NDSEG Application - work history

[jmlinds]

I'm wrapping up my DoD NDSEG fellowship application, and just discovered that it is automatically removing the units from the "rate of pay" fields in my work history. I had previously entered things as $10/hr, $280/mo, etc. as in biology there is a quite a range of pay formats from hourly to per diem and monthly stipends, and my work experience falls under a range of these. It appears impossible to enter a unit, so numbers are shown simply as $10, $280, etc. Should I leave the pay field blank, try to pick a constant unit and make my pay rates fit into that where I can (although this will be awkward), or try to explain in another field what the unit of pay is? NDSEG isn't picking up the phone and I would appreciate anyone's help on this!

[abcd128]

Try emailing ndsegf@sti-tec.com, that's how I got a hold of them.They responded in ~24 hours. 

Also, thank you for the heads up about the rate of pay being removed. Best of luck with everything! 

[jmlinds]

Thank you, although unfortunately the cutoff is this evening! I ended up standardizing where possible and explaining where I couldn't, and hopefully that's okay. Best of luck to you too!!

[NeoOzymandias]

I found it strange that a federal fellowship would want my previous wage history. After all, the fellowship stipend isn't dependent on your previous experience or employment. One would think that a personal statement and CV would give adequate coverage of professional and research experience. 

 

The application, like the website, reeks of a lowest-bidder copy-and-paste job. I miss ASEE.