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NSF 101: The Graduate Research Fellowship Program

Is graduate school in your future? Pursuing a PhD or master’s degree in science or engineering is an intellectual journey, opening doors to many career paths in academia, industry and beyond. The U.S. National Science Foundation can help fund your graduate education and kick-start your career. The Graduate Research Fellowship Program, or GRFP, is one of NSF’s oldest programs. Fellowships were first awarded in 1952 and predate NSF’s first awards for research grants.

GRFP is a prestigious program that supports outstanding graduate students pursuing research-based master’s and doctoral degrees in over 100 NSF-supported STEM fields. Every year, nearly 14,000 applications are received for about 2,000 fellowships. Fellowships comprise three years of financial support that can be used over a five-year period at accredited U.S. institutions, including an annual stipend of $34,000 and a cost-of-education allowance of $12,000 that graduate institutions agree to accept in lieu of charging tuition and fees.

Thousands of former GRFP fellows have gone on to become leaders in their chosen field, with several being honored as Nobel Laureates and members of the National Academies.

Here are five tips from a program officer to help you with your NSF Graduate Research Fellowship Program application :

1. Do your homework

One of the keys to your success is to read the entire program solicitation . It is a comprehensive list of instructions that will lay out exactly what you need to do to have a successful application.  Make sure to read it twice!

If you have a research or academic mentor, have a conversation with them about your goals for your graduate training and subsequent career. This will help you organize ideas and formulate a strong narrative about your credentials and career goals in your application. Your mentor might also be willing to review drafts of your application or be able to connect you with a former Fellow for more advice.

2. Know your timelines

Each year the GRFP application portal opens between late July and early August. Application deadlines vary by discipline but generally fall in mid to late October of each year. GRFP regularly updates specific deadlines on its website .  Writing a GRFP application is not a small task, but planning ahead can give you time and space to craft a competitive application and your references time to write their letters.

Y ou can apply during your undergraduate study or up to your second year in a graduate program. If you have already earned a master’s degree -- excluding one that you earned in a joint BS/MS program -- you may not be eligible to apply unless there has been a longer than two-year break in your graduate studies. If you are still unsure whether you are eligible, use the GRFP questionnaire .

3. Help references help you

In your GRFP application, you can submit names of up to five references. A minimum of three references are required, and two letters of recommendation must be received. Anyone can serve as a reference for your GRFP application, as long as they are not a family member. The best reference writers will be those who can provide detailed and specific information about your potential for success in graduate education and beyond.

Help your reference letter writers by giving them details about GRFP and why you are applying. Provide them with drafts of your personal statement and graduate research plan statements, along with your CV and other relevant materials. Remind them of big accomplishments that can provide some direction for crafting your letter.

4. Know your reviewers

Your GRFP application requires two statements: a Personal Statement that encompasses relevant background and future goals, and a Graduate Research Plan Statement; both should be written to reflect both intellectual merit and broader impact criteria.

Your Personal Statement is for reviewers to get to know you. How is your personal story different from other applicants? Describe any research experiences you may have that highlight your personal qualities. You can also detail challenges you overcame or significant contributions to science or society your work has made.

In your Graduate Research Plan statement, avoid being too focused on specifics or overly technical. Instead, focus on the rationale for your studies and how they fill a gap in the literature. GRFP reviewers are generally experts in your general field, but it is unlikely they will have deep knowledge of your specific proposed research topic.

5. It's all in the details

The program solicitation provides detailed instructions about the technical aspects of the application, like page limits and font sizes. Despite this, over 800 applications are returned to applicants each year due to formatting errors or missing documents. For example, the page length for the Personal Statement is three pages, and the Graduate Research Plan is two pages, including all references, citations, figures and other materials. Double check these details before starting, and again before submitting, to make sure your application is submitted without error.

Try to avoid submitting the application at the last second, especially if you are unfamiliar with the interface or might have unexpected internet connectivity issues. Certain formatting errors will be automatically rejected by the system, so submitting early will leave you extra time to make any required changes. The GRFP has created a video to help you navigate the technical processes of submitting your application.                                                              

NSF’s GRFP can be a transformative opportunity for young scientists and engineers to kick off their graduate training. If you have additional questions about the program, visit the GRFP website or email [email protected] . Good luck with your application!

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NSF Graduate Research Fellowship Program

The National Science Foundation’s (NSF) Graduate Research Fellowship Program (GRFP) provides three-year graduate research fellowships in science, mathematics and engineering, including Women in Engineering and Computer and Information Science awards. Fellowships are awarded for graduate study leading to research-based master’s or doctoral degrees in the mathematical, physical, biological, behavioral and social sciences; engineering; the history of science and the philosophy of science; and for research-based Ph.D. degrees in science education.

The NSF highly encourages minority students to apply. Fellowships are intended for individuals in the early stages of their graduate study at any appropriate, accredited, non-profit U.S. institution or appropriate international institution of higher education offering advanced degrees in science, mathematics, or engineering is considered eligible.

Fall 2023 Information Session

NSF GRFP Information Session Led by Professor William Hahn, this information session will provide a comprehensive overview of the GRFP and provide guidance on how to competitively frame the statements to meet the agency’s funding priorities. Date : TBA Location: Zoom

Writing for the GRFP

Students seeking assistance preparing proposals should reach out to Elizabeth George, Associate Director of Graduate Fellowships & Awards at [email protected].

Check back for writing workshop dates.

Special Sessions :  Open-Writing with Individual Assistance from Writing Center Tutors The Writing Center offers appointments with tutors who are grant-writing specialists (designated in the tutor’s bio which pops up when you schedule an appointment); you can also sign up for any other open slot, since all tutors should be prepared to help with both your personal statement and your research statement.  Follow the below link to setup an account and schedule an appointment:  http://writingcenter.georgetown.edu/

• Three (3) years of stipend, currently $37,000 per year, disbursed over a five-year period while student is on “active” tenure.
• $16,000 cost-of-education allowance to the home institution per year of “active” tenure.
• Opportunities for international research through  GROW  and federal internships through  GRIP
• Supercomputing resources through  XSEDE

Student Eligibility

• U.S. citizens, nationals, or permanent residents.
• Undergraduate seniors and bachelor’s degree holders may apply before enrolling in a degree-granting graduate program.
• Graduate students enrolled in a degree-granting graduate program are limited to only one application to the GRFP, submitted in the first year or at the beginning of the second year of their degree program.
• Individuals pursuing a master’s degree simultaneously with the bachelor’s degree (joint bachelor’s-master’s degree) must have completed three (3) years in the joint program and are limited to one application to GRFP; they will not be eligible to apply again as a doctoral degree student.
• Individuals holding joint bachelor’s-master’s degrees currently enrolled as first-year doctoral students, who have not previously applied as graduate students and enrolled in the doctoral program the semester following award of the joint degree, may apply as first-year doctoral students only.
• There is a limited opportunity for returning graduate students to apply for a graduate research fellowship. Individuals who have (i) completed more than one academic year in a degree-granting program, (ii) earned a previous master’s degree of any kind (including bachelor’s-master’s degree), or (iii) earned a professional degree (e.g., law, medicine) are eligible only if: 1) they have had a continuous interruption in graduate study of at least two consecutive years immediately prior to the application deadline; and 2) are not enrolled in a degree-granting graduate program at the application deadline. ​​
• Applications withdrawn by November 15 of the application year do not count toward the one-time graduate application limit. Applications withdrawn after November 15 count toward this one-time limit.
• Applications not reviewed by NSF (returned without review) do not count toward the one-time graduate application limit
• Fellowships cannot be held or combined concurrently with other federal or government-funded fellowships (e.g., Boren, Fulbright, Fulbright-Hays, SMART, etc.)

Eligible Fields of Study

• Computer & Information Science & Engineering

Engineering

• Geosciences

Life Sciences

• Materials Research
• Mathematical Sciences
• Physics & Astronomy
• Psychology –  except clinical or counseling
• Social Sciences
• STEM Education & Learning Research
• Other: see full list of fields in the Appendix of the 2024 program solicitation

Ineligible Fields of Study

• M.D./Ph.D., J.D./Ph.D. and other joint professional degree-science programs
• Medical, dental, law, and public health programs
• MBA, MPH, MSW, J.D., M.D., DDS and other practice-oriented professional degree programs
• bioengineering research with diagnosis or treatment specific goals which apply engineering principles to problems in biology and medicine;
• bioengineering research to aid persons with disabilities
• Other ineligible fields of study: consult Appendix of the 2024 program solicitation  

Application Information

• Official NSF 2024 program solicitation  
• Research.gov: Application and  Help Desk
• NSFGRF Operations Center  web site  for guidance and  general inquiries

Application Materials & Evaluation The Research.gov application consists of the following:

• Personal, Relevant Background, and Future Goals Statement (3-page maximum)*
• Graduate Research Statement (2-page maximum)*
• Undergraduate and Graduate (if applicable) Transcripts
• Three (3) Letters of Reference (uploaded separately to research.gov by selected referees)

*Applications, and specifically the   two statements , will be evaluated according to the NSF’s stated  “Broader Impacts” and “Intellectual Merit” criteria . Familiarity with these criteria is strongly encouraged. Applicants are advised to read the 2024 program solicitation and to attend the  information sessions  and the  grant-writing workshop series scheduled for August and again in September/October 2023. Early consultation with advisors, letter writers, and Elizabeth George (Coordinating Official), and review of the below Applicant Resources  strongly advised.

The application must be submitted in Research.gov no later than  5:00 p.m. local time, as determined by applicant’s mailing address.

Application Deadlines :

October 16, 2023

October 17, 2023

Computer and Information Science and Engineering, Materials Research, Psychology, Social Sciences, STEM Education and Learning

October 19, 2023

October 20, 2023

Chemistry, Geosciences, Mathematical Sciences, Physics and Astronomy

Applicant Resources

Resources Provided by the Graduate School

• NSF GRFP Information Session:   Program Overview  — Prof. William Hahn, September 2020

Resources Provided or Endorsed by the NSF

• NSFGRFP.org , the application processing center, is a great resource for applicants and referees
• Video :  Applying to the NSF GRFP  – NSF Graduate Research Fellowship Program

Resources Provided by Other Institutions or Former Fellows

• Video: Applying to the NSF GRF Program (2020) – Provided by NSF GRF Program Directors  — forthcoming!
• NSF-GRFP Insights: Application Resources for the NSF Graduate Research Fellowship Program  – courtesy of Dr. Robin Walker and the University of Missouri
• NSF Graduate Research Fellowship Program  – Neale Fox
• Advice for Applying for Graduate Science Fellowships  – Philip Guo
• Advice for NSF-GRF Applications  – Mallory P. Ladd
• Helping Students to Tell Their Stories  – James M. Lang
• Leave Dr. Seuss Out of It  –  Female Science Professor
• How to Win a Graduate Fellowship  – Michael Kiparsky
• Where Storytelling Meets Science  – Lesley McCollum and Michelle Lavery
• Video :  5 Tips for Writing a Winning NSF GRF Proposal  – by Ritu Raman
• NSF Graduate Research Fellowship  – Alex Hunter Lang

“Breaking News” & Other Live Guidance on Social Media

• NSF GRFP on   Facebook
• NSF GRFP on  LinkedIn
• NSF GRFP on  Twitter

​Questions?

Please contact Elizabeth George ([email protected]), Georgetown’s NSF GRF Coordinating Official.

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NSF Announces 2023 Graduate Research Fellowship Program (GRFP) Awardees

Seven ccs students awarded distinguished fellowship.

The National Science Foundation (NSF) has announced the 2023 Graduate Research Fellowship Program (GRFP) awardees. Seven recipients of this award are or were CCS undergraduates. The College extends its congratulations to all of the CCS and other UCSB recipients with wishes for much success as they embark on their future endeavors as experts in their fields, contributing to the well-being of society at large.

“Our CCS students are working hard every day to find new ways to create knowledge and understanding in the world and we have so much to be proud of their accomplishments––including these 7 awardees––who will have an unique and prestigious opportunity to continue their creativity into graduate school through the support of the National Science Foundation.” —Timothy Sherwood, CCS Interim Dean

The CCS students include:

—Sam Alcott ‘23 (CCS Physics) (Will pursue a Ph.D. in Physics at University of California, Berkeley).

—Marianne Arriola ‘23 (CCS Computing) (Will pursue a Ph.D. in Computer Science at Cornell University)

—Pieter Derksen ‘20 (CCS Physics) (Currently pursuing a Ph.D. in Physics at University of California, Santa Barbara)

—Samuel F. Gebretsadkan ‘ 23 (CCS Physics) (Will pursue a Ph.D. in Physics at Harvard University)

—Logan Gonzalez ‘20 (CCS Biochemistry) (Currently a microbiologist at The Engineer Research and Development Center’s Cold Regions Research and Engineering Laboratory (CRREL) in Hanover, New Hampshire)

—Chloe Jenniches ‘23 (CCS Biology) (Will pursue a Ph.D. in Marine Biology at Scripps Institution of Oceanography at University of California, San Diego)

—Ryan Judy ‘22 (CCS Biology) (Currently a research assistant at the Medical Research Council’s Laboratory of Molecular Biology in Cambridge, England. Will not accept NSF GRFP as he will be pursuing a Ph.D. in the United Kingdom.)

CCS also extends warm congratulations to those who received Honorable Mention:

—Sean Benevedes ‘21 (CCS Physics)

CCS faculty offer dedicated mentorship and advice to our curious and passionate undergraduate students of whom approximately 70 percent pursue master’s and doctoral degrees, identified from an alumni survey several years ago. The College acknowledges the efforts by CCS Biology Faculty John Latto and Claudia Tyler who teach a colloquium at CCS, open to any students in all 8 majors, focused on applying to graduate school and covers the GRFP. Past CCS GRFP recipients, including those who have participated in the CCS colloquium in past years, have returned to CCS to speak at this colloquium to current students, possible GRFP future applicants.

This prestigious graduate fellowship program supports outstanding graduating seniors and beginning graduate students in NSF-supported science, technology, engineering, and mathematics disciplines who are pursuing research-based master’s and doctoral degrees at accredited United States institutions of higher education. GRFP is the oldest graduate fellowship of its kind and has a tradition of selecting recipients who achieve high levels of success in their future academic and professional careers.

Fellows benefit from a three-year annual annual stipend along with a cost of education allowance for tuition and fees, opportunities for international research and professional development, and the freedom to conduct their own research at any accredited U.S. institution that offers graduate education. These NSF Fellows are anticipated to become knowledge experts who can contribute significantly to research, teaching, and innovations in science and engineering.

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Office of National Scholarships & Fellowships

Onsf 2023 celebration of excellence.

Welcome to the Office of National Scholarships & Fellowships ‘ 2023 Celebration of Excellence.  This is our annual end-of-year event during which we celebrate the fantastic students who represented UConn in national scholarship and fellowship competitions, along with the faculty, staff, administrators, and friends who supported them.  Browse the content below to learn more about the office and the students whose accomplishments and effort we’re here to celebrate.

Today’s event is casual by design.  Please enjoy the food, and don’t be afraid to introduce yourself to the other attendees.

There will be brief remarks at 3:15PM.

Scholarship Nominees

Rhodes Scholarship

Neal Krishna (CLAS ’23) – 2023 Finalist Zoe Blevins (CLAS ’23) – 2022 Nominee Michael Hernandez (CLAS ’22)   — 2022 Nominee

Marshall Scholarship

Neal Krishna (CLAS ’23)   — 2023 Finalist Sarah Marze (SFA ’23)   — 2023 Scholar Zoe Blevins (CLAS ’23) – 2022 Nominee

Mitchell Scholarship

Elisa Shaholli (CLAS ’23) – 2023 Nominee

Churchill Scholarship

Elizabeth Carrizzo (ENG ’23) – 2023 Nominee

Truman Scholarship

Defne Alpdogan (CLAS ’24) – 2023 Nominee Thomas Bonitz (CLAS ’24) – 2023 Nominee Liam Enea (CAHNR ’24) – 2023 Nominee Samantha Gove (CLAS ’24) – 2023 Nominee Irene Soteriou  (CLAS ’23) – 2022 Scholar

Goldwater Scholarship

Lisa Liang (CLAS ’25) – 2023 Nominee Neo Lin (CLAS ’25) – 2023 Nominee Romir Raj (ENG ’24)   — 2023 Scholar Lyla White (PHARM ’24) – 2023 Nominee

Katie Hooker (CLAS ’23)  – 2022 Scholar Abigail Moran (CLAS ’23) – 2022 Nominee Antonina Wenc (CLAS ’23) – 2022 Nominee Joshua Yu (CLAS ’23) – 2022 Nominee

Beinecke Scholarship

Katherine Jimenez (CLAS ’24)   — 2023 Scholar Elisa Shaholli (CLAS ’23) – 2022 Scholar

Newman Civic Fellowship

Yana Tartakovskiy (BUS ’25) — 2023 Fellow Samantha Gove  (CLAS ’24) – 2022 Fellow

Udall Scholarship

Samantha Gove (CLAS ’24) – 2022 Scholar Claire Lee (CLAS ’24) – 2023 Nominee Chase Mack (CLAS ’23) – 2022 Honorable Mention

Fulbright U.S. Student Program Applicants

Madeline Baird (Graduate Student, Anthropology)

Recipient – Research Award (Mexico)

Laura Bedoya (Graduate Student, Public Administration)

Semifinalist – Research Award (Colombia)

Danicia Brown (CLAS ’23, English)

Recipient – ETA (Germany)

Erik Choi (CLAS ’23, Physiology & Neurobiology)

Alternate – ETA (Thailand)

Sulema Depeyster (CLAS ’23, History)

Semifinalist – Research Award (New Zealand)

Rebecca Ercolani (BUS ’16, Healthcare Management & Insurance Studies)

Recipient – ETA (Bulgaria)

Keely Greiner (CLAS ’22, Individualized (Health Systems and Disparities); MPH ’23)

Recipient – Study Award (Netherlands)

Neal Krishna (CLAS ’23, Physiology & Neurobiology and English

Alternate – ETA (Taiwan)

Daniel Leaf (CLAS ’23, Political Science and German)

Chase Mack (CLAS ’23, Environmental Science and Political Science, dual degree)

Semifinalist – Study Award (United Kingdom)

Jennifer Magnoli (BUS ’22, Management)

Semifinalist – ETA (Spain)

Tracey Miller (Graduate Student, Plant Science)

Harrison Raskin (CLAS ’23, Urban & Community Studies and Spanish)

Lucas Ruiz (CLAS ’23, History)

Semifinalist – ETA (South Korea)

Christine Savino (BUS ’18, Management)

Recipient – ETA (Taiwan)

Stephanie Schofield (CLAS, Molecular & Cell Biology)

Recipient – Research Award (Germany)

Elisa Shaholli (CLAS, English and Economics)

Recipient – ETA (Turkey)

Joan Tremblay (CLAS ’22, Ecology & Evolutionary Biology and English dual degree)

Recipient – Study Award (United Kingdom)

Elyssa Wrubel (Graduate Student, English)

Semifinalist – ETA (Morocco)

2021-22 (Recipients Only)

Bryan Greene (Graduate Student, Sociology)

Recipient – Research Award (Poland)

Josiah Grzywacz (Graduate Student, Oceanography)

Akriti Mishra (CLAS ’20, Molecular & Cell Biology)

Recipient – ETA (Spain)

Drew Tienken (CLAS ’22, Environmental Science and Political Science dual degree)

Robert Minh Lu Williams (ENG ’22, Materials Science & Engineering)

Recipient – ETA (Vietnam)

NSF Graduate Research Fellowships Recipients

Brandon Chan – Graduate Student, Ecology & Evolutionary Biology Nick Gonzalez, Graduate Student, Anthropology Analisa Milkey, Graduate Student, Ecology & Evolutionary Biology Maggie Ward, Graduate Student, Chemistry

Tony Edgington – Graduate Student, Geosciences Raul Flamenco – Graduate Student, Natural Resources & the Environment Urvi Kaul – Graduate Student, Anthropology Elyse Schriber – Graduate Student, Materials Science & Engineering Swapna Subramanian – – Graduate Student, Ecology & Evolutionary Biology

ONSF wishes to congratulate Nidhi Nair (CLAS ’23) on her selection as UConn’s first Schwarzman Scholar.

Read more about Nidhi and all our students’ successes at https://today.uconn.edu/category/national-scholarships-and-fellowships/ .

Special thanks to the dozens of faculty, staff, administrators, and friends of the office who participated as nominating committee members, mock/practice interview participants, and recommenders during the past year.  It takes a village to raise a national scholarship applicant, and we couldn’t do this work without you.

Finally, we hope you’ll join us in thanking LuAnn Saunders-Kanabay, Assistant Director of ONSF and Fulbright Program Adviser, and Rowena Grainger, ONSF’s STEM Fellowships Advisor.

Prior to accepting a position at Jackson Laboratories in January, Rowena worked tirelessly to promote Goldwater, NSF-GRFP, NIH-NRSA, Churchill, Hollings, and other scholarship opportunities for undergraduate and graduate students here at UConn.  This year’s applicants and nominees worked with Rowena before her departure.  As the new Program Administrator for Student and Postdoctoral Affairs at The Jackson Laboratory for Genomic Medicine in Farmington, w e know the graduate students and postdocs at Jackson Labs are in good hands!

LuAnn is retiring from both of her roles, and we wish her the best in her new adventures.  She has been not only a valued colleague, but a source of inspiration and guidance to a generation of UConn students through her work with ONSF, the Presidential Scholars Program, and the Stamps Scholars Program.  She leaves behind some enormous shoes to fill.  The photo below from our last in-person Celebration of Excellence pretty much sums up her relationship with her students.  Thanks, LuAnn.  We will miss you!

See you next year!

The   Office of National Scholarships & Fellowships   (ONSF) is a resource for students interested in learning more about prestigious scholarships and fellowships that support study in all fields. ONSF is part of Enrichment Programs and is open to all graduate and undergraduate students at the University, including students at the regional campuses. For more information about the office and the opportunities we support, visit ONSF on the web at   www.onsf.uconn.edu . 

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Spring 2024 ogfa newsletter.

The Office of Graduate Fellowships and Awards is here to support throughout your graduate career at FSU! From professional development workshops to one-on-one advising, our goal is to help you secure external funding to support your education. Interested in applying for fellowships and awards but don’t quite know where to begin? Check out the Office of Graduate Fellowships and Awards Let’s Meet webpage for more information on how to jumpstart your fellowships and awards journey.

Graduate Student Success

FSU Graduate Students secured more than $4.8 million of external funding in the 2022-2023 academic year, and 2023-2024 is on track to be another record year. During the month of April, The Graduate School and the Office of Graduate Fellowships and Awards will host the Annual Celebration of Graduate Student Excellence event to celebrate the recipients of awards managed by The Graduate School and external fellowships and awards! If you were awarded an external fellowship to support your graduate education for the current academic year, 2023-2024, we want to celebrate you! Submit your award information here .

Pro-Tip: Networking

The relationships you build during graduate school are important for your success during your degree program and beyond! Building collaborative relationships can support your research, help you advertise the impact of your work in action, and can cue you in to important opportunities for your academic and professional growth. But building those relationships can be challenging. This edition of our Pro-Tip focuses on the skills of Networking--how to build and maintain the relationships that will support your graduate education and career aspirations.

Watch as former OGFA Graduate Assistant Honorine Rouiller interviews John Combs , Assistant Director and Career Liaison for the College of Social Work and College of Arts & Sciences in the Career Center , Lauredan Official , Master's student in Public Administration, and Jessie Yuan, Master's student in Social Work and Public Administration. Together, they discuss the best practices of networking, different strategies to build relationships, and offer some ideas of questions to ask at a networking event. Then, armed with these tips and strategies, join us in February for the OGFA Spring Networking Event!

Spring 2024 Professional Development

If you are a current FSU student, please register with your FSU email.

Funding Your Graduate Education: Intro Meeting/Database Search OGFA staff will facilitate small group meetings to assist graduate students with navigating award databases to identify fellowships and awards that are a good "fit" to support their graduate education.

• January 23 | 11:00 AM | Register here
• February 21 | 11:00 AM | Register here
• March 21 | 11:00 AM | Register here  (With a focus on International Students)
• April 17 | 11:00 AM | Register here

Graduate Student Award Recipient Panel Discussion February 27 | 2:00 PM | Register here Join us for a panel discussion featuring FSU graduate students who are recent recipients of external fellowships and awards. Our awardees will discuss how they approached their applications, share tips they learned along the way, and make time for Q&A.

High Impact Proposal Writing (Hybrid – Zoom and HSF 3008) March 7 | 10:00 AM | Register here This workshop will focus on breaking down fellowship application guidelines to identify what is required in a competitive application. Evangeline Ciupek, Community Engagement Manager with the College of Music, will discuss how to strategize and plan an application and provide tips for writing high-impact proposals.

Communicating the Significance of Your Research March 28 | 2:00 PM | Register here Explaining your research to a broad audience of fellowship reviewers can be challenging. In this interactive workshop, we will practice pitching the significance of your research to your target audience and refining the answer to the elusive “so-what” question.

Getting Started with the Application Process April 9 | 10:00 AM | Register here Applying for a fellowship or grant can seem overwhelming. Where do you even start? How do you organize all the moving pieces? Who should you ask for assistance? In this workshop, we’ll demystify the application process and help you organize your approach to submitting strong funding proposals.

Fulbright U.S. Student Program Information Session April 4 | 2:00 PM | Register here The Fulbright U.S. Student Program offers opportunities for graduate students (U.S. citizens) to teach English, enroll in graduate coursework, or conduct independent research in more than 140 countries. This extremely flexible program is open to students in all degree programs and disciplines. In this info session, we’ll cover the basics of the Fulbright program and hear from previous FSU awardees about their experiences with the program.

National Science Foundation Graduate Research Fellowship (NSF GRFP) Information Session April 18 | 11:00 AM | Register here The NSF GRFP provides three years of funding across a five-year period for students (U.S. citizens) in graduate-level STEM programs. Students can only apply once as graduate students, either during their first or second years. This highly competitive award requires strong applications. Join us for an info session breaking down the application components, review criteria, and selection process.

Networking Event

Kick off the Spring 2024 semester by making connections with graduate students across campus! On February 29, 2024 , the Office of Graduate Fellowships and Awards will host a Networking Event aimed at creating interdisciplinary collaborations and peer support networks. Get out of your disciplinary silos! Come grab a bite to eat, learn about fellowships and awards, and meet other FSU graduate students! The Spring Networking Event will take place in the HSF House Nancy H. Marcus Great Hall from 5 to 7 PM . Space is limited.  Register here .

Funding Alerts

All award titles below are hyperlinked to the award webpage.

David A. Winston Health Policy Scholarship

The David A. Winston Health Policy Scholarship identifies and supports promising young people committed to a health policy-related master’s degree in any discipline, field, or profession from any school or program that is housed in an accredited college or university. For 2024 up to twenty awards of $10,000 will be offered to each selected student who demonstrates their potential to succeed in health policy, health administration, and/or health management at either the state or national level upon graduation from their degree program.

Deadline: March 15, 2024

Davis-Putter Scholarship

The Davis-Putter Scholarship Fund provides financial support for students who are active and emerging organizers in progressive movements for liberation, self-determination and social and economic justice in their communities. These need-based scholarships are awarded to students who are enrolled at a college or university or in a trade or technical program. The maximum grant available is $15,000 per year (from July 1 through June 30), however the average grant for 2022-23 was $7,500.

Deadline: April 1, 2024

Sertoma Comm unicative Disorders Scholarship

Sertoma’s Communicative Disorders Scholarship, funded by the Sertoma Annual Fund, is for graduate students pursing advanced degrees in audiology or speech-language pathology from institutions in the U.S. These scholarships, worth $1,000 each, are awarded in the spring to help offset the cost of tuition, books and fees incurred during the following school year.

Deadline: March 30, 2024

Marilyn Blatt Young Dissertation Completion Fellowship

The Society for Historians of American Foreign Relations invites applications for its dissertation completion fellowship. SHAFR will make one year-long award in the amount of $25,000 each, to support the writing and completion of the doctoral dissertation in each academic year. Applicants should be working on a topic in the field of U.S. foreign relations history or international history, broadly defined, and must be current members of SHAFR.

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Graduate Students in the News

FSU history doctoral student receives Fulbright Fellowship to conduct research in Japan

Emily Lu will use the Fulbright-Hays Doctoral Dissertation Research Abroad Program fellowship to support her dissertation research on the intersection of the arts and politics in imperial Japan during the wartime periods leading up to 1945.  Read more.

Sport Management doctoral student takes top prize at FSU’s Three Minute Thesis competition

Hyosoon Yim , a doctoral student in the College of Education, Health, and Human Sciences’ Sport Management program, claimed the top prize of $1,000 for his dissertation research “Social Media Intervention for Promoting Sport Participation among Older Adults: Application of the Socioemotional Selectivity Theory.” Read more.

FSU graduate claims Flannery O’Connor Award for Short Fiction

A Florida State University graduate whose fiction writing draws from his experience as an immigrant from Nigeria has earned the Flannery O’Connor Award for Short Fiction, one of the most prestigious awards in American literature. Iheoma Nwachukwu earned his doctorate in creative writing from FSU in 2018 and is now a professor at Eastern University in St. Davids. Read more.

FSU’s kinesiology doctoral program ranked No. 3 nationally

Florida State University’s doctoral studies program in kinesiology ranks in the Top 3 nationally, according to the latest National Academy of Kinesiology rankings. “The credit for this ranking is due to the many outstanding faculty, students, and staff who serve as leaders in their discipline,” said Damon Andrew, dean of the College of Education, Health, and Human Sciences.  Read more.

Celebrating Graduate Education

The work and research in action of graduate students at Florida State University broadly impacts the campus community and the world around us. OGFA initiated the Grad Impact: Digital Narratives Project to capture and amplify the lived graduate student experience at FSU. Check out some of our grad student highlights below.

If you are interested in sharing your experience and research, please submit your profile info here .

Carine Schermann

French "All about challenge and knowledge sharing!" View Profile

Earvin Casciano

Social Work "One gains knowledge in the area they desire." View Profile

JoVontae Butts

Philosophy  "Achieve the greatest refinement possible."  View Profile

Gizem Solmaz-Ratzlaff

Curriculum and Instruction "Improving children's education benefits our future." View Profile

Rachel Neale

Russian and Slavic "Specialize knowledge, diversify skills, expand network" View Profile

Dennis Houlihan

Nuclear Astrophysics

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Click  here to see more #Gradimpact student profiles.

Master's in four competition.

Are you a Master's student interested in developing your academic, presentation, and research communication skills? If so, present your research at the Master's in Four competition! Prizes range from $250 to $1,000.

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OGFA Spring Networking Event

Join us for an in-person Networking Event to foster peer to peer connections between students interested in applying for EXTERNAL fellowships and students already in the process of applying for EXTERNAL fellowships. Come grab a bite to eat, learn about fellowships, and meet other FSU grad students! 

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HSF Excellence in the Visual Art Award

Are you an artistic graduate student? If so, apply to participate in the HSF Excellence in the Visual Arts Exhibition Awards! You can win up to $500 and have your work exhibited in the HSF House. Click here to see the 2023 winners.

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Fletcher Jones Fellowship (I)

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The UC Office of the President has announced the Fletcher Jones Fellowship Program for 2023-2024 academic year.  This prestigious award is intended to provide financial support to doctoral students that will allow them to fully focus on their dissertation research.  As this fellowship is intended to support doctoral degree completion, students demonstrating a clear plan and strong likelihood of filing their dissertation by the summer dissertation filing deadline at the end of the award year will be given the strongest consideration.

Information on the Fletcher Jones Foundation can be found at http://www.fletcherjonesfdn.org/ .

Three doctoral students will be awarded with a dissertation completion fellowship in the amount of approximately $9,000 to be used as a stipend during Winter 2024 or Spring 2024.

Please note that this fellowship does not include tuition and fees. The awardee’s School is expected to cover the cost of the awardee’s tuition and fees for selected quarter of award.

Call for Nominations:  September 5, 2023 Submission Deadline:  October 20, 2023

Please note that Schools and Departments typically have earlier internal deadlines for fellowship submissions. Please contact your School or Department for details.

Each School may nominate one outstanding doctoral student who meets the following minimum criteria:

• Shows financial need
• Exhibits excellent interpersonal and leadership abilities
• Has a UCI GPA of 3.8 or better
• Has advanced to candidacy for the Ph.D.
• Is making satisfactory academic progress toward their degree
• Is a U.S. citizen or permanent resident
• Note: Students planning to file their dissertation in Spring 2024 or Summer 2024 will receive the strongest consideration.

Each School’s package should be submitted by the School’s Associate Dean and must include :

• A completed, signed UCI Fletcher Jones Fellowship Nomination Form
• A completed, signed UCI Fletcher Jones Student Information Form with the following items:
• 100-word statement of financial need (note any gaps in support, dependents, etc.)
• 100-word student profile
• 500-word statement by the nominee describing their research project, progress to date, and plan for completion. Nominees should describe their research in terms that are accessible to a general audience since the reviewers may not be in their field.
• A current CV
• Letter of recommendation from the following:
• The student’s faculty advisor/mentor (this letter should address the student’s financial need, interpersonal and leadership abilities, satisfactory academic progress, and expected date of degree completion)

The nomination package should be forwarded with the signature of the School or Program’s Associate Dean to acknowledge that the School will cover the cost of tuition and fees during the selected quarter (winter or spring 2024) if their nominee is selected. A letter of recommendation from the Associate Dean is not required.

If students have applied for and accepted Financial Aid loans or Work-Study awards and subsequently receive any fellowships, the additional support may affect their eligibility for need-based financial aid. Students should contact the Office of Financial Aid and Scholarships to determine if their eligibility will be affected. Students should also review the terms of any funding that they have accepted for AY 2023-2024 to ensure that they are eligible to receive additional fellowship funding.

Questions should be directed to Turner Dahl at [email protected] .

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In addition to our funding, some students receive prestigious awards, including National Science Foundation Graduate Research Fellowships, and are supported by research and national training grants administered by faculty.

Other programs provide limited financial assistance. The terms of the awards may vary according to the program. For more information, please contact the individual program. 

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A doctoral funding package is worth $129,035 per year (2023-2024).

This includes a $40,000 stipend, $84,912 tuition remission, and $4123 health insurance premium. Stipends have increased 47% in the last ten years. 

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Duke Schweitzer Fellows Address Health Disparities

Four students at the Duke University School of Medicine have been named to the 2023-24 class of the North Carolina Albert Schweitzer Fellowship program and will spend the next year working on projects that address social factors that impact health and health care.  

They are part of a class of 29 North Carolina graduate students representing medicine, dentistry, physical therapy, occupational therapy, public health, and law.  

“Schweitzer Fellows are not given a project or told to address a specific health need,” said Barbara Heffner, executive director of the NC Albert Schweitzer Fellowship. “They follow their passion and the needs of the community to develop innovative approaches which fill gaps in our health care system.”  

Schweitzer Fellows develop and implement service projects that address the root causes of health disparities in under-resourced communities, while also fulfilling their academic responsibilities.  

The fellowships include an intensive leadership component, with fellows working closely with community and academic mentors during their fellowship year.  

The Duke Schweitzer Fellows are:  

Katherine Kutzer and Eden Singh     

Academic Mentors : Thorsten Seyler, MD, PhD, associate professor of orthopaedic surgery and Dawn Coleman, MD, chief of vascular and endovascular surgery 

Site Mentor : Mamata Yanamadala, MD, associate professor of medicine   

Site : Perioperative Optimization of Senior Health (POSH) Clinic at the Durham VA Medical Center  

Participate in POSH Pals to help older adults achieve health equity by providing them with the support needed for a successful recovery from elective surgery. Students will use telehealth to screen veterans, connect them to community resources, and provide medication and appointment reminders at discharge and follow-up. 

Dana Rowe and Antoinette Charles  

Academic Mentor : C. Rory Goodwin, MD, PhD, associate professor of neurosurgery and Melissa Erickson, MD, MBA, associate professor of orthopaedic surgery  

Site Mentor : Katie Mackin   

Site : Spine Tumor Patient Support Group  

Lead a patient navigator program for those in the Duke Spine Division of the Department of Orthopaedic Surgery and Department of Neurosurgery. The program aims to improve care for spine surgery patients through personalized guidance from navigators, peer mentorship, and support groups. 

The North Carolina Albert Schweitzer Fellowship is preparing the next generation of professionals who have a passion for community service and innovation in addressing health disparities. NCASF began in 1994 as a local chapter of the national nonprofit, the Albert Schweitzer Fellowship, and has trained more than 634 leaders in health care.  

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This section describes the different components of the GRFP Application. Applicants must submit the following information through the GRFP Module:

• Personal Information
• Application Level
• Education, Work and Other Experience
• Proposed Field(s) of Study
• Reference Letter Information
• Personal, Relevant Background and Future Goals and Graduate Research Plan Statements

Additional detail about the GRFP Application Module can be found by reviewing the GRFP Application Module screenshots

30 Best universities for Mechanical Engineering in Moscow, Russia

Updated: February 29, 2024

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Below is a list of best universities in Moscow ranked based on their research performance in Mechanical Engineering. A graph of 269K citations received by 45.8K academic papers made by 30 universities in Moscow was used to calculate publications' ratings, which then were adjusted for release dates and added to final scores.

We don't distinguish between undergraduate and graduate programs nor do we adjust for current majors offered. You can find information about granted degrees on a university page but always double-check with the university website.

1. Moscow State University

For Mechanical Engineering

2. Bauman Moscow State Technical University

3. National Research University Higher School of Economics

4. Moscow Aviation Institute

5. N.R.U. Moscow Power Engineering Institute

6. National Research Nuclear University MEPI

7. National University of Science and Technology "MISIS"

8. Moscow Institute of Physics and Technology

9. Moscow State Technological University "Stankin"

10. RUDN University

11. Moscow Polytech

12. Moscow State University of Railway Engineering

13. Finance Academy under the Government of the Russian Federation

14. Moscow Medical Academy

15. Russian State University of Oil and Gas

16. mendeleev university of chemical technology of russia.

17. Russian National Research Medical University

18. Plekhanov Russian University of Economics

19. National Research University of Electronic Technology

20. Moscow State Pedagogical University

21. Russian Presidential Academy of National Economy and Public Administration

22. State University of Management

23. Moscow State Institute of International Relations

24. Russian State Geological Prospecting University

25. russian state agricultural university.

26. New Economic School

27. Moscow State Technical University of Civil Aviation

28. Russian State University for the Humanities

29. Russian State Social University

30. Moscow State Linguistic University

Universities for Mechanical Engineering near Moscow

Engineering subfields in moscow.

Duke Schweitzer Fellows Address Health Disparities

Four students at the Duke University School of Medicine have been named to the 2023-24 North Carolina Albert Schweitzer Fellowship program class. They will spend the next year working on projects that address social factors that impact health and health care.  

They are part of a class of 29 North Carolina graduate students representing medicine, dentistry, physical therapy, occupational therapy, public health, and law.  

“Schweitzer Fellows are not given a project or told to address a specific health need,” said Barbara Heffner, executive director of the NC Albert Schweitzer Fellowship. “They follow their passion and the needs of the community to develop innovative approaches which fill gaps in our health care system.”  

Schweitzer Fellows develop and implement service projects that address the root causes of health disparities in under-resourced communities while fulfilling their academic responsibilities.  

The fellowships include an intensive leadership component, with fellows working closely with community and academic mentors during their fellowship year.  

The Duke Schweitzer Fellows are:  

Katherine Kutzer and Eden Singh

Academic Mentors : Thorsten Seyler, MD, PhD, associate professor of orthopaedic surgery and Dawn Coleman, MD, chief of vascular and endovascular surgery 

Site Mentor : Mamata Yanamadala, MD, associate professor of medicine   

Site : Perioperative Optimization of Senior Health (POSH) Clinic at the Durham VA Medical Center  

Participate in POSH Pals to help older adults achieve health equity by providing the support needed for a successful recovery from elective surgery. Students will use telehealth to screen veterans, connect them to community resources, and provide medication and appointment reminders at discharge and follow-up. 

Dana Rowe and Antoinette Charles  

Academic Mentor : C. Rory Goodwin, MD, PhD, associate professor of neurosurgery, and Melissa Erickson, MD, MBA, associate professor of orthopaedic surgery   

Site Mentor : Katie Mackin   

Site : Spine Tumor Patient Support Group  

Lead a patient navigator program for those in the Duke Spine Division of the Department of Orthopaedic Surgery and Neurosurgery. The program aims to improve care for spine surgery patients through personalized guidance from navigators, peer mentorship, and support groups. 

The North Carolina Albert Schweitzer Fellowship prepares the next generation of professionals with a passion for community service and innovation in addressing health disparities. NCASF began in 1994 as a local chapter of the national nonprofit, the Albert Schweitzer Fellowship, and has trained more than 634 leaders in health care.