Institutions have to submit a formal NSF proposal. The next deadline is June 1. Here's the solicitation: www.nsf.gov/funding/oppo...

Anecdotally, grad students on Reddit are saying that no one in their dept X knew about it, but when the student brought it up, dept X contacted dean ➡️ dean was already working on proposal for other depts ➡️ expanded proposal to include dept X.

Most all grants are interdepartmental (see UNM's award). A select number of HMs across the departments *and* prospective students with HMs but not admitted to a program last year (👋🏻🥲) get funding on the same order as a normal GRFP. For UNM as an example -- across these depts, 10 HMs will be funded.

Also if a dx measurement assumes normal distribution for the trait in population, how would this assumption ever hold in clinical/more severe samples? It makes zero sense to me. You can't chop the top third of a bell curve off and insist that it's still a bell curve?

Are you poor because of complex social forces or is it just because you have a low score on the SES latent variable

the Reddit thread: www.reddit.com/r/changemyvi...

Response from the chair of the university’s arts and sciences ethics committee:

Also seems that students can transfer into qualifying programs and then begin the EGFP which could be useful to HMs from past years who are looking to leave their program. Noting all this for posterity as this thread comes up upon searching “EGFP” :)

So it seems that, for a department in an EPSCoR state, funding would mean (1) any students you have with HM would be compensated same as GRFP and (2) dept can recruit HMs not already in grad school with funding then provided through EGFP.

no problem, it’s wild that searching EGFP on here turns up nothing! I emailed earlier today for some more details and got this response. It’s mostly catered towards potential fellows but FWIW:

I’m really hoping more information can be provided about this as I see it as a means by which HMs might be able to procure funding in the years to come. Especially for HMs that didn’t get in anywhere this past cycle (there are many of us) and will be re-applying for AY 26-27 intake. It’s unclear rn.

Hi. I’m outside of your discipline but was an HM and am also hoping for more information. It seems institutions apply, then can recruit from an NSF portal: www.nsf.gov/science-matt...