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Attend the Upcoming NSF-GRFP Information Session

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Written By CENG MarCom
Thinking About Graduate School in STEM?
The NSF Graduate Research Fellowship Could Fund Your Future

Join Cal Poly NSF-GRFP Advisor Dr. Emily Taylor to learn how to compete for one of the nation’s premier graduate fellowships supporting research-based STEM master’s and doctoral study.

Information Session
Thursday, Sept. 3, 5 to 6:30 p.m.
Museum Room, Fisher Science (Building 33, Room 285)

The fellowship provides three years of support over a five-year fellowship period, including a $37,000 annual stipend and a $16,000 annual Cost of Education allowance.
 
Applicants must meet NSF eligibility requirements, including U.S. citizenship or permanent-resident status. The 2026 application deadlines run October 19–23, depending on field; reference letters are due Oct.16.
 
Eligible applicants include current undergraduate seniors planning a research-based STEM graduate degree, bachelor’s degree holders who have not yet enrolled in graduate school, eligible joint bachelor’s–master’s students, and first-year graduate students in their first graduate degree program.