Friday, September 3, 2010

NSF Graduate Research Fellowships

The 2011 NSF Graduate Research Fellowship Program (GRFP) competition is now open.  Some of the deadlines are:
  • November 15, 2010 (Monday): Interdisciplinary Fields
  • November 19, 2010 (Friday): Geosciences
  • November 22, 2010 (Monday): Life Sciences
The competition is not only open to current undergraduates.  In particular, the GRFP website states that "if you...
  • are currently in your final year of your undergraduate program
  • finished your baccalaureate degree and are planning to attend graduate school in Fall 2011
  • are a first year graduate student (started in Fall 2010), or
  • are in the first semester of your second year in graduate school (started Fall 2009)...
you are within the eligible amount of completed graduate study. As long as you are pursuing a research-focused Master's or PhD in an NSF-supported field and meet the citizenship requirements, you are eligible for the GRFP."


Wednesday, September 1, 2010

Handbook Update

At its last meeting, JCBO approved a small change to the curriculum. Students are now highly encouraged to take 7.410 Applied Statistics in order to satisfy their statistics requirement. They will need to petition for any course substitution. The course is being offered in the Spring so that students may enroll during the same semester that they take Biological Oceanography in Woods Hole.


This change to the curriculum is reflected in the updated Handbook for Students and Advisors, which also includes minor format changes (e.g., the links should work again).