NSF Graduate Research Fellowship Program Workshops Announced

Dr. Kelly Barry will hold three workshops on the Homewood campus and three workshops on the East Baltimore campus this semester for seniors and first year graduate students applying for the NSF Graduate Research Fellowship Program (GRFP). This fellowship offers three years of support for advanced study in the mathematical, physical, biological, engineering, and behavioral and social sciences, including the history of science and the philosophy of science, and to research-based Ph.D. degrees in science education at accredited U.S. institutions. The workshops will focus on the personal statement in the context of the “broader impacts” and “intellectual merit” criteria. The dates/times are:

Homewood

Thursday, September 4, 5-6pm, Mason Hall, 2nd floor conference room
Wednesday, September 24, 12-1pm, Mason Hall, 2nd floor conference room
Monday, October 6, 10-11am, Mason Hall, 1st floor conference room

Medical School

Friday, August 29, 3-4pm, Preclinical Teaching Building / West Lecture Hall, Ground level
Tuesday, September 23, 12-1pm, 1830 Building, Classroom 2-108 **rescheduled
Thursday, October 9, 12-1pm, 1830 Building, Classroom 2-108

You are not expected to bring drafts to the workshop. We’ll have samples of winning applications as a point of reference. An RSVP to Dr. Barry is helpful, but not required (kbarry@jhu.edu). As a resource for you, there is a portfolio of previous winning NSF GRF applications from JHU students in the Career Center (Garland Hall, 3rd Floor, regular hours are 8:30-4:30). Just walk in and ask to see the portfolio.