Hello everyone,
We hope everyone’s first month back in school has been going well.
With October coming up, the deadline for the NSF GRFP application is approaching (10/21). PGSC Professional Development will have an NSF GRFP Panel Discussion & Workshop for physics graduate and undergraduate students on 10/10 Monday, from 5:30-6:30 pm (Chamberlin, room TBD). Students at all stages in their application and anyone considering applying in the future are all welcome.
The event is divided into two parts:
1. Panel Discussion (5:30-6:00 pm): A panel of faculty, staff, and postdocs will share their experiences with the NSF GRFP, such as reviewing applications or applying when they were students, and discuss strategies for writing a good application. After each panelist gives their insight and advice, the floor will be open to questions.
2. Workshop / Writer’s Retreat (6:00-6:30 pm): The latter half will be a writer’s retreat type of workshop, with some faculty, staff, and postdocs who will be ‘reviewers’. Students can bring their drafts to reviewers to ask specific questions pertaining to their draft, or work on their drafts independently and discuss amongst peers.
You can choose to stay for one or both sections. If you are interested in attending, please fill out the pre-event surveyhttps://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLScsonQo1NScj93o77CYyfqgRDCmKkytMbo-bE9vgi6zRFbp0g/viewform?usp=sf_link at your earliest convenience; this will give us a better headcount and help us book an appropriate room.
In addition to this workshop, you can also make appointments at the Writing Studio for 1-to-1 consultations on your writing, or submit your draft for written feedback: https://writing.wisc.edu/make-a-writing-appointment/.
We would also like to share some guides on writing the NSF-GRFP application that we found useful:
* Detailed Guide to tackle the NSF-GRFP Application (2021)https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ygoKTJfLGUY (*Highly Recommended) * NSF GRFP tips from a reviewer and PIhttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=20kRV8_mfHU * NSF GRFP process: perspective from reviewershttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ALcI6Ulrv4U
As always, please do not hesitate to email schoi332@wisc.du or lomte@wisc.edu if you have any questions or suggestions. We hope you have a great weekend!
Best Regards,
Soyeon & Shivani
PGSC Professional Development Co-Chairs