On behalf of the National Science Foundation (NSF), we invite you to register as a potential 2017 Graduate Research Fellowship Program (GRFP) panelist. GRFP recognizes and supports outstanding graduate students pursuing research-based masters and doctoral degrees in science or engineering at accredited US institutions (for GRFP details see the new solicitation, NSF 16-588). NSF seeks GRFP panels composed of researchers and educators from a wide range of institutions, geographic locations, and disciplinary and interdisciplinary backgrounds.
Serving as a GRFP panelist is an excellent opportunity to apply your research and career expertise to help identify future science and engineering leaders, and to gain valuable perspective to share with faculty and students at your institution. Panelists will also receive a flat rate payment of $200 per day for each full four hour virtual panel session they attend. However, panelists who are Federal employees, citizens of foreign countries who are not permanent residents, and special visa holders are not entitled to the flat rate payment.
Below are details of the 2017 panels:
• All reviews and panels will be conducted online and do not require any travel.
• In November, panelists must attend an orientation session webinar, selecting one from several available sessions.
• Panelists review graduate school-like applications consisting of one 3-page statement, one 2-page statement, transcripts, and three reference letters.
• Each panelist will review approximately 30 assigned applications in early December, over the course of about 4 weeks.
• Panelists will enter their reviews and scores online.
• In January 2017, panels will convene online using WebEx for two virtual panel sessions scheduled on two different days (either Monday and Thursday or Tuesday and Friday) to discuss the applicant pool and make selection recommendations to NSF.
If you would like to be considered as a 2017 GRFP panelist, please visit https://www.nsfgrfp.org/panelists to register in the panelist system. If you have not been a GRFP panelist, you may create a new profile by clicking "Create an account." If you have been a GRFP panelist, please log in with your email address and password, and update your profile with a PDF of your CV or NSF BioSketch. Registering in the panelist system does not commit you to serving as a GRFP panelist. Based on anticipated needs, NSF will send formal invitations topanelists in late September.
NOTE: If you have a student applying for the 2017 GRFP program or if you will write a letter of recommendation for an applicant in your discipline, we request that you do not register to be a panelist due to the conflict of interest. If you register now and subsequently write a letter, please inform us so we can remove your name from the list of potential panelists or ensure that you would serve on a different panel.
Creating a panelist profile does not commit you to serving as a GRFP panelist. Based on anticipated needs, NSF will send formal invitations to potential registered panelists in our database in late September. Further information can be found here: https://www.nsfgrfp.org/panelist_info
The opportunity to review GRFP applications is also described in the following Dear Colleague Letter (NSF 14-107): http://www.nsf.gov/pubs/2014/nsf14107/nsf14107.pdf. Please feel free to share this with your colleagues, including faculty and other STEM professionals.
We thank you in advance for your interest. If you have any questions, please contact the GRFP Operations Center at panelists@nsfgrfp.org or (866) 673-4737.
For more information, contact: ONSF at onsf@uconn.edu