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Graduate Division Resources:
SLIDE 2 Funding workshops: overview of the NSF GRFP, writing tips on the application essays, and tips from fellow students and faculty reviewers. Writing tutors: available to assist students in application preparation. Workshop topics for fall 2012 will include:
- NSF GRFP Info Session
- Writing for the NSF GRFP: The Personal Statement
- Writing for the NSF GRFP: Research Essays
- The Fellowship Application Experience
- NSF GRFP Faculty Reviewer Panel
- Writing Tutors at the GRC
Graduate Division Resources:
SLIDE 3 Recommendations for Letters of Support
Select faculty that have:
- previously served as a research advisor
- current research advisor
- involved with your recruitment to UCI.
Also good choices-
- Directors of ORUs,
- NIH training grants directors
- distinguished senior scientists
Letters MUST be received by November 27 at 8 PM EST (5 PM Ca time). You must have at least THREE (consider asking for 4- 5 letters).
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Recommendations for Letters of Support
Each letter should directly address your intellectual merit and your broader impacts.
Recommendation:
Write a succinct statement of your project and your broader impacts in the request for a letter. State that this information must be included in the letter.
SLIDE 5 Recommendations for Letters of Support
Provide a copy of Associate Dean Mulligan’s guide for letter writers:
- download from the CMB web page
- obtained by email to Gary Roman or Renee Frigo
- (last resort) directly from Associate Dean Mulligan
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Myths & Facts
MYTH: Students must have determined their research plan before applying. FACT: Students do not have to have a concrete research plan when applying for the NSF GRFP.
NSF GRFP funds an individual, not a research project. The research proposal is one of three components of the application. The others focus on prior research, and the candidate’s personal narrative. Students are not expected to commit to the proposed research in the application. Reviewers are looking for demonstrated understanding of research design and methodology. How the proposed research fits into applicant’s larger narrative or trajectory of past research, personal history and future plans.
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Myths & Facts
MYTH: It is not worth reapplying if an application is turned down the first time. FACT: If a student pays careful attention to the prior critiques, s/he has a good chance of success. Students are eligible to reapply if they are in the second year of their first graduate degree program.
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Intellectual Merit and Broader Impacts Criterion
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Intellectual Merit and Broader Impacts Criterion
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Intellectual Merit and Broader Impacts Criterion
