Lana's musings on Human-Computer Interaction. Guidelines on writing a research proposal. By Matthew McGranaghan This is a work in progress, intended to organize my thoughts on the process of formulating a proposal.
If you have any thoughts on the contents, or on the notion of making this available to students, please share them with me. Thanks. Introduction This is a guide to writing M.A. research proposals. Proposal Writing Proposal writing is important to your pursuit of a graduate degree. The objective in writing a proposal is to describe what you will do, why it should be done, how you will do it and what you expect will result. A good thesis proposal hinges on a good idea. Proposals help you estimate the size of a project. Different Theses, Similar Proposals This guide includes an outline that looks like a "fill-in the blanks model" and, while in the abstract all proposals are similar, each proposal will have its own particular variation on the basic theme. Characterizing theses is difficult. In the abstract all proposals are very similar. Scholarship Money – How to Write a Winning Essay.
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Graduate Women's Scholarship Program. Graduate Women's Scholarship Program The Microsoft Research Graduate Women’s Scholarship is a one-year scholarship program for outstanding women graduate students and is designed to help increase the number of women pursuing a PhD.
This program supports women in the second year of their graduate studies. Women who are interested in this scholarship must apply during first year of graduate studies. Scholarships are granted by Microsoft Research at the discretion of Microsoft. 2014 Scholarship recipients Microsoft Research is pleased to announce the recipients of the 2014 Graduate Women’s Scholarship.
Meet the 2014 scholars Current schedule Microsoft Research is no longer accepting applications. Provisions of the award The scholarship recipient award includes US$15,000 for the 2014–2015 academic year. NSF Fellowship - Alex Lang's Website. The NSF GRFP provides $32,000 to the student and some money to your department for three years.
You have the flexibility to defer for up to two years in case you have another source of funding (but you cannot defer to take a year off). 1. US Citizen 2. Currently a graduating Senior or First/Second year graduate student 3. And that's really it. (Below is direct text from NSF but with sentences cut and added highlights) In considering applications, reviewers are instructed to address the two Merit Review Criteria as approved by the National Science Board - Intellectual Merit and Broader Impacts. Reviewers will be asked to evaluate all proposals against two criteria: Intellectual Merit: the potential to advance knowledgeBroader Impacts: the potential to benefit society and contribute to the achievement of specific, desired societal outcomes. The following elements should be considered in the review for both criteria: Extra details on Broader Impacts: Merit Review Criteria specific to the GRFP.
Jennifer Wang. General Advice and Information NSF GRFP Homepage .
The official homepage for rules and eligibility of the NSF fellowship. Also includes helpful tips. Daniel Boye, Shila Garg, and Gerald Golden's (Davidson) The NSF Graduate Research Fellowship: A Missed Opportunity for Many. Older yet still useful general information. Cornell University Astronomy's Fellowships and Funding Page . NSF GRFP advice. I had excellent GREs and a 4.0 GPA in grad school (with several A+s) and was in the top grad program in my field, but had a 3.0 undergrad GPA (from an Ivy) and I was not successful (I applied at the beginning of my second year of grad school like you).
I'm not saying my undergrad GPA was the culprit but everyone I know who has gotten it had near 4.0 as an undergrad as well (this is where I can enter bitter gripe mode if I so please :-)). If you have seen the evaluation forms, there are check boxes for all the criteria - I got a "good" for "Academic Record" from one of the reviewers. Someone who has one might be able to say more, but I am pretty sure if you don't have at least all Very Goods and Excellents (probably almost all Excellents) then you are out, as it is very competitive. So I think it can really depend on the individual evaluator whether undergrad grades matter. Graduate Research Fellowship Program. Graduate Research Fellowship Program (GRFP)(nsf12599) This document has been archived and replaced by NSF 13-584.
Program Solicitation NSF 12-599 Replaces Document(s): NSF 11-582 Application Deadline(s) (submitted by 8 p.m. Eastern Standard Time): November 13, 2012 Engineering; Computer and Information Sciences and Engineering; Materials Research November 14, 2012 Mathematical Sciences; Chemistry; Physics and Astronomy November 16, 2012 Social Sciences; Psychology; STEM Education and Learning November 19, 2012 Life Sciences; Geosciences Application deadlines have changed. General Information Program Title: NSF Graduate Research Fellowship Program (GRFP) Synopsis of Program: The purpose of the NSF Graduate Research Fellowship Program (GRFP) is to help ensure the vitality and diversity of the scientific and engineering workforce in the United States.
Cognizant Program Officer(s): Please note that the following information is current at the time of publishing.