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by kbl2017
Sat Mar 17, 2018 7:15 pm
Forum: Recipients
Topic: Internship
Replies: 10
Views: 5767

Re: Internship

Mine was scheduled for me. It's 10 weeks, we had no say at our SF. I ended up with most of May and half of August off with how my school runs classes. We have a lot of interns though half from SMART and half from somewhere else.
by kbl2017
Mon Mar 05, 2018 1:37 am
Forum: Recipients
Topic: Do we still get paid the stipend the month we graduate?
Replies: 8
Views: 6128

Re: Do we still get paid the stipend the month we graduate?

Guest wrote:Okay thanks.

Not starting until August so working on the funding gap haha

Email SMART and let them know that! I think I've seen them make an exception for peeps that aren't starting until august. (Unless it's personal choice then idk if they'd help)
by kbl2017
Thu Mar 01, 2018 12:34 am
Forum: Recipients
Topic: Summer school
Replies: 7
Views: 4726

Re: Summer school

Want to or need to? If it isnt a degree requirement they're going to need proof of Why This is beneficial to your future work at your SF before they'd even consider it. If it's a required class you'll have to justify why you have to take it in the summer and not during a semester. My guess is they'r...
by kbl2017
Wed Feb 28, 2018 11:27 pm
Forum: Recipients
Topic: Do we still get paid the stipend the month we graduate?
Replies: 8
Views: 6128

Re: Do we still get paid the stipend the month we graduate?

Your yearly salary is the given 25k, you are paid per month that you are a student. During your final year you aren't a student after May therefore you are not paid after May. This shouldn't matter because you should be starting your full time job around June the year you graduate. If you are gettin...
by kbl2017
Wed Feb 28, 2018 6:52 pm
Forum: Recipients
Topic: Foreign Travel
Replies: 3
Views: 3338

Re: Foreign Travel

I sent an email to SMART and then you email it back to your POC
by kbl2017
Wed Feb 28, 2018 6:50 pm
Forum: General Questions and the Application
Topic: Forgot My Preferred Special snoring Facilities
Replies: 2
Views: 2473

Re: Forgot My Preferred Special snoring Facilities

We selected 3 last year, I imagine you did the same this year. I don't think you can see which three they were. However anyone that calls/emails you should give you the opportunity to schedule an interview then you can do your research before the interview.
by kbl2017
Wed Feb 28, 2018 6:23 pm
Forum: General Questions and the Application
Topic: Who receives the applications at the SF?
Replies: 5
Views: 4006

Re: Who receives the applications at the SF?

I personally don't think you should be contacting anyone...unless you already have a connection to your SF i.e. you were a pathways intern there before applying to this scholarship.
by kbl2017
Mon Feb 26, 2018 7:55 am
Forum: Recipients
Topic: Interim Clearance
Replies: 7
Views: 5891

Re: Interim Clearance

Have either of you traveled outside of the country extensively? (Non-European countries mostly) It could just be because they feel you have to many non-us citizen contacts they don't want to easily grant it? I think that's part of the reason they make us fill out the travel forms - it makes it easie...
by kbl2017
Mon Feb 26, 2018 7:50 am
Forum: Recipients
Topic: Internship support payments eligibility
Replies: 5
Views: 4120

Re: Internship support payments eligibility

I live in Japan until near my internship. The physical school is close enough, but my only physical address is in Japan. wonder how that will work. Technically you're study abroad in japan though right? so wouldn't they have to consider that your current academic address? If not then that's probabl...
by kbl2017
Mon Feb 26, 2018 4:50 am
Forum: General Questions and the Application
Topic: Has anyone heard anything? (Feb 2018)
Replies: 21
Views: 13729

Re: Has anyone heard anything? (Feb 2018)

Hey guys, I didn't make it past the semifinals round and was wondering what your first semester GPA's were? I had a 3.88 and fairly good accolades. I am a freshman at Penn State. I am really sad and highly disappointed. Congrats to all who made it! That's a really strong GPA. What were your accolad...
by kbl2017
Mon Feb 26, 2018 4:43 am
Forum: General Questions and the Application
Topic: Fall 2018 Applicant (Double Major Mathematics & Physics)
Replies: 6
Views: 5470

Re: Fall 2018 Applicant

Hi! (To you and others applying in the fall) Start researching sponsoring facilities now! Watch who gets interviews and if people are willing to share who hires a math/physics major. There are a lot of engineering majors on here - you'll have to look around for some physics and math majors! I sugges...
by kbl2017
Fri Feb 23, 2018 7:21 pm
Forum: Recipients
Topic: Internship support payments eligibility
Replies: 5
Views: 4120

Re: Internship support payments eligibility

Gues11 wrote:Yeah I'm 175 miles away.
So I would assume full internship support payment because I'd need to live there?
I would assume so - but I know people had weird things happen with the visit travel stipend!
by kbl2017
Fri Feb 23, 2018 6:34 pm
Forum: Recipients
Topic: Internship support payments eligibility
Replies: 5
Views: 4120

Re: Internship support payments eligibility

Is your school more than 50 miles from your SF? If so you'll receive some sort of support! Basically it's to cover if you have to relocate/pay two rents or pay a lot for transportation in the summer.
by kbl2017
Thu Feb 22, 2018 8:26 pm
Forum: General Questions and the Application
Topic: Non-DoD Facilities
Replies: 2
Views: 2409

Re: Non-DoD Facilities

No, this is only for DoD specific facilities. There are hundreds (probably way more) federally funded facilities and this scholarship isn't for any of them. Some have their own scholarship programs, but SMART facilities are the ones in the link above.
by kbl2017
Thu Feb 22, 2018 8:19 pm
Forum: General Questions and the Application
Topic: 2018 SMART Application Evaluation Guide
Replies: 8
Views: 10452

Re: 2018 SMART Application Evaluation Guide

Correct me if I’m wrong, but after the semi finalists are selected, it’s up to the sponsoring facilities to choose who to sponsor. So is this evaluation guide primarily used to determine the semi finalists? Or are the sponsoring facilities also using this method of evaluation? If it’s only used to ...
by kbl2017
Thu Feb 22, 2018 8:14 pm
Forum: General Questions and the Application
Topic: Stipend
Replies: 5
Views: 3594

Re: Stipend

Third Friday of August. Which also includes your extra payments for supplies and health insurance! You can't have another job starting august first but you can work for the rest of the time! Even as an independent contractor/self-employed? (I'm a tutor and I wondering if I could continue doing that...
by kbl2017
Thu Feb 22, 2018 5:59 am
Forum: General Questions and the Application
Topic: Made it the the semi-finals!!
Replies: 2
Views: 2591

Re: Made it the the semi-finals!!

I'm just curious about my odds moving forward. For example, what percent of the applicants made it to the semi-finals and how many from this pool will be awarded the final scholarship? If anyone has any idea it would be greatly appreciated! There is a scholarship stats page that said 14% of the tot...
by kbl2017
Wed Feb 21, 2018 9:54 pm
Forum: General Questions and the Application
Topic: Any other current DOD employee also a semi-finalist?
Replies: 10
Views: 13110

Re: Any other current DOD employee also a semi-finalist?

So you're interning, which is totally fine but because it is federally funded you cannot be paid by SMART and the federally funded internship at the same time. So you just need to officially stop working for the facility before the first month of your stipend. It's a weird government funding thing, ...
by kbl2017
Wed Feb 21, 2018 9:51 pm
Forum: General Questions and the Application
Topic: Grad semi-finalisit, not enrolled in program yet
Replies: 6
Views: 4929

Re: Grad semi-finalisit, not enrolled in program yet

I never gave them anything official. If I remember correctly I talked about it on the phone in my interview but definitely didn't send a letter or anything to SMART.
by kbl2017
Wed Feb 21, 2018 9:49 pm
Forum: General Questions and the Application
Topic: Stipend
Replies: 5
Views: 3594

Re: Stipend

Third Friday of August. Which also includes your extra payments for supplies and health insurance!

You can't have another job starting august first but you can work for the rest of the time!
by kbl2017
Wed Feb 21, 2018 9:48 pm
Forum: General Questions and the Application
Topic: ME major receiving two emails
Replies: 5
Views: 3404

Re: ME major receiving two emails

Wow, just reread that and realized it's incredibly ambiguous. I got one email saying I made it past the first round. Nothing about expanding the number of ME candidates. Probably just means you were in the top chunk of the ME group. Last year a similar thing happened with acceptances. Two large rou...
by kbl2017
Wed Feb 21, 2018 9:45 pm
Forum: General Questions and the Application
Topic: How important are your preferences?
Replies: 1
Views: 2112

Re: How important are your preferences?

It's not out of the question that you'll get an interview from a non-preference. However you're more likely to get one from a preference. You'll be top of their list of people to review if you put them down because that's how they will sort first. Depending on the SF they'll also sort by school (i.e...
by kbl2017
Tue Feb 20, 2018 8:08 pm
Forum: Recipients
Topic: Official IRS direction on Fellowship Taxes (NOT SE income)
Replies: 27
Views: 25520

Re: Official IRS direction on Fellowship Taxes (NOT SE incom

1099income wrote:I was told if it's reported on a 1099, it's income no matter what. :/
It's always income. You'll pay federal and state taxes - but it isn't self employed income.
by kbl2017
Mon Feb 19, 2018 8:15 pm
Forum: Recipients
Topic: Going below full time status
Replies: 6
Views: 4548

Re: Going below full time status

For other grad students wondering about this... My department only requires 2 credits a semester for a grad studentto be considered 'full time', since we're presumably working full time on research. The University, however, does not. I just had the department secretary send SMART an official letter...
by kbl2017
Sat Feb 17, 2018 2:52 pm
Forum: Recipients
Topic: Going below full time status
Replies: 6
Views: 4548

Re: Going below full time status

So one of two things may work in your favor. 1) if you aren't on probation, don't worry about it and just drop anyway. If it'll drop your gpa below 3.0 or something you're gonna go on probation anyway!!! Probation is fine as long as you don't mess up the next semester. 2) If it's after the end of ad...