"If you are a US citizen or permanent resident who is interested in pursuing a PhD with me at Missouri S&T on topics such as Information Retrieval, RAG, LLMs, Conversational Search, Knowledge-enhanced search and related topics, you might be interested in the NSF GRFP. If so, please get in touch. If our research interests match, I will help you to put together an application.
More details on GRFP below:
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The NSF Graduate Research Fellowship Program (NSF GRFP) for anyone considering graduate school and a research-oriented career.
The GRFP is one of the most prestigious national fellowships available to students beginning graduate study in STEM fields, including Computer Science. It supports students pursuing research-based master’s or doctoral degrees and is awarded to the individual rather than to a particular research project.
The fellowship currently provides three years of financial support that can be used over a five-year fellowship period. For each funded year, NSF provides:
* a $37,000 annual stipend to the student; and
* a $16,000 cost-of-education allowance to the university, which is accepted in lieu of tuition and mandatory fees.
So, over the three years of financial support, the fellowship represents up to $159,000 in NSF support. It is also portable, meaning that it follows the Fellow rather than tying them permanently to a particular advisor or institution.
Beyond the financial support, receiving an NSF GRFP is a significant academic distinction. It can give students considerable flexibility in graduate school, strengthen their research profile, and provide greater independence in choosing research directions and advisors.
For the current competition, applicants generally need to be U.S. citizens, U.S. nationals, or permanent residents and be at an early stage of graduate study. Eligible applicants include undergraduate seniors planning to enter a research-based graduate program, bachelor’s degree holders who have not yet enrolled in graduate school, and certain first-year graduate"-Shubham