$100,000 NSF GRFP Fellowship seminar
Funding for Master's and PhD students
Friday, September 10, 2021 · 3 - 5 PM
Virtual
The National Science Foundation's Graduate Research Fellowship Program (NSF GRFP) is available to students in STEM (Science, Technology, Engineering and Mathematics) and STEM education (includes some social sciences and psychology fields), and come with a 3-year stipend, worth more than $100,000 for your graduate education (Master's or PhD).
This event is a two day workshop, Part 2 will be hosted on Saturday, September 11, 2021 from 3PM - 5PM.
Our speakers, UMBC alums who have been winners themselves, have helped to produce several winners. You can be one of them!
The session is open to all graduate students, undergraduate seniors are welcomed, specially those from underrepresented backgrounds (Latinos/Hispanics, Blacks/African Americans, Native Americans, Native Hawaiias, Pacific Islanders).
This funding is limited to US Citizens, nationals or permanent residents.
If you are interested in learning about this source of funding, eligibility, application process or get your application reviewed, this event is for you.
Once you click "going virtually", please go to the website https://ccom.uprrp.edu/~pordonez/NSFworkshop/ and click on the Participant Folder, please download the participants.zip.file. There are three worksheets you will need to fill out that start with the words WS.
About our speakers:
- Dr. Frances Carter-Johnson, Education Data Scientist, National Science Foundation
- Dr. Patti Ordóñez, Associate Professor, Computer Science, University of Puerto Rico Rio Piedras.
The NSF GRFP fellowship program intends to support those at the beginning of their graduate career. The program supports graduate students who are pursuing research-based master's and doctoral degrees in fields like Geosciences, Life Sciences, Computer and Information Science and Engineering, Engineering, Material Research, Psychology, Social Sciences, STEM Education and Learning, Chemistry, Mathematical Sciences and Physics and Astronomy. To learn more about this source of funding please visit: https://www.nsfgrfp.org/
Please click below in the green button that states "Going" and make sure to add the event in your calendar. The link to the event is shared in the details of this post.
Once you register, please go to the website https://ccom.uprrp.edu/~pordonez/NSFworkshop/ and click on the Participant Folder, please download the participants.zip.file. There are three worksheets you will need to fill out that start with the words WS.
For accommodations, questions or concerns, please contact Yarazeth Medina yarazeth@umbc.edu, Assistant Director for Graduate Student Development.
This event is a two day workshop, Part 2 will be hosted on Saturday, September 11, 2021 from 3PM - 5PM.