The Graduate School is offering an intensive workshop to help OSU students prepare competitive applications for the NSF Graduate Research Fellowship Program (GRFP) award.  The workshop will be conducted in two sessions – Session 1 on Thursday, October 2, and Session 2 on Thursday, October 9. Both sessions will be from 5:00 to 7:00 pm – both sessions will be held in Kearney 212.

Session 1 will include a brief overview of the GRFP Program, a panel discussion with current OSU GRFP Fellows and faculty reviewers, and exercises to help students draft their Personal, Relevant Background and Future Goals Statements. Session 2 will include exercises to help students draft their Graduate Research Plan Statement.

The final NSF GRFP application deadlines for 2015-16 awards are from October 29, 2014 through November 4, 2014, depending upon the area of study.

For applicant eligibility, please see the complete eligibility requirements in Solicitation NSF-14-590 at http://www.nsf.gov/pubs/2014/nsf14590/nsf14590.htm.

Please forward this announcement to eligible students, and encourage them to attend – seating is limited, and registration is required:  Click here to register. Faculty and advisors may attend, although students will have priority. Deadline for registration is Tuesday, September 30, 2014.

If you have any questions, please send an email to the Graduate School at Graduate.Scholarships@oregonstate.edu.