Is an NSF honorable mention good?

The NSF accords Honorable Mention to meritorious applicants who do not receive Fellowship awards. This is considered a significant national academic achievement and provides access to cyberinfrastructure resources through the XSEDE.

What does NSF GRFP honorable mention mean?

Each year the NSF bestows Honorable Mention to meritorious applicants who do not receive fellowship awards. Honorable Mention is considered a significant academic achievement and we applaud our students!

How many NSF graduate fellowships awarded?

The GRFP supports over 100 subfields. For the 2020 competition, NSF received over 13,000 applications and made approximately 2,000 fellowships offers.

How many people get the NSF?

Currently, about 12,000 students apply annually for Graduate Research Fellowships; 2,000 receive awards, which they take to U.S. graduate institutions of their choice. Since 1952, NSF has selected more than 46,500 students to receive graduate research fellowships, out of more than 500,000 applicants.

How many NSF GRFP honorable mention?

NSF received over 12,000 applications every year and about 2000 awards are given out. In addition to the ~2000 awards there are usually around 1500 honorable mentions.

How do you win NSF GRFP?

Consider fellowships, research, and project assistantships specific to your university or state, career aspirations, or demographic as well. Keep in mind that lesser-known fellowships and awards may also be less competitive, and you may have a higher likelihood of actually winning those awards.

How competitive is the NSF fellowship?

The NSF is highly competitive. Approximately 5,000 applications are reviewed each year with about 900 awards made. Approximately 90 awards will be in the Women in Engineering (WENG) and Women in Computer and Information Science (WICS) components.

How much money is the NSF GRFP?

Fellowships provide the student with a three-year annual stipend of $34,000 along with a $12,000 cost of education allowance for tuition and fees (paid to the institution), as well as access to opportunities for professional development available to NSF-supported graduate students.

What are NSF broader impacts?

Broader impacts—the potential to benefit society and contribute to the achievement of specific, desired societal outcomes. NSF’s mission is to fund innovative science, and so the. foundation does not want to be prescriptive about.