For the past year Rob has been working on a large National Institutes of Health grant (called an F31 National Research Service Award) to fund his Dissertation work. These grants are highly competitive, with only about 8% of them getting funded (most of which go to big research Universities). The grants go through an extensive review process where they are assigned a priority score. The scores range from 100-500 with lower numbers being the best proposals. Typically ratings from 150-200 are considered "excellent"; however, they are seldom funded. Grants from 100-150 are considered "outstanding"; these grants have a good chance of getting funded. So on to the exciting news, Rob got his priority score last Thursday, it was 142. This means he has a very good chance of being funded. The grant consists of a stipend (around $2,000 / month), full tuition and fee payment, money to travel to conferences, money to purchase items needed for his education (books, computers, etc.), and money to support his research. All together it amounts to about $70,000.00. Plus, if he gets it, he gets to stay in school one more year. Although I'm not sure if this is a good thing (staying in school one more year), it does mean he won't have to leave on internship without us next year, so that's a definite plus. Keep your fingers crossed for him/us.
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2 comments:
Good luck! It's always nice to get money you don't have to pay back to help with education! You guys look great! Congrats on the great score!
Oh, I really hope that works out for you guys so he doesn't have to leave for the year. Sounds really awesome.
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