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BEFORE YOU START:
Check the brief guidelines below. See
Solicitation
for official requirements. Applications not meeting official
requirements in the GRFP Solicitation will
NOT BE
REVIEWED.
ELIGIBILITY:
Applicant: All rules apply
You |
US citizen, US permanent
resident, or US national |
Proposed Grad Institution
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Full-time enrollment beginning
Fall 2023 at accredited US academic institution in the US, its territories,
possessions,
and Puerto
Rico. NO FOREIGN INSTITUTIONS. |
Approved Field of Study
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Check Approved Fields of Study
(in
Solicitation
Appendix). Ineligible fields of study include disease-oriented, biomedical,
health, counseling, and
others. |
Approved Degree Program
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Research-based STEM Master's
and Doctoral degrees. No professional or joint professional degrees (e.g.,
MD, MPH,
MBA, JD, DDS, DVM, MSW, MD/PhD,
JD/PhD) |
Academic Level: Only one level can apply
Applicants can apply multiple times as Level 1 OR 4. Applicants can apply once as Level 2 or 3.
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Academic Level
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Description
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Level
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Undergraduate Student |
Current senior; never enrolled in a graduate degree program, ready to enroll full-time by Fall 2023. |
Level 1 |
Not Enrolled: Bachelor's Degree, no graduate degre |
Completed a Bachelor's degree; never enrolled in a graduate program; ready to enroll full-time by Fall 2023 |
Level 1 |
Joint Bachelor's-Master's Student |
Currently enrolled in a joint Bachelor's-Master's program; applicants enrolled in a Bachelor's-Master's program are considered
Graduate Students. Concurrent enrollment in BS/MS program and both degrees awarded at the same time as indicated on the transcript. |
Level 2 |
Graduate Student: First Year |
Current first-year graduate student in eligible Field of Study at a US academic institution |
Level 2 |
Graduate Student: Matriculated Directly from Joint Bachelor's-Master's Program |
Joint Bachelor's-Master's degree holders who progressed to a doctoral program the semester following award of joint degree (summer
break acceptable), must apply as first-year doctoral students (Level 2) and may not have previously applied |
Level 3 |
Graduate Student: Second Year |
No more than one academic year of graduate study in eligible Field of Study at US academic institution (Fall 2021 or later start
date) |
Level 3 |
Not Enrolled: Returning Graduate Student |
Holds a Master's degree; not currently enrolled in graduate school AND has not enrolled in graduate school since Fall 2019. Does
not hold a terminal (doctoral) degree. |
Level 4 |
APPLICATION PREPARATION:
Format compliance: All rules apply
Paper size |
8.5"x11" |
Font |
Times New Roman for all text,
Cambria Math font for equations,
and Symbol font for non-alphabetic characters (it is recommended that equations and symbols
be inserted as an image),
no smaller than 11-pt, except text that is part of an image
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Spacing |
No less than single spacing
(approximately 6 lines per inch) |
Margins |
1" margins on all sides, no
text inside 1" margins (no header, footer, or page number) |
Templates |
See Personal
Statement template, Graduate Research Plan template |
BEFORE YOU SUBMIT Application: All steps apply
Personal Profile |
Fill in all required
fields. |
Personal Statement |
3 pages (PDF, see Personal Statement template) |
Graduate Research Plan
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2 pages, including references
(PDF, see Graduate Research Plan template) |
Transcripts |
From ALL degree institutions
(class schedule from current institution). Must include at least one
transcript. Transcripts must not be encrypted.
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Reference Writers |
Three or more reference writer
names (two letters are required). |
Deadlines |
NO extensions or
exceptions. NO materials accepted by email. |
CLICK Sign and Submit |
Check for confirmation email. Check View Application Package Status to confirm receipt at NSF before 5:00 p.m. Local Time of applicant's mailing address.
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Download your application |
You're done! |
ONLY COMPLETE APPLICATIONS WILL BE ACCEPTED. INCOMPLETE APPLICATIONS WILL NOT BE
REVIEWED.
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