The NSF EPSCoR Graduate Fellowship Program (EGFP) provides an opportunity for applicants who received the distinction of GRFP Honorable Mention no more than three years before the proposal due date to be named NSF EPSCoR Graduate Fellows and obtain financial support for their graduate education at an institution in an EPSCoR jurisdiction. The Graduate College will submit the full proposal on behalf of the University of Delaware. If the proposal is successful, selected applicants will become NSF EPSCoR Graduate Fellows.

Eligibility: We seek applications from interested graduate students who received the distinction of NSF Graduate Fellowship Program (GRFP) Honorable Mention no more than three years before June 2, 2025. 

Institutional Limit: Each submitting organization is limited to one proposal per annual competition.Proposals must request at least the amount of funding required to support three (3) Fellows over three years ($477,000 total). UD may request funding for up to six (6) Fellows.

Application: Applicants are asked to:

1. Provide a nomination letter from their advisor that demonstrates why the applicant should be considered for the EPSCoR Graduate Fellows Program.
2. Submit their previous NSF GFRP application that will need to include the following:
   1. STEM Topics and Areas Eligible for Consideration (see solicitation list) at: https://new.nsf.gov/funding/opportunities/nsf-epscor-graduate-fellowship-program-egfp/nsf24-588/solicitation
   2. Intellectual Merit: 
      - Describe the research project programs, activities, goals, objectives and expected outcomes; Describe how the project demonstrate explores creative, original, or potentially transformative concepts.
      - Describe how the project will be implemented and how it will potentially advance knowledge and understanding within its own field or across different fields
   3. Broader Impacts:

      Describe how the project will benefit society or advance desired societal outcomes and how it will recruit and/or develop individuals who are traditionally underrepresented in STEM fields, including any postdoctoral researchers, undergraduates, graduate students, and K-12 students