Neuronerd Posted April 21, 2009 Share Posted April 21, 2009 ncseonline.org/conference/CEDD%20-%20ARRA%20&%20Omnibus%20Funding.pdf Just for the non-cogniscenti, "%20" equals a space in HTML-world. If everyone already knows this, sorry. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
blah2009 Posted April 21, 2009 Share Posted April 21, 2009 So that pdf should not be looked at by anyone on this board. Because it will raise hopes in an insane manner.. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
science Posted April 21, 2009 Share Posted April 21, 2009 So that pdf should not be looked at by anyone on this board. Because it will raise hopes in an insane manner.. SERIOUSLY...what does that mean?????? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
blah2009 Posted April 21, 2009 Share Posted April 21, 2009 If interpreted literally, it means all remaining applicants will be funded. But that doesn't sound right. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
e_sac Posted April 21, 2009 Share Posted April 21, 2009 ncseonline.org/conference/CEDD%20-%20ARRA%20&%20Omnibus%20Funding.pdf ? Graduate Research Fellowships and other similar scholarship programs Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pom Posted April 21, 2009 Share Posted April 21, 2009 NSF's spending plan is divided into six categories, and GRFP falls under the category "Education and Human Resources." don't think this is correct. pretty sure grfp is in the research category (which just got a $2b boost, out of a total $3b for NSF, between the omnibus and the ARRA). Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
blah2009 Posted April 21, 2009 Share Posted April 21, 2009 He's right, NSF GRFP is under human resources. Consult p.2 of this: http://www.trianglecoalition.org/conf/2 ... lgts08.pdf I just don't know if NSF GRFP was recategorized under research since these were previous proposals. 100 million divided among several different educational programs amounts to nothing for GRFP...=(. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
blah2009 Posted April 21, 2009 Share Posted April 21, 2009 On second thought, it definitely sounds like the NSF GRFP, for this cycle, is being treated as research with submitted proposals, based on how the exception was stated directly after clarifying new proposal policies. Otherwise, there is absolutely no money going into GRFP as the none of the 100 million left remaining for human resources has been earmarked for fellowship programs (but rather on teaching and other programs to improve science learning among youth). Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kdilks Posted April 21, 2009 Share Posted April 21, 2009 Unless they send decisions tomorrow (more or less out of the blue), it looks like I'm going to be done for the semester before I hear back. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
beak3chimps Posted April 21, 2009 Share Posted April 21, 2009 Yeah, wow that PDF is so tempting to believe in. If only, if only. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hekog Posted April 21, 2009 Share Posted April 21, 2009 As of the morning of Tuesday, 21 April, we have no new information regarding the notification timeframe or the number of additional awards. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
liatris Posted April 21, 2009 Share Posted April 21, 2009 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
denidzo Posted April 21, 2009 Share Posted April 21, 2009 Yeah, I came here to post the same thing. Got the email this morning, and frankly, the semester will be well over by the time I hear anything. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Higgins_the_Brave Posted April 21, 2009 Share Posted April 21, 2009 Thank you for your interest in the National Science Foundation (NSF) Graduate Research Fellowship Program (GRFP). As of the morning of April 21, the GRF Operations Center has still received absolutely no information regarding the number of additional awards that will be made, nor have we received any updates about a notification timeframe. When we do receive any updated information, we will post it on the main page of www.nsfgrfp.org so that applicants can have the latest information. We will update our website within a few minutes of receiving any official information; as long as the message on www.nsfgrfp.org remains the same, please assume that no new information is available. Thank you. If you have any further questions, please contact this office toll-free at (866) 673-4737, via postal mail at the address below, or via email at info@nsfgrfp.org Sincerely, GRF Operations Center ---- gah FINE Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BioMedSciMed Posted April 21, 2009 Share Posted April 21, 2009 HI guys, I hate to say it but I think that PDF is a little old. I hope more than anything that it's correct, but when your use the google advanced search and restrict the results to only come up if they're under a week or a month old, it doesn't come up, but If you set the search results to find things up to a year old then it does come up. So it's not brand new I don't think but all I think this means is that it's between a month and a year old. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BioMedSciMed Posted April 21, 2009 Share Posted April 21, 2009 it's from March 24th, 2009- so still quite current! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
liatris Posted April 21, 2009 Share Posted April 21, 2009 it's from March 24th, 2009- so still quite current! I think this is probably bad news. If NSF knew they had all that money and were going to spend it on GRF wouldn't they have done it all at once? I sure hope not... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pinkargyle Posted April 21, 2009 Share Posted April 21, 2009 "The approximate timeframe for additional announcements is within the next two weeks." I love it! 2 weeks from when?! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
liatris Posted April 21, 2009 Share Posted April 21, 2009 "The approximate timeframe for additional announcements is within the next two weeks." I love it! 2 weeks from when?! 2 weeks after we defend our dissertations Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BioMedSciMed Posted April 21, 2009 Share Posted April 21, 2009 I think this is probably bad news. If NSF knew they had all that money and were going to spend it on GRF wouldn't they have done it all at once? I sure hope not... well... I don't think they had the money for SURE until everything is officially approved which I thought just happened yesterday. I think it's good becasue it shows that their intention was to treat the GRFP as a priority. Regardless of if the numbers are exactly right, I think at least this shows that it's not like they were intending of cutting the GRFP in favor of something else etc. etc. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
liatris Posted April 21, 2009 Share Posted April 21, 2009 well... I don't think they had the money for SURE until everything is officially approved which I thought just happened yesterday. I think it's good becasue it shows that their intention was to treat the GRFP as a priority. Regardless of if the numbers are exactly right, I think at least this shows that it's not like they were intending of cutting the GRFP in favor of something else etc. etc. I like your take better, so let's go with it! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
denidzo Posted April 21, 2009 Share Posted April 21, 2009 2 weeks after we defend our dissertations You just made my day! Thanks for making me laugh ... and you're probably right. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
liatris Posted April 21, 2009 Share Posted April 21, 2009 Okay, so maybe this isn't so bad (lunch has fueled optimism). No NEW information about the time frame means that the old "within 2 weeks" posted on the 10th of April still holds. That is this Friday. So someone still thinks that we can be notified by Friday, or else they'd make an announcement that the expected time frame has changed. That is not to say that they can't decide on Thursday evening that Friday is an impossible deadline to meet and change the timeframe (maybe I should have had a bigger lunch). Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Higgins_the_Brave Posted April 21, 2009 Share Posted April 21, 2009 maybe I should have had a bigger lunch... I had a bowl of homemade pasta with amazing meat ragu followed by six homemade chocolate mini-cupcakes with whipped cream frosting and raspberries on top... and I am still so nervous Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nsfhopeful Posted April 21, 2009 Share Posted April 21, 2009 I had a bowl of homemade pasta with amazing meat ragu followed by six homemade chocolate mini-cupcakes with whipped cream frosting and raspberries on top... and I am still so nervous Dang! Who's cooking for you?! I'll probably have a peanut butter and banana sandwich because I'm out of food and don't have time to cook. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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