The Unofficial SMART Scholarship Forum

Just transfer without their blessing. As long as you're employed by a federal agency you're fulfilling your end of the contract. If SMART says anything, tell them they were breaching the contract by having you do work that isn't related to Science, Math, Engineering, etc... I agree with Sisyphus, t...

At my university, there was a waiver you could get from the registrar to say you were a full time student even though you didn't have a full course load. You had to justify what you were doing with the additional time (usually working on your thesis/dissertation) but as long as the form had my advis...

I successfully transfered SFs during Phase 1 a few years ago before LMI took over the program. My original SF did not have any research or facilities related to my field of expertise, but I had contacts at a SF that fit my area much better through previous internships before starting SMART. The key ...