[Kylan's Blog] NSF GRFP Results

During the fall semester this year, I applied for a National Science Foundation Graduate Research Fellowship Program (NSF GRFP) award. I just got the results back yesterday. I wasn't one of the award recipients, but all of the participants were given a copy of the judges' comments (1) (2). This feedback is helpful, although it's interesting that these two responses actually contradict each other on a number of points. For example, one judge said that my "societal involvement explanation is weak" while the other commends me for "a specific plan for involving undergraduates in [my] research problem."