Nationally competitive award
NSF Graduate Research Fellowship Program
A fellowship program supporting graduate students pursuing full-time research-based master's and doctoral degrees in science, technology, engineering, and mathematics (STEM) fields, including STEM education.
Overview
- Undergraduate senior, bachelor's degree-holder with no graduate degree enrollment, joint bachelor's-master's student with at least three undergraduate years completed, or first-year graduate student in their first graduate degree program
- Graduate students pursuing full-time research-based master's and doctoral degrees
- STEM, including STEM education
- Science, technology, engineering, and mathematics (STEM) fields, including STEM education
- Must intend to enroll or be enrolled full-time in an eligible research-based master's or doctoral degree program in STEM or STEM education
- Must never have previously accepted a Graduate Research Fellowship
- Must have completed less than one academic year in a graduate degree program
- Must not be a current NSF employee
- Individuals who have earned a master's, doctoral, or terminal degree in any field are not eligible
- Personal, Relevant Background and Future Goals Statement and Graduate Research Plan Statement must include explicit headings for Intellectual Merit and Broader Impacts
- Statements must be formatted on standard 8.5" x 11" pages with 1" margins on all sides (no text inside margins), Times New Roman font (Cambria Math for equations, Symbol for non-alphabetic characters), minimum 11-point font, single spacing, and saved in PDF format
- Personal, Relevant Background and Future Goals Statement (maximum 3 pages)
- Graduate Research Plan Statement (maximum 2 pages)
- Reference letters