shant burn in hell for many eternities in manner like that of superchuchubu, CuriousD, and the chestnut chap. Forsooth! The hour of their eternal damnation dost draw nigh! Preceded it shall be by bursts of trumpets, tambourines, and glockenspiels! Immediately thereafter, three demons of fyre shalt rise from the deep to on high, and wilt exclaim, "Lo! The synnyrs shalt burn in hell! All hail their miserable demyse!" And upon these words, all mankind, from Prince John and Little John to t_ruth and Martin of London shalt raise their voices in a praise to the glory of the happening. For so I do prophesy! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
blargh Posted April 9, 2009 Share Posted April 9, 2009 I sure can't sleep. See you all tomorrow!~ i can sleep fine, but i'm full of self-doubt. see ya. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GorakTheTerrible Posted April 9, 2009 Share Posted April 9, 2009 Does anyone know how many applicants there were this year? I would love to get notified ASAP so I can immediately drop out of grad school because I can't pay for it without a fellowship and start my new career at burger king. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
singalong Posted April 9, 2009 Share Posted April 9, 2009 new on NSF GRFP page: "GRFP will be unavailable from 11:00 PM ET Thursday, April 9th until 1:00 AM ET Friday, April 10th for scheduled maintenance. We apologize for any inconvenience. 2009 NSF Graduate Research Fellowship awards will be announced in early April. We apologize for the delays. " Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
vice Posted April 9, 2009 Share Posted April 9, 2009 Does anyone know how many applicants there were this year? I would love to get notified ASAP so I can immediately drop out of grad school because I can't pay for it without a fellowship and start my new career at burger king. http://www.nsfgrfp.org/about_the_progra ... recipients Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
intelocity Posted April 9, 2009 Share Posted April 9, 2009 Didn't this "scheduled maintenance" happen several times before, though? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jkpate Posted April 9, 2009 Share Posted April 9, 2009 Didn't this "scheduled maintenance" happen several times before, though? just once that i remember.... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ohcomeonnow Posted April 9, 2009 Share Posted April 9, 2009 new on NSF GRFP page: "GRFP will be unavailable from 11:00 PM ET Thursday, April 9th until 1:00 AM ET Friday, April 10th for scheduled maintenance. We apologize for any inconvenience. 2009 NSF Graduate Research Fellowship awards will be announced in early April. We apologize for the delays. " I have real hope this time -- "scheduled maintenance," I know, but they also must be rushing for get things in tonight, so the NSDEG people who get the NSF as well can have some time to choose which one they want. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
snowcapk Posted April 9, 2009 Share Posted April 9, 2009 http://www.nsfgrfp.org/about_the_program/statistics_and_past_recipients Vice, your link isn't working for me. If it had this year's applicant number, do you remember approx. what it said? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
singalong Posted April 9, 2009 Share Posted April 9, 2009 I have real hope this time -- "scheduled maintenance," I know, but they also must be rushing for get things in tonight, so the NSDEG people who get the NSF as well can have some time to choose which one they want. don't hope, you know they're just messing with us. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
blargh Posted April 9, 2009 Share Posted April 9, 2009 Vice, your link isn't working for me. If it had this year's applicant number, do you remember approx. what it said? 8582 applicants but the text says "In 2008, National Science Foundation funded 913 Graduate Research Fellows out of 8146 eligible submitted applications." Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
shaydlip Posted April 9, 2009 Share Posted April 9, 2009 don't hope, you know they're just messing with us. This was discussed a few pages back. Scheduled maitenance has happened a couple of times before, without posting anything. In addition, last year's awards were posted at 9am and the year before at 3pm. It appears as though someone really does need to push the big red button and it will be posted then. ... The Power... THE POWER!!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kdilks Posted April 9, 2009 Share Posted April 9, 2009 Vice, your link isn't working for me. If it had this year's applicant number, do you remember approx. what it said? Direct link fails. Just go to the main page, then "About the Program" on the side, and then click "Statistics and Past Recipients". Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
vice Posted April 9, 2009 Share Posted April 9, 2009 The links to that page are weird, sometimes they work, sometimes they don't. I had to mess around with nsfgrfp.org vs nsfgraduatefellowships.org and https vs http. You can find a copy of the page on google's Cache if you search for it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nobudget Posted April 9, 2009 Share Posted April 9, 2009 Hi all, I've been lurking around since the good old days when this thread had only 13 pages. I decided to finally post something to help some people maintain their sanity From what I understand (which has been stated repeatedly already), NSF does not appear to have a budget yet. Not only GRFP budget, but NSF as a whole. I'm as impatient as everybody else, but it's not just us waiting, professors are also waiting for grants. There's even some people whose grant has already run out and their waiting in limbo until NSF gets a budget and can renew it. Anyways, I just thought people might feel better to know that it's not just (future) grads being put on hold, but faculty at all levels appear to be waiting for their money as well. Hopefully everything gets straightened out and we get news soon! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
zetetic Posted April 9, 2009 Share Posted April 9, 2009 Hi all, I've been lurking around since the good old days when this thread had only 13 pages. I decided to finally post something to help some people maintain their sanity. I laugh when I think of the number of folks that created accounts just for this thread. I saw another one earlier-- "nsfhopeful" I believe his handle was. Your handle is "nobudget," which is quite particular to your post. It would be grand if the two of you climb the ranks to gradcafe forum czars (or "baristas," as they are affectionately titled here), but grander if someday you had to explain the story behind your handles. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nsfhopeful Posted April 9, 2009 Share Posted April 9, 2009 I saw another one earlier-- "nsfhopeful" I believe his handle was. Once again, everyone assumes it's all guys on here! Nope, I'm a girl. I created my handle just for this thread. No real story behind it. I'm a first year applicant, but it's my last chance to apply. I heard about this fellowship from someone else last spring and thought I'd give it a shot. I'm trying not to get my hopes up, but I can't help it. I even had a dream I got my rating sheets back and they were awful. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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