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Dear Colleague:

The National Science Foundation (NSF) will award approximately 900 new
three-year graduate fellowships in the spring of 2000. Individuals who are
citizens or nationals of the United States or permanent resident aliens of
the United States may apply.

Fellowships are awarded for graduate study leading to research-based
master's or doctoral degrees in the fields of science, mathematics, and
engineering supported by NSF.

In general, individuals may apply during their senior year of college or
in the first year of graduate school.

Applications are due November 4, 1999.

For further information, please consult the program announcement at
http://www.ehr.nsf.gov/ehr/dge/grfp.htm

or contact NSF Graduate Research Fellowship Program,
Oak Ridge Associated Universities (ORAU)
P.O. Box 3010, Oak Ridge, TN 37831-3010
(423) 241-4300; fax: (423) 241-4513;
nsfgrfp [at] orau.gov

or contact Rita V. Rodriguez, Program Director, Graduate Research
Fellowship Program
Division of Graduate Education
National Science Foundation

Tel: 703-306-1694
fax: 703-306-0468
rrodrigu [at] nsf.gov