www.nsf.gov/pubs/2001/nsf01146/nsf01146.htm#elig
Other Opportunities for Fellowship Awardees and Honorable Mention Recipients 10 Guidelines for Applying || 11 Deadlines || 12 Instructions for Completing a Fellowship Application 13 Important Points || 14 NSF-Supported Fields of Specialization || 15 About the National Science Foundation || 16 Privacy Act and Public Burden Statements Summary of Program Requirements GENERAL INFORMATION Program Title: Graduate Research Fellowship Program (GRFP) Synopsis of Program: The National Science Foundation (NSF) aims to ensure the vitality of the human resource base of science, mathematics, and engineering in the United States and to reinforce its diversity by offering approximately 900 graduate fellowships each year, including awards for women in engineering and computer and information science. Fellowships provide three years of support for graduate study leading to research-based master's or doctoral degrees in the fields of science, mathematics, and engineering supported by the NSF and are intended for students in the early stages of their graduate study. ELIGIBILITY INFORMATION Citizenship: Applicants must be United States citizens or nationals, or permanent resident aliens of the United States. Field and Degree Program: Fellowships are awarded for graduate study in fields supported by the NSF, including the mathematical, physical, biological, behavioral and social sciences; Earned Graduate Study: Fellowships are intended for individuals in the early stages of their graduate study. In most cases, an individual has three opportunities to apply: during the senior year of college, the first year of graduate school, and the beginning of the second year of graduate school. AWARD INFORMATION Anticipated Type of Award: Fellowships provide three years of support that may be used over a five-year period. Estimated Number of Awards: 900 Amount of funds available: $20,500 stipend for a 12-month tenure plus $10,500 cost-of-education allowance per tenure year pending availability of funds Anticipated date of award: New fellowships to be offered in March 2002 APPLICATION PREPARATION AND SUBMISSION INSTRUCTIONS A. Application Preparation Instructions Complete instructions are outlined in these Guidelines for Submission of Applications. FastLane Requirements Submission via NSF's FastLane GRFP process is expected. FastLane Technical Questions can be directed to: FastLane Help Desk: 1-800-673-6188; Applications submitted via hard copy must be postmarked or delivered in person by November 7, 2001. PROPOSAL REVIEW INFORMATION Merit Review Criteria: NSF Merit Review Criteria apply. General Information The National Science Foundation (NSF) aims to ensure the vitality of the human resource base of science, mathematics, and engineering in the United States and to reinforce its diversity. These contributions, in turn, will broadly impact society and the community. As part of its mission to promote the progress of science, mathematics, and engineering, NSF supports individuals and groups to engage in activities that ensure a technologically literate populace with the understanding and skills needed for the workforce of the twenty-first century as well as fully trained scientists and engineers for the present and the future. In forming its investment strategy for education and human resource development, NSF's aim is to ensure that all members of society have real opportunity to succeed in science and technology so that the Nation can draw upon the strength and creativity that the diversity in our society has to offer. The Foundation welcomes applications from all qualified science, mathematics, and engineering students and strongly encourages women, minorities, and persons with disabilities to compete fully in this program. Eligibility 19 Citizenship || 20 Field, Degree Program, and Research Topics || 21 Earned Graduate Study || 22 Eligibility for the Women in Engineering and Computer and Information Science Awards All applications will be reviewed for eligibility using the criteria described in the sections below. In some cases this review continues through the disciplinary panels convened in February. Citizenship NSF Graduate Fellowships are open only to individuals who are, at the time of application, citizens or nationals of the United States 2 or permanent resident aliens of the United States. It does not refer to a citizen of another country who has applied for United States citizenship. Field, Degree Program, and Research Topics Fellowships are awarded for graduate study leading to research-based master's or doctoral degrees in the fields of science, mathematics, and engineering supported by the National Science Foundation listed later in these Guidelines. Awards are also made for work toward a research-based PhD in science education that requires a science competence comparable to that for PhD candidates in scientific disciplines. Research in bioengineering with diagnosis or treatment-related goals that applies engineering principles to problems in biology and medicine while advancing engineering knowledge is eligible for support. Bioengineering research to aid persons with disabilities is also eligible. Support is not provided for study in clinical, counseling, business, or management fields; Support is not provided for clinical research or for research with a focus on disease, especially applied research on the diagnosis or treatment of physical or mental disease, abnormality or malfunction in humans or animals. Research involving animal models of such conditions, the development or testing of drugs, or other procedures for their treatment is also not eligible for support. Basic research in fields supported by NSF (listed later in these Guidelines) is usually eligible notwithstanding the fact that it may lead to long-term disease-related applications. Earned Graduate Study NSF Graduate Fellowships are intended for individuals in the early stages of their graduate study in science, mathematics, or engineering. In most cases an individual has three opportunities to apply: during the senior year of college, the first year of graduate school, and the beginning of the second year of graduate school. Individuals who have completed no more than one full year of graduate study (or the equivalent in part-time study3) are eligible. Typically, individuals who started full-time graduate study in August/September 2000 and who have earned no prior graduate credit will be considered to have completed no more than one full year when applying by November 2001. Most individuals who have completed more than one full year of graduate study (or the equivalent in part-time study3) are too advanced to be eligible for this program. However, some individuals with more than a year of graduate study, including some holding a master's degree in an NSF-supported field, are eligible. The following two questions are asked when assessing the eligibility of applicants with more than a year of graduate study in NSF-supported fields. Will the applicant be no further along than a student who had completed only one year in the proposed program? An applicant with more than one year of graduate study in NSF-supported fields must address these questions in Question 19 of the Application Form. This response will be considered along with the entire application in evaluating eligibility. Whether a given program constitutes a substantial field change is a subjective judgment. Similarities between the proposed program of study and the previous study or research are examined in detail. Changes within a given discipline, such as from topology to geometry in mathematics, are seldom sufficient. Changes from quite distinct fields, for example, from biology to economics, are generally considered to be sufficient. When the change is between related fields, such as from biology to ecology or from mechanical engineering to bio-medical engineering, the decision usually hinges on the path the student has followed. If there is considerable similarity in the research and the coursework between the previous study and the proposed study, such changes are not enough to make an applicant eligible. Applicants who have ...
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