This is the third post in our Demystifying the GRFP series. See also: Introduction, General Information and Tips, Research Proposal, Personal Statement Reference letters are an important part of your GRFP application package. Alongside your personal statement and research proposal, the letter gives reviewers a… Read More »Demystifying the GRFP: Letters of Recommendation
This is the second post in our Demystifying the GRFP series. See also: Introduction, Letters of Recommendation, Research Proposal, Personal Statement Welcome and congratulations on deciding to apply for GRFP! Although a daunting process, I personally felt I learned a lot about grant writing and… Read More »Demystifying the GRFP: General Information and Tips
This is the first post in our Demystifying the GRFP series. See also: General Information and Tips, Letters of Recommendation, Research Proposal, Personal Statement Welcome to a new blog post series from C-GEM focused on the National Science Foundation Graduate Research Fellowship Program (NSF GRFP).… Read More »Introduction to “Demystifying the GRFP”
Yesterday, C-GEM hosted a “career chat” discussion with two faculty members at primarily undergraduate institutions (PUIs): Lou Charkoudian (Haverford College) and Leah Witus (Macalester College). There is great diversity among PUIs – Dr. Charkoudian and Dr. Witus both work at institutions with a strong focus… Read More »Recap: C-GEM Chats Careers with PUI Profs
The Center for Genetically Encoded Materials (C-GEM) Summer Undergraduate Research Program (SURP) is one of many undergraduate research experience (URE) programs that allows a student to do research in a lab over the course of a summer and get paid! Having a summer job in… Read More »Applying to Summer Undergraduate Research Programs: Why, How, and More!