Congrats to the winners!
I am going to begin working on mine in about a month and can't wait!
Which brings me to this ...
Has the grant deadline always been in January? It seems that it is awfully early in the year for someone to apply for it that will be a first year student in the upcoming summer. I know in my case, I was offered the position several days before the deadline. I also konw that other professors in my department have not offered many of their positions up yet, so obviously the deadline has long since passed for them. In my case, with just finding out, I knew so little of the information needed to compile the application there was no way I could have made one. While alot of application deadlines for schools around around the 1st, many are not, and many things come up well afterward, because of the spotty nature of funding. With all of those factors involved it seems like it would be very hard for someone to apply for the grant for their first year.
Is this just the nature of the beast or is the grant really intended to suppliment research that has already begun? Has this ever been brought up before, to move the date around in the year to facilitate more applications?
Matt Ashton
Don't know what my drainage will be in a month ...
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<DIV>Has the grant deadline always been in January? It seems that it is awfully early in the year for someone to apply for it that will be a first year student in the upcoming summer. I know in my case, I was offered the position several days before the deadline. I also konw that other professors in my department have not offered many of their positions up yet, so obviously the deadline has long since passed for them. In my case, with just finding out, I knew so little of the information needed to compile the application there was no way I could have made one. While alot of application deadlines for schools around around the 1st, many are not, and many things come up well afterward, because of the spotty nature of funding. With all of those factors involved it seems like it would be very hard for someone to apply for the grant for their first year. </DIV>
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<DIV>Is this just the nature of the beast or is the grant really intended to suppliment research that has already begun? Has this ever been brought up before, to move the date around in the year to facilitate more applications?</DIV>
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<DIV>Matt Ashton</DIV>
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<DIV>Don't know what my drainage will be in a month ...</DIV>
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