NSF Graduate Fellowship / NDSEG / SMART - Information Sessions NATIONAL SCIENCE FOUNDATION GRADUATE FELLOWSHIP / NDSEG / SMART INFORMATION SESSIONS ARE YOU PURSUING OR PLANNING PHD STUDIES IN SCIENCE, MATH, ENGINEERING, and SOCIAL OR BEHAVIORAL SCIENCES? First year graduate students, second-year graduate students, and undergraduates at all levels are welcome to attend information sessions on: ³Applying for the National Science Foundation Graduate Research Fellowship and the NDSEG and SMART Fellowships² Tuesday, September 10, 2013 rsvp to [log in to unmask] 5:15pm-7:00pm - Computer Science Instructional Center (CSIC - adjacent to A.V. Williams Building) - Room: 1115 Wednesday, September 11, 2013 rsvp to [log in to unmask] 5:15pm-7:00pm - Jeong H. Kim Engineering Building - Room: 1110 Monday, September 23, 2013 rsvp to [log in to unmask] 5:15pm-7:00pm - JM Patterson Building - Room: 3201 TOPIC: The NSF Graduate Research Fellowship is one of the most prestigious and lucrative awards available for graduate studies in the natural sciences, math, engineering, and social sciences. This talk will offer advice and suggestions for using your summer to begin developing a highly effective NSF fellowship application. Graduate students who will be in their first or second year of graduate studies in fall 2013, and undergraduates at all levels are welcome to attend. Please note: You must be a US citizen or permanent resident to apply for the NSF graduate research fellowship. If you are a grad student, you must have earned any previous graduate degrees at least 2 years prior to applying for an NSF graduate fellowship. NDSEG and SMART fellowship applicants must be US citizens. --NSF Graduate Research Fellowship Deadlines for 2013: November 4, 2013: Engineering / Materials Research / Computer and Information Sciences and Engineering November 5, 2013: Mathematical Sciences Chemistry Physics/Astronomy November 7, 2013: Social Sciences Psychology STEM Education November 8, 2013: Life Sciences Geosciences --NDSEG Deadline for 2013: December 20, 2013 --SMART Deadline for 2013: December 16, 2013 Please send any questions by email to: [log in to unmask] Francis DuVinage, Ph.D. Director, National Scholarships Office and Maryland Center for Undergraduate Research 2403 Marie Mount Hall University of Maryland College Park, MD 20742