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The National Science Foundation (NSF) invites community members to register as potential 2018 Graduate Research Fellowship Program (GRFP) panelists.

GRFP recognizes and supports outstanding graduate students pursuing research-based masters and doctoral degrees in science or engineering at accredited U.S. institutions. NSF seeks GRFP panels composed of researchers and educators from a wide range of institutions, geographic locations, and disciplinary and interdisciplinary backgrounds.

Serving as a GRFP panelist is an excellent opportunity for community members to apply their research and career expertise to help identify future science and engineering leaders, and to gain valuable perspective to share with faculty and students at their institutions. Panelists will also receive a flat rate payment of $200.00 per day for each full four-hour virtual panel session they attend. However, panelists who are Federal employees, citizens of foreign countries who are not permanent residents, and special visa holders are not entitled to the flat rate payment.

Below are details of the 2018 panels:

- All reviews and panels will be conducted online without travel requirements. There will be no on-site participation for the GRFP panels; the panels are completely virtual.
- In November, panelists must attend an orientation session webinar, selecting one from several available sessions. This is required for both new and returning panelists, as orienting information is subject to change.
- Panelists review graduate school-like applications that include one three-page statement, one two-page statement, transcripts, and three reference letters.
- Each panelist will review approximately 30 assigned applications in early December, over the course of about four weeks.
- Panelists will enter their reviews and ratings online.
- In January 2018, panels will convene online using WebEx for two virtual panel sessions scheduled on two different days (either Monday and Thursday or Tuesday and Friday) to discuss the applicant pool and make selection recommendations to NSF.

To be considered as a 2018 GRFP panelist, please register in the panelist system found at: https://nsfgrfp.org/panelists.

If you have not been a GRFP panelist, you may create a new profile by clicking "Create an account." If you have been a GRFP panelist, please log in with your email address and password, and update your profile.

Registering in the panelist system or creating a profile does not commit you to serving as a GRFP panelist. Based on anticipated needs, NSF will send formal invitations to registered panelists starting in late September.

NOTE: If you have a student applying for the 2018 GRFP program or you will write a letter of recommendation for an applicant in a particular field of study, we request that you do not register to be a panelist in that field due to the conflict of interest. Since GRFP applicants are early in their scientific training and are still developing their interests, most panelists are qualified to review in a range of fields.
If you register in a particular field and subsequently learn of a conflict of interest, please inform us so we can remove your name from the list of potential panelists or attempt to place you on a different panel.

NSF invites community members to share this opportunity to review GRFP applications with their colleagues.

For questions, contact the GRFP Operations Center at:
Email: This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.
Phone: 866-673-4737

To register to be a panelist, go to: https://nsfgrfp.org/panelists.

For additional panelist information, go to: https://www.nsfgrfp.org/panelist_info.

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