The Unofficial SMART Scholarship Forum

I've always been a little skeptical of this thread, because it was started pretty much the day after the first round of awards went out last year. I kind of feel like it may have been started by a potential second round awardee, to discourage first round prospects thereby increasing the chances in ...

Negotiation is extremely limited. Because you are bound by contract to work for them, you really have no leverage to negotiate. In moving from an internship at a non-DoD lab prior to finishing my Ph.D. to my current position in the DoD with a Ph.D., I took a pay-cut. You might ask, "Why would anyone...

I have had several disappointments, including some similar to the experiences listed above. I also feel that the SMART program office has made unfair decisions with regard to the duration of my post-graduation employment. To make matters worse, the lab at which I interned before joining the SMART pr...