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Has anyone received communication from NIWC Pacific (San Diego)?

Guest wrote: ↑

Fri Mar 04, 2022 5:45 pm

I saw an update from one of SMART’s socials today that the SFs are in the process of finalizing their decisions.

I heard that my top SF hasn't even began interviewing people.....

Congrats! I've been refreshing this forum all day looking for good news.

Same.

Not yet. My internship supervisor is trying to find my application.

I haven’t been contacted yet. I don’t think you should worry if you aren’t contacted. I’ve met several people who didn’t do an interview but still were chosen as finalists. I wonder if they previously interned at that facility so they already built the rapport? It would seem strange to me for a fac...

I haven’t been contacted yet. I don’t think you should worry if you aren’t contacted. I’ve met several people who didn’t do an interview but still were chosen as finalists. I wonder if they previously interned at that facility so they already built the rapport? It would seem strange to me for a fac...

My top SF choice usually accepts ~6 applicants per year. I wonder how many were recommended but ultimately cut?

Hello, I am just going off of what I have heard about the general application process on here, but it seems like you could have multiple SF wanting to bring you on as a SMART Scholar. If this happens, you may have to re-submit your list of preferences. In the end, the applicants and SF are assigned...

Hi, This past summer I interned with a research facility and everything went great. I applied for the SMART scholarship, listed that facility as my top preference, and made semifinalist. I reached out to my internship supervisor (a SMART scholar) and they said that they would "try to get me" as a SM...

The last two years were either the first Monday or Tuesday in February. So maybe today around 430 pm west coast time.

Your graduate research does not have to align with your SF research area. However, they may be less inclined to select you as a scholar.

I found out that NIWC-Pac has the "New Professional" program. Salaries for the NP program are: BS - $45,875 - 71,475 MS - $80,429 - 88,253 PhD - $103,601 Everyone gets an annual locality pay bonus of about 29.8% your base salary Hi, do you have a link to this info? I just want to confirm it for mys...

I was a semi-finalist last year but not this year. Wow

Mighty Boulder wrote: ↑

Mon Feb 01, 2021 8:32 pm

aqzws wrote: ↑

Sat Jan 09, 2021 3:01 pm

We found out February 3rd at 04:59 pm last year.

What time zone was that? Pacific? Eastern?

Central

We found out February 3rd at 04:59 pm last year.

Spoke to the SMART office today. As of 3:15, there were about 2000 completed applications and about 8000 in progress. The person I spoke with indicated there might be over 500 scholarships awarded this round. That's interesting... I wonder how many out of the 8000 in progress hit that submit button...

I found out that NIWC-Pac has the "New Professional" program.

Salaries for the NP program are:

BS - $45,875 - 71,475
MS - $80,429 - 88,253
PhD - $103,601

Everyone gets an annual locality pay bonus of about 29.8% your base salary

I hope someone from your field can weigh in, but I'll throw this out there again about the PhD process---SMART does not play well with PhD applicants. There's a hard limit on funding. If you don't finish your research by then, you're in default with them on every penny given to you, including inter...

Hello all, I am a graduate student in a joint MA/PhD program that's interested in the SMART scholarship. I am currently participating in the NREIP internship program at as a human factors engineer and would like to continue working in a DoD facility as a SMART scholar. I applied to the SMART scholar...

Applications open up in a month!

For human factors you could try applying to some of the Navy facilities. Specifically, Naval Submarine Medical Research Lab and Naval Undersea Warfare Center have human factors scientists/engineers. I think NUWC is bigger than NSMRL so probably has more funding. Wow! Thanks for the heads up :) I'll...

We should scope this thread in a way that helps us make our applications more competitive. If you were awarded the scholarship, could you provided your materials anonymously?

I know we're dealing with our initial reactions to the rejection, but we should start working on tips and strategies for winning the scholarship next year. Background info: Program: PhD Human Factors (Cognitive, Neural, and Behavioral Sciences) Years remaining: 3 years Grad GPA: 3.9 Experience: 1 pu...

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