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  • 10/8 Are You Applying For The NSF GRFP?

    Please join the Office of National Scholarships and Fellowships on Thursday, October 8, 2015 at 12:30pm in HBL Video Theate 2 for a two part presentation. 

     

    I) NSF Graduate Fellowships: A Reviewer's Perspective

    Speaker: Michael Pettes, Ph.D., Assistant Professor, Department of Mechanical Engineering

    Content: What a good/poor application looks like and the importance of reference letters

    For more information about the NSF GRFP, please visit: https://www.nsfgrfp.org/

     

    II) The personal statement/ Description of previous research

    Many graduate fellowship applications require a personal statement or a statement of previous research, this session will take you through the basics of telling a compelling story.

    For more information, contact: Rowena Grainger at rowena.grainger@uconn.edu