pres%gious fellowship introductory workshop...aug 07, 2019 · nsf graduate research fellowship...
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Pres%giousFellowshipIntroductoryWorkshop
August22,2019
Presentedby:MichaelKahn,Professor
[email protected];5093358327
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Objec&vesGetyouthinkingaboutapplyingforafellowshipsoon.Giveyousomeideaaboutwhatafellowshipcandoforyou.Presentinformationaboutapplyingforafellowship.Giveyouideasabouthowtoimproveyourchancesbetween
nowandwhenyouapply.Shortterm,longerterm.
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1. WhatarePrestigiousFellowships?Competitive,National/International,Individual
2. Whywouldyouwantone?Cash,Prestige,Flexibility
3. Howdoyougetone?Theseareawardedtoapplicants.Apply. Anapplicationisnecessarybutnotsufficient.
4. HowareFellowshipapplicationsevaluated?Whoisyouraudience?Typicallyfacultymembersinyourdiscipline.
5. Howtoputtogetheracompetitiveapplication.Whatdoprogramslookfor?Canyougivethemmore?Orbetter?
Openfloorforquestions(prettymuchwhenever)
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BenefitsofGraduateStudentPres&giousFellowships
• Money• Thesetypicallypayastipend($$$)andtuition• Oftenincludeotherformsofsupport(travel,operations)• DoIhavetogiveupmycurrentassistantship?
• Usuallybut…• Whataboutteaching?
• Prestige—definitelya“cv-able”event• Canfocusonyourownresearch
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NSFGraduateResearchFellowshipProgram
! “Since1952,NSFhasfundedover50,000GraduateResearchFellowshipsoutofmorethan500,000applicants.Currently,42FellowshavegoneontobecomeNobellaureates,andmorethan450havebecomemembersoftheNationalAcademyofSciences.Inaddition,theGraduateResearchFellowshipProgramhasahighrateofdoctoratedegreecompletion,withmorethan70percentofstudentscompletingtheirdoctorateswithin11years.”
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(Adetour)• Theprocessitself:
• Whoareyou?• WhydoyouwantaPh.D.?• WhatmightyoudoonceyouhaveaPh.D.?
• MyIDP(IndependentDevelopmentProgram)• https://myidp.sciencecareers.org/
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TimingofSubmissionfortheFellowships• DependsontheFellowship.Somearedesignedtostartwhenyoustart,
somewhenyouhavereachedamilestone,likepassingPrelimExam• DeadlinesvarywithProgram(NSF–Fall;USDA–Spring)• Submitmorethanonceifyoucaninordertoobtainfeedback.
ForNSF• Onlyonceasgradstudent(inYear1ORYear2)*
• Butifyoustartedthissummer,youmayneedtoapplynow!!• NSFhasadditionalcategories(interrupted,afterB.S.)• 2-3yearsofstudyleft• WeekofOctober21(dependsonsubject)
(Backontheroad)
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Whichfellowshipstoapplyfor?
• Yourfit.Aretheprogramstryingtofindyou?• Getfeedback.
• Followthemoney.NSFgave2000awardsthisyear.
2000awards/12,000applications(17%)
• Applicationsfordifferentawardsaresimilarbutnotidentical.
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Whataregraduatestudentpres&giousfellowships?
• NationalScienceFoundationGraduateResearchFellowshipProgramhttps://www.nsfgrfp.org/
• NSFNon-AcademicResearchInternshipsforGraduateStudents(INTERN)SupplementalFundingOpportunity
• https://www.nsf.gov/publications/pub_summ.jsp?ods_key=nsf18102• NSFisinterestedinindividualswhoarecurrently,orwhowillbeenrolledin
STEMdisciplines,includingsocialsciences,STEMeducation.• 3yearsofsupportduringa5yearfellowshipperiod• $34,000tothefellow($2,833/month),$12,000totheinstitutionforcostof
attendance• Accesstointernationaltravelfundingandinternshipopportunities.• 2018:2000awards/12,000applications
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Whataregraduatestudentpres&giousfellowships?
• NationalScienceFoundationGraduateResearchFellowshipProgramhttps://www.nsfgrfp.org/
• Eligible:ApplicantsmustbeUnitedStatescitizens,nationals,orpermanentresidentsoftheUnitedStatesbytheapplicationdeadline.
• Noteligible:Extensivedefinition,readcarefullybut! Practice-orientedprofessionaldegreeprograms…! Clinical,counseling,businessadministrationormanagement,socialwork,
education(exceptinscienceandengineeringeducation),orhistory(exceptinhistoryofscience)areasofgraduatestudyarenotsupported.
! Researchwithdisease-relatedgoals...However,researchinbioengineering…thatappliesengineeringprinciplestoproblemsinbiologyandmedicinewhileadvancingengineeringknowledgeiseligibleforsupport.Bioengineeringresearchtoaidpersonswithdisabilitiesalsoiseligible.
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Should you even apply?
As an undergraduate? Yes. But make it clear what is real and what is fantasy.
As a first year graduate student?
Yes. But have a clear idea what you will be doing.
As a second year graduate student? If not now, when?
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NSFGraduateResearchFellowshipProgram! PersonalInformation(cv)
! Education,WorkandOtherExperience;electronictranscripts;ProposedField(s)ofStudy;ProposedGraduateStudyandGraduateSchoolInformation;
! Atleastthreereferenceletters(professional).ByNovember1
! Personal,RelevantBackgroundandFutureGoalsStatement
! GraduateResearchPlanStatement
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2019NSFGRFPDeadlines
Allapplicationsaredueat5:00p.m.localtime,asdeterminedbyyourmailingaddress.October21,2019 Geosciences,LifeSciences October22,2019 ComputerandInformationScienceandEngineering,Engineering,
MaterialsResearch October24,2019 Psychology,SocialSciences,STEMEducationandLearning October25,2019 Chemistry,MathematicalSciences,PhysicsandAstronomy November1,2019(Friday) ReferenceLettersmustbesubmittedby5:00PMESTImportantDates→LateJuly/EarlyAugust-ProgramSolicitationReleased→EarlyAugust-FastLaneApplicationOpened→LateOctober(you)/EarlyNovember(refs)-ApplicationDeadlines(bydiscipline)→EarlyApril-AwardsAnnounced→EarlyMay-FellowsAcceptanceDeadline
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Gettingstarted:Doyourresearch• myIDPhttps://myidp.sciencecareers.org/
• FAQshttps://www.nsf.gov/pubs/2019/nsf19081/nsf19081.jsp#q74
! http://www.alexhunterlang.com/nsf-fellowship! SiteisespeciallyvaluablebecauseithaslinkstolotsofessaysfromFellows(successful!)
! http://www.malloryladd.com/nsf-grfp-advice.html! AdvicetoApplicantsoftheNSF'sGraduateResearchFellowshipProgram(GRFP)! MalloryisagraduatestudentinanalyticalChemistryatTennesseeandhaswrittenaveryusefulguide.! “Ienjoylearningnewlanguages,experiencingnewcultures,rockclimbing,reading,hiking,yoga,film,
anything�thathascaffeineinit,�andallthingspink.”
! http://www.clairemckaybowen.com/fellowships.html! ApplyingfortheNSFGRFP! “IamaNSFGRFPfellowfrom2015andworkedforNotreDame'sOfficeofGrantsandFellowshipsfor
applicationcycles(2014-2015,2015-2016),helpingothergraduatestudentsapplyfortheNSFGRFP.”
! https://fellowships.missouri.edu/fellowship/nsf-grfp/
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Been there, Doing that…
Jacob Woodbury Was: mild-mannered WSU undergraduate,
Genetics and Cell Biology Now: ambitious WSU graduate student,
Molecular Biosciences NSFGRF 2019- Research area:
STEM Education
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NSFGraduateResearchFellowshipProgram
! Therewillbethreereviewers.Proposalsseparatedbydisciplineandstage.! Theywanttoreadagoodstory.! Itshouldbewellorganized,havedetails,andbereadable.! Theywilltriagequicklythenthinkmoreabouttheirtopgroup.! Iffundingis17%andtheyget40proposalstoreview,theyarelikelytohave~7-8awardees
! Theymighthavegottenagoodsubset,beinagoodarea,etc."willzeroinon~15proposals
Whoisyouraudience?“SteveSaunders”
TherearemanyotherfacultyatWSUwhohavereviewedforNSFandotheragencies.
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• StartwritingASAP.
• Thisisanexerciseinwritingbutmostlyinrewriting.
• Forbestresults,haveseveralprofessorsandstudentsinyourfieldreviewyourproposal.Providethemwiththeprogramannouncement.Nicepeoplemaynotbegood;Differentpeopleseedifferentthings.
• Feedback:Interpretfeedbackasconstructive!!• Listencarefullytothecommonalitiesthatyouhearfromeveryone.Isyour
essayhardtofollowbecauseofitsorganization?Haveyouexplaineditwelltoanaïvebutsophisticatedreviewer?
• Optional:Senddraftsoftheessaystokahn@wsu.eduasWorddocumentsbeforeSeptember15,2019.Wewilltrytoprovidefeedback.September30isagoodtargetforafairlyfinishedproduct.
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Theapplica%onhttp://www.alexhunterlang.com/nsf-fellowship! Contents
! 1Whatisit?! 2BasicOutlineofApplicationProcess! 3TipsforGettingStarted! 4GeneralAdvice! 5ReviewCriteriaDetails
! 6ReviewCriteria:MyTwoCents! 7PersonalStatement,RelevantBackground,andFutureGoals:EssayPromptfromNSF
! 8PersonalStatement,RelevantBackground,andFutureGoalsEssay:MyTwoCents! 9GraduateResearchStatement:EssayPromptfromNSF
! 10GraduateResearchStatement:MyTwoCents
! 11ExamplesofSuccessfulEssays
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http://www.alexhunterlang.com/nsf-fellowship! 11ExamplesofSuccessfulEssays
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TheProgramAnnouncement,Solicita&on,RequestforProposal...
MakesureyouhavecurrentRFP.RFPscanchange.Applicationdate,Stipendlevelandbudgetconditions,Eligibilitycriteria,Format,Supportingdocuments,etc.
PrintoutRFPandunderlineallofinformationonformattingandcontent.• FollowEXACTLYalloftheinformationonformatting.
• Wrongformatcanbedisqualifying.• Usealloftheinformationoncontentinyouressaysevenusingsnippets
ofexactwordingforsomeofit.• Thereisnosuchthingasa“suggestion.”• Respondtocriteria.Don’tgetzeroes.• Arrangelettersanddocumentsaheadoftime.StartNOW!
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**TheProgramAnnouncement,Solicita&on,RequestforProposal...**
Twocomponents—“stuff”and“thevisionthing”
GRFPsupportsindividualsproposingacomprehensiveholisticplanforgraduateeducationthattakesintoaccountindividualinterestsandcompetencies.Aholisticplandescribestheexperiences,attributes,andacademicachievementsthat,whenconsideredincombination,showhowtheapplicanthasdemonstratedpotentialforsignificantresearchachievementsinSTEMorinSTEMeducation.Thus,anapplicantmustprovideadetailedprofileofherorhisrelevanteducationalandresearchexperiencesandplansforgraduateeducationinsuchawayastodemonstratethispotentialforsignificantachievements.Makeitreal.Connectthedots!
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**TheProgramAnnouncement,Solicita&on,RequestforProposal...**
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**TheProgramAnnouncement,Solicita&on,RequestforProposal...**
I
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Whatdoesittaketogetanaward?NSFwinnerstypicallyhadsomeoffollowingitemsontheirCVs:
• Researchexperiences• AgoodGPA• Nameonapublication,Posterpresentations • Tutoringexperience,Volunteeringexperiences• Internshiporcareerrelatedworkexperience
• EvidenceofprofessionaldevelopmentthatrequiredinitiativeandwasevidenceofwillingnessofotherstomentorAplan—Whatdoyouwant/need;Howwillyougetit?
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LeNersofRecommenda&on• Consulttheprogramannouncement/solicitation.
• Isitappropriatetoaskyouradvisorforaletterwhenyouhaveonlyknownthemforafewmonths?YES
• Usethreeacademics(andthensomeothers?)• Givethemtime.(Amonthormore?)• Documentyourhistory(Fromdifferenttimesinyourlifeordifferent
aspectsofyourrecord.)• Adviseyourrecommendersiftherearespecificissuesyouwouldlikethem
tocover.Sometimestheyaremorecredibleoraddtoyourcredibility.• Initiative,Flexibility,Effort,Workingingroups,BroaderImpacts,etc.
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• Makeyouressayseasytofollow:
• Tellthewholestoryandmakeitcoherent.• Chronologicalorder(maybe?)• Headings(oratleastparagraphs)• Exactwordingof“suggestions”inthepersonal
statement• Iftheyaskforit,giveittothem• Getpersonal(i.e.usedetailsandgoodverbs)butdon’t
besaccharine
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**TheOverallFormatofaResearchProposal**
1. Attention-grabbingstatementofneed2. Brieflysummarizethestateoftheliteratureonthematter,endingwitha3. Statementoftheproblem,need,and/orgapintheliteraturethatyourproposalwilladdress
4. Hypothesiswithregardtotheneed5. Howyouwillresolvethishypothesisviayourmethods6. Howtheresolutionofthishypothesisandthecompletionanddisseminationofyourresearchwillinfluencetheworld
7. IntellectualMeritandBroaderImpacts.8. Whoseproposalisitanyway?
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TheScienceofScientificWritingGeorgeD.GopenandJudithA.Swan
https://cseweb.ucsd.edu/~swanson/papers/science-of-writing.pdf
WritingwiththeReaderinMind:ExpectationandContext
! Informationisinterpretedmoreeasilyifitiswheremostreadersexpecttofindit.! Wecannotmakeevenasinglesentencemeanoneandonlyonething;wecanonly
increasetheoddsthatamajorityofreaderswillinterpretwhatwehavewrittenaccordingtoourintentions.
! (Readforambiguity—trytomisunderstand.)! Theinformationthatbeginsasentenceestablishesaperspectiveforviewingthe
sentenceasaunit.! Itisobviousthatascientificdocumentisincompletewithouttheinterpretationofthe
writer;itmaynotbesoobviousthatthedocumentcannot"exist"withouttheinterpretationofthereader.
(Anotherdetour)
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TheScienceofScientificWritingGeorgeD.GopenandJudithA.Swan
https://cseweb.ucsd.edu/~swanson/papers/science-of-writing.pdf
WritingwiththeReaderinMind:ExpectationandContext
Wenowhavethreerhetoricalprinciplesbasedonreaderexpectations:First,grammaticalsubjectsshouldbefollowedassoonaspossiblebytheirverbs;Second,everyunitofdiscourse,nomatterthesize,shouldserveasinglefunction
ormakeasinglepoint;Third,informationintendedtobeemphasizedshouldappearatpointsof
syntacticclosure.
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! ThePersonalStatement:
! Whoyouare! Howyougotthere(obstaclesovercome,
uniqueexperiences,selfdiscovery,grit)! Whatisimportanttoyouandwhy
! Connect“whoyouare”to“¿WhyshouldIgiveyoumoney?”
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! TheResearchStatement:! Whatdoyouwanttodo?! Whyisitworthdoing?! Whyshouldyoubedoingit?! Areyoudoingitintherightplace?
! Thisisabouttraining.Whatdoyouneed?! Howwillyouhelpithaveimpact?
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Asummary! Pres&giousFellowshipsaregoodforyou.
! Money,flexibility,pres&ge(duh!)
! Yougetthembyapplyingforthem(some&mes)! Youdon’tapply,youdon’tget.
! Agenciesandfounda&onsawardPres&giousFellowships.! Theyhavetheirreasons.Knowyouraudience.! Differenteligibilitycriteriamightfitdifferentstagesofyourcareer.! Moneycanbeusedfordifferentthings.! TheGoldenRule:Thosewhohavethegoldmaketherules.
! Togetone,youneedtofittheircriteriaaswellorbeNerthanthecompe&&on.! Posi&onyourself.! Personalstatement.! Researchplan.! Recordofaccomplishment.! Peoplewhovouchforyou.
! Youneedtofollowinstruc&ons.
! Planahead.! Deadlinesanddeadlinesbeforedeadlines.
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Whoisyourteam?You. Your advisor, committee, colleagues. Other students. (You are not competing with them. Trust me.) WSU Mentors. Faculty volunteers who are willing to read and comment on your
application. WSU Internal eREX https://myresearch.wsu.edu/Grants/ERex.aspx#/list Proposals can be submitted by institution.
There is a protocol. Give them time to get it together. Need to clear an approval process, check budget, etc. [email protected] in the Graduate School will help you
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Judy Swan TED talk
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ProgramAnnouncementsandContactInformationhttps://www.nsfgrfp.org/http://sites.nationalacademies.org/PGA/FordFellowships/PGA_047958https://ndseg.asee.org/https://www.krellinst.org/csgf/about-doe-csgfhttps://www.nasa.gov/stem/fellowships-scholarships/index.htmlhttp://hertzfoundation.org/dx/fellowships/fellowshipaward.aspxhttps://nifa.usda.gov/funding-opportunity/agriculture-and-food-research-initiative-food-agriculture-natural-resources-andhttps://researchtraining.nih.gov/programs/fellowships/F31https://smartscholarshipprod.service-now.com/smarthttp://www.hhmi.org/developing-scientists/gilliam-fellowships-advanced-studyhttps://ffarfellows.org/https://molecularbiosciences.ku.edu/predoctoral-fellowship-listhttps://landrylab.com/fellowships/
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SomeNSFGraduatePrograms
April Seehafer, [email protected] https://distinguishedscholarships.wsu.edu/category/awards/fulbright/
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