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When:	Thursday, October 6, 2011 12:00 pm
Where:	Classics Building, Room 110 1010 East 59th Street, Chicago, IL

Students in the social, physical, or biological sciences who have not completed a previous graduate degree or more than 12 months of study are eligible for these prestigious fellowships. For full eligibility requirements, see: http://www.nsf.gov/pubs/2011/nsf11582/nsf11582.htm.

Interested applicants should this first session to learn more about the application process and get application tips; then join a writing group with your colleagues from throughout the University (not just your department) to get feedback on your essays!

Attendance at this workshop is mandatory for those wishing to participate in the October 11 and November 1 writing groups. If you are unable to attend on October 6, please contact Devin O'Rourke (dorourke@uchicago.edu) in GSA. For one-on-one advising on this fellowship application, please contact Meghan Hammond (mrhammond@uchicago.edu) in GSA.

Reminder: There will be two information sessions this week about the Presidential Management Fellows Program (https://blogs.uchicago.edu/ssd-fellowships/2010/09/presidential-management-fellow.html):

Tuesday, September 28
4:30 p.m., Ida Noyes Hall 3rd Floor Theater (1212 E 59th Street)

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Thursday, September 30
8   9 a.m., Harris School Room 140C

The Division of the Social Sciences will host a presentation on applying for a National Science Foundation predoctoral graduate research fellowship on Friday, September 24. We will talk about the submission process in detail and provide a host of tips and insights on what makes a strong NSF fellowship application.  A panel of current graduate students who hold NSF fellowships will also answer questions. Following the presentation, for those who wish it, we will set up working groups of 3 to 5 students for the purpose of going over ideas and drafts. The presentation will take place in Kent Hall, room 120, starting at 2:00.

Our students in Anthropology, Comparative Human Development, Conceptual and Historical Studies of Science, Economics, Political Science, Psychology and Sociology are eligible.  The fellowship supports students in the early stages of graduate study. Our students have won this award while in their first year of study, and a few even in their second year. Applicants must be U.S. citizens or permanent residents.  The deadline for submission of an NSF application in the social science disciplines is November 15 or 19 (depending on field).  Here is the web site for the NSF if you don't already have it flagged: http://www.nsf.gov/funding/pgm_summ.jsp?pims_id=6201&org=NSF.

If you are interested in the presentation on September 24, it would be useful if you would let Kelly Pollock know by emailing kpollock@uchicago.edu so that we can estimate the likely number of students who might attend.

This fellowships blog has been created to notify SSD graduate students about fellowship opportunities (both internal and external) that may be of interest to them. The blog is maintained by by Kelly Therese Pollock, Associate Dean of Students in the Division of the Social Sciences at the University of Chicago. She can be reached at kpollock@uchicago.edu or at 773-795-3238 and is available to meet about applying to fellowships. She also welcomes any information you have about additional fellowships that are not listed here.