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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:#993366">*<b>PLEASE SEE THE MESSAGE BELOW!</b>*<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:16.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;color:#00B0F0">The Ohio University Office of Research is hosting a Workshop on “How to Write a Competitive NSF GRFP application.”<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:16.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;color:#00B0F0">Tuesday, Sept. 5, 6:00-7:30 pm, Clippinger 332. </span><span style="color:#00B0F0"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:16.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;color:#00B0F0">Thursday Sept. 7, 6:00-7:30 pm, Clippinger 332 (repeat session).
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:16.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;color:red">RSVP requested,
</span><a href="mailto:male-bru@ohio.edu"><span style="font-size:16.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif">male-bru@ohio.edu</span></a><span style="font-size:16.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;color:red">
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<p style="margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt"><b><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:black">Attention:</span></b><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:black">
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</span><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:black">Graduating seniors
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</span><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:black">1<sup>st</sup> graduate students<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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</span><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:black">2<sup>nd</sup> year graduate students entering or in graduate school<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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</span><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:black">AND juniors interested in applying next year<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p style="margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt"><u><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:#1F497D">i</span></u><u><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:black">n the following areas</span></u><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:black">:
Chemistry; Computer and Information Science; Engineering; GeoSciences; Life Sciences; Materials Research; Mathematical Sciences; Physics and Astronomy; Psychology (</span><u><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:red">including</span></u><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:red">
clinical majors if their project is research-driven</span><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:black">)*; Social Sciences*; STEM Education and Learning Research.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p style="margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:black">*Note: Clinical psychology majors are now allowed to applied as long as the research is basic research (not patient)-driven.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p style="margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:black">*Note Social Sciences include: Archaeology; Biological Anthropology; Cultural Anthropology; Anthropology, Communications; Decision Making
and Risk analysis; Economics (except Business Administration); Geography ; History and Philosophy of Science; International Relations; Law and Social Science; Linguistics; Linguistic Anthropology; Medical Anthropology; Political Science; Public Policy; Science
Policy; Sociology (except Social Work); Urban and Regional Planning Social Sciences</span><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:#1F497D">.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto"><b>Summary:</b> The NSF Graduate Research Fellowship Program (GRFP) recognizes and supports outstanding graduate students who are pursuing research-based master's and doctoral
degrees in fields within NSF's mission. The GRFP provides three years of support for the graduate education of individuals who have demonstrated their potential for significant achievements in science and engineering research.
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<p style="margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif"><a href="http://www.nsfgrfp.org/">http://www.nsfgrfp.org/</a><span style="color:#1F497D"><o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="color:black">Eligibility:<o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
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</span><span style="color:black;background:yellow;mso-highlight:yellow">US citizen, national or permanent resident<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<span style="font-family:Symbol;color:black">·</span><span style="font-size:7.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;color:black">
</span><span style="color:black">Graduating seniors and 1<sup>st</sup> and 2<sup>nd</sup> year graduate students<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="Default"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:red">IMPORTANT: Effective as of the 2017 competition (Fall 2016 deadlines), graduate students are limited to only one application to the GRFP, submitted either in the first
year or in the second year of graduate school. An exception is provided for first-year graduate students who applied to the 2016 GRFP competition in Fall 2015; these individuals may apply a second time in Fall 2016, if they are otherwise eligible
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<span style="font-size:9.5pt;font-family:Symbol">·</span><span style="font-size:7.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif">
</span><span style="font-size:9.5pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">Applicants must not have completed more than 12 months of full-time graduate, post-baccalaureate graduate, and professional study by August 1, of the year the application is submitted. Pre-graduate
participation in summer activities (e.g., bridge programs, field studies, lab rotations) offered by a graduate program prior to the start of the fall graduate program are not included in this total<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<span style="font-size:9.5pt;font-family:Symbol">·</span><span style="font-size:7.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif">
</span><span style="color:black">GRE scores are NOT required.</span><span style="font-size:9.5pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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</span><span style="color:black">No GPA requirement, but typically above 3.6 (UG).<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p style="margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
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<span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:black;font-weight:normal">· $34,000 annual stipend (plus $12,00</span><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:#1F497D;font-weight:normal">0</span><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:black;font-weight:normal">
for cost-of-education allowance) for up to 3 years<o:p></o:p></span></h5>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="color:black">Deadline:<o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background:white"><span style="color:black">October 23, 2017<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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</span><span style="color:black">Life Sciences<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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</span><span style="color:black">Geosciences<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background:white"><span style="color:black">October 24, 2017<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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</span><span style="color:black">Engineering<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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</span><span style="color:black">Computer and Information Science & Engineering<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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</span><span style="color:black">Materials Research<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background:white"><span style="color:black">October 26, 2017<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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</span><span style="color:black">Social Sciences<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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</span><span style="color:black">Psychology<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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</span><span style="color:black">STEM Education & Learning Research<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background:white"><span style="color:black">October 27, 2017<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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</span><span style="color:black">Mathematical Sciences<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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</span><span style="color:black">Chemistry<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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</span><span style="color:black">Physics & Astronomy<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="background:white"><span style="color:black">November 0</span><span style="color:#1F497D">2</span><span style="color:black">, 201</span><span style="color:#1F497D">7</span><span style="color:black">, 5:00 pm: Reference letter deadline<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:#1F497D"><a href="https://www.nsf.gov/publications/pub_summ.jsp?WT.z_pims_id=6201&ods_key=nsf16588">https://www.nsf.gov/publications/pub_summ.jsp?WT.z_pims_id=6201&ods_key=nsf16588</a><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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