If you’re applying to graduate school this year, we strongly encourage you to attend the CSE or the College of Engineering NSF Fellowship workshops (or both!). November 5 is the NSF fellowship application deadline for CSE majors, and our workshop is Friday, October 17.
Also stay tuned for information on our Preparing for Grad School Panel in early November. Faculty and current CSE grad students will talk about their experiences and answer your questions. This will be an excellent opportunity for new CSE majors considering grad school. It will also help students currently applying to grad school who have specific questions about the process.
CSE NSF Fellowship Workshop
Friday, 10/17, 1-2pm
Gates Commons
As many of you know, the National Science Foundation funds fellowships intended to support graduate students in a wide variety of fields of study. These fellowships are prestigious and very generous, but also quite attainable; UW CSE students have achieved a high percentage of these awards.
Next week we will have a seminar covering information about applying for NSF Fellowships, especially how to improve your application and your chances. Faculty and students who have previously reviewed applications or been awarded fellowships will talk about the process and answer questions. Potential applicants (first and second-year grad students, as well as last-year undergraduates) should try to attend, as it’s always very informative.
Collefe Of Engineering NSF Fellowship workshop:
October 23, 3:00 – 4:30
355 Loew Hall (Conference Room)
RSVP: https://catalysttools.washington.edu/webq/survey/mjh2/62837
The College of Engineering invites you to an NSF-Graduate ResearchFellowship Workshop for seniors, first-year grad students, and beginning second-year grads. NSF GRF applicationsare due Nov 5 for CSE and Nov 12 for all other Engineering disciplines.
This workshop will be an informal panel session including two NSF Graduate Research Fellowship recipients and Dr. John Sahr, Professor of Electrical Engineering and a recent NSF review panelist. There will be time for questions and answers! Program synopsis and eligibility requirements are outlined below and discussed in detail on the NSF-GRF URL.
URL GRFP: http://www.nsf.gov/pubs/2008/nsf08593/nsf08593.htm
Eligibility Info:
The three eligibility requirements for the Graduate Research Fellowship Program — 1) citizenship, 2) degree requirements, and 3) field of study — are described below. Applicants are advised to read the entire program solicitation carefully to be sure that the requirements are interpreted properly. Applicants must exercise judgment in assessing eligibility.
Eligibility will be determined only by review of a complete, submitted application.
1. Citizenship
Applicants must be United States citizens or nationals, or permanent resident aliens of the United States.
The term “national” designates a native resident of a commonwealth or territory of the United States, such as American Samoa, Guam, Puerto Rico, U.S. Virgin Islands, or the Northern Mariana Islands. It does not refer to a citizen of another country who has applied for U.S. citizenship.
2. Degree Requirements
Fellowships are intended for individuals in the early stages of their graduate study. Below are general guidelines for determining eligibility according to the degree requirements criterion.
Applicants are expected to have adequate preparation to begin graduate study and research by summer or fall 2009. In most cases, this will be demonstrated by receipt of a bachelor’s degree earned prior to Fall 2009.
Individuals are typically eligible to apply:
During the senior year of college
After graduating from college but prior to entering graduate school
During the first year of graduate school
Prior to completing the first term of the second year of graduate school.
Applicants must have completed no more than twelve (12) months of full-time graduate study or its equivalent as of August 31, 2008. Full time graduate study is as defined by the universities attended.
Applicants who have completed part-time graduate study must have completed no more than twenty-four (24) semester hours or thirty-six (36) quarter hours or their equivalent as of August 31, 2008.
All post-baccalaureate, graduate-level study in an NSF-supported field is counted toward the allowed twelve months of completed graduate study. This includes all Masters’s and Ph.D. programs in these disciplines.
Applicants in joint BS/MS programs are typically eligible to apply prior to the completion of any further graduate study.
In four-year joint programs, applicants may apply in the fourth year and after the completion of the program. Completion of any further graduate study outside the joint program will disqualify an applicant.
In five-year joint programs, applicants may apply in the fourth and fifth years of the program and after the completion of the program. Completion of any further graduate study outside the joint program will disqualify an applicant.