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National Science Foundation Graduate Research Fellowship Program
What:
A fellowship for three years of graduate study in the sciences or in engineering leading to master's or doctoral degrees in the mathematical, physical, biological, engineering, and most social sciences, and in the history and philosophy of science. Recipients may attend graduate programs in the United States or abroad.
Awards are also made for work toward a research-based Ph.D. in science education that requires a science competence comparable to that for Ph.D. candidates in those disciplines. (Awards are not made in clinical or business fields, in other education programs of any kind, in history or social work, for work leading to medical, dental, law, or public health degrees, or for study in joint science-professional degree programs.)
Awards are made by the National Science Foundation, a federal agency. A complete list of fields supported by the Program is available online.
Who is eligible:
United States citizens or nationals, or permanent residents of the United States. These fellowships are intended for students at or near the beginning of their graduate study in science or engineering. Most applicants are seniors, first-year graduate students, and others who have completed a limited amount of science or engineering graduate study.
For the Graduate Fellowship Program, applicants may not have more than 30 quarter units of graduate study in the science and engineering fields supported by the Program.
The Women in Engineering and Computer and Information Science awards are for women who intend to pursue graduate research degrees in Engineering or Computer and Information Science and Engineering. Eligibility and review criteria are the same as for applicants in other fields.
Selection Procedure:
Evaluation is based on academic records and recommendations. Each application is evaluated by a panel of research faculty in a discipline closely related to the science or engineering field of the applicant's proposed advanced degree program. Reviewers will solely evaluate the way candidates' written statements demonstrate their intellectual merit and the broader impacts of their study/research.
Applications must be submitted electronically using the NSF Fastlane Graduate Research Fellowship Program Application Module according to the Field of Study deadline.
The application comprises: Personal Profile, Education and Work Experience, Planned Graduate Program, Personal Background Statements, Previous Research Experience, Proposed Plan of Research, and References. Applications and transcripts must be submitted by the deadline for your field of study. Reference letters are due December 1, 2009.
Submission of GRE scores is optional but recommended. To qualify, tests must have been taken between Oct. 1, 2002 and Nov. 30, 2007. Scores are due Nov. 30 and must be submitted by ETS. NSF will pay Subject Test registration fees for applicants who register for the November 03, 2007 administration under two conditions: (1) the NSF Fellowship application is the primary purpose, and (2) the GRE registration form for the November test is received at ETS no later than September 28, 2007.
Winners will be announced in late March.
Deadline: Interdisciplinary Fields 11/1/2010 (Projected)
Deadline: Math 11/3/2010 (Projected)
Deadline: Computer Science & Engineering 11/3/2010 (Projected)
Deadline: Social Sciences 11/4/2010 (Projected)
Deadline: Psychology 11/4/2010 (Projected)
Deadline: Geosciences 11/4/2010 (Projected)
Deadline: Life Sciences 11/5/2010 (Projected)
Deadline: Chemistry, Physics and Astronomy 11/9/2010 (Projected)
Deadline: Engineering 11/11/2010 (Projected)
Who wins:
Winners have significant research experience and convincing and serious research proposals.
During 2007, seven UCI students received NSF scholarships and an additional seven were designated as Honorable Mentions. 2007 winners include Danielle Issa, Jenny Ouyang, Jung Park ’06, Michael Thompson, Joy Trujillo, Matthew Whiteside, and Vicky Zhou. Honorable Mentions are Laura Marshall, Lisa McMath, Melissa Tong, Nam Trang, James Wenner, Thai Chu ‘05, and Pete Chandrangsu ‘04.
During 2008 NSF scholarship winners were Julie Rico, Lilly Irani, Loralee Larios, Stephanie Chan '06, Leah Dickenson '07, and William Hinkle '75. Honorable Mentions were Satoru Emori, Justin Little, Jeffrey Cannon, Stephanie Crofts, Dana Garfin, Suman Lam, Paul Nakamura, Tatyana Sheps, Erik Tollerud, Megan Warner, Joseph Wolf, Anaya Esperanza '06, Thai Chu '05, Ian Crossfield '04, Scott Mackenzie '07, Christina Meng '04, Heather Stalker '07, and Thanh Vu '06.
Finances:
Current stipends are $30,000 for 12-month tenures. An additional annual cost-of-education allowance of $10,500 is paid to the fellow's institution in lieu of tuition and fees. A $1,000 International Research Travel Allowance is available to some Fellows in either Program, and new Minority Graduate Fellows may be eligible for Mentoring Assistantships, which provide support during the summer before the first year of graduate study.
Comments:
Any undergraduate or recent graduate with a strong academic record who intends graduate work in engineering, the sciences or the social sciences should consider applying for these fellowships. While SOP only officially manages the GRFP, NSF offers a great array of other undergraduate and graduate research scholarships, and we encourage students considering GRFP to also explore these options.
World Wide Web: Further information and applications are available at:
http://www.nsf.gov/funding/pgm_summ.jsp?pims_id=6201&org=DGE&from=home
For applications and more information, contact the Scholarship
Opportunities Program at 824-5461 in the Office of the Campuswide
Honors Program, 1200 Student Services II.
SOP is able to provide counseling and applications to UCI Students only.
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Division of Undergraduate Education