Fall GRFP Workshop

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We are pleased to offer a very special opportunity to learn more about the National Science Foundation (NSF) Graduate Research Fellowship Program. Application deadlines are quickly approaching for this incredible program and we want to make sure you have all the information you need.

The NSF Graduate Research Fellowship Program (GRFP) recognizes and supports outstanding graduate students who are pursuing research-based master’s and doctoral degrees in fields within NSF’s mission. The GRFP encourages applications from underrepresented groups, including women, minorities, persons with disabilities, and veterans, in order to broaden and diversify those participating in science and engineering.

Fellowship benefits:
Five year fellowship period with three years of financial support
Annual stipend of $34,000
Cost-of-education allowance of $12,000 to the institution
No post-graduate study service requirement
Access to supplemental funding to sustain research while on medical deferral (e.g. family leave)

Please join Gisèle Muller-Parker and WWU alumni and current GRFP recipients Khoa N. Le (PhD candidate at University of Oregon) and Amanda Rudolph (PhD candidate at Purdue University) Tuesday, October 5th from 4:00pm - 5:00pm

Gisele Muller-Parker smiling at the camera, with wavy gray hair, glasses, wearing a black blazer in front of a background of greenery

Gisèle Muller-Parker holds degrees from SUNY at Stony Brook, the University of Delaware, and the University of California, Los Angeles. After postdoctoral appointments at the University of NebraskaLincoln and the University of Maryland Chesapeake Biological Laboratory, she joined the Western Washington University faculty and was Professor of Biology from 1990 to 2010, and Assistant Director of Shannon Point Marine Center from 2006-2008. In 2003-2004 she served as Interim Chair of the Biology Department. She is author of over 50 scholarly articles in her field of marine biology (algal symbiosis).

Gisèle joined NSF in the Division of Graduate Education as Program Director for the Graduate Research Fellowship Program (GRFP) in October 2008. She served as lead Program Director of GRFP from 2010 until 2018. In 2018, she joined the Office of the Director, in the Office of Integrative Activities at NSF as Staff Associate with responsibilities in merit review, including Committees of Visitors and the Merit Review Report. She also served as the program officer for the NSF INCLUDES Coordination Hub before retiring from NSF in May 2019. Her current scholarly interests include study of the history of the GRFP with respect to changes in its policies and goals over its 69 year existence.