Funding Resources

BRAINS

NSF GRFP

• For students pre-graduate school (must be applying to programs) up to first-year PhD student
• Can apply twice, only once once in grad school
• Deadline usually mid-to-late October

1. Three letters of recommendation
2. 3-page Personal Statement
3. 2-page Research Statement

• Solicitation from NSF page gives you all the information you need solicitation updated every year
• check for correct formatting before submission
• each statement must explicitly have sections with headers “Intellectual Merit” and “Broader Impacts”

Intellectual Merit: The Intellectual Merit criterion encompasses the potential to advance knowledge, including

• Increase participation in STEM
• Improve STEM education in schools through outreach and mentoring
• Increase public scientific literacy and public engagement with STEM through community outreach
• Increase collaboration among academia, industry, and other types of organizations
• Improve education and educator development – at any level – in STEM
• Improve the well-being of individuals in society
• Develop a globally competitive STEM workforce
• Improve national security
• Increase the economic competitiveness of the U.S.
• Enhance infrastructure for research and education

Broader Impacts: The Broader Impacts criterion encompasses the potential to benefit society and contribute to the achievement of specific, desired societal outcomes

• 2nd year PhD students are no longer eligible to apply
• No clinical or health degree programs are eligible for NSF GRFP consideration (including clinical psychology)

• https://www.alexhunterlang.com/nsf-fellowship
• https://andrescarrano.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/06/2018-panelist-guide-1.pdf
• https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1xoezGhbtcpg3BvNdag2F5dTQM-Xl2EELUgAfG1eUg0s/edit?gid=0#gid=0
• https://tsafavi.github.io/nsf-grfp.html#overview
• https://shesciences.com/national-science-foundation-graduate-research-fellowship-program-application-guide/