The following forms must be sent directly to: GRF Operations Center, c/o ASEE, 1818 N Street, N.W. Suite 600, Washington, DC 20036: Undergraduate GPA, Official Academic Transcripts.

Please click on the appropriate link to:

• Start a New Application Package
• Revise and/or Submit Application Package
• View/Print Application Package

Please click on the appropriate topic for more information about the NSF Graduate Research Fellowship Application process:

• Guidelines for Submission of Applications
• IMPORTANT - About the FastLane Electronic Application process
• FastLane Applicant's Instructions for References
• Retrieval of Graduate Research Fellowship Materials
• Using Acrobat Reader for Printing
• Download Undergraduate GPA Form and Transcript Request Form
• Download Request for Payment of GRE Subject Test Fee

NOTE: If your browser is not Netscape 4.0 or higher, please click on How to download Internet/WWW browsers and Adobe Acrobat Reader before beginning your Application Package.

Questions about the FastLane Graduate Research Fellowship Program or Application Process may be directed to 1-800-673-6188 (Email: felapp@nsf.gov). We welcome your comments and suggestions for improvements to this process. Comments may be provided to NSF by clicking on "Send Comments to NSF" which appears at the end of each form.

You will be asked to enter a Password of your own choice. Remember your Password, because you will need it to revise or submit your Application Package.

Helpful Hint: Use the "Tab" key to move forward from one entry field to the next. Use "Shift/Tab" to move backward. Use the Scroll Bar on the right to move down the page.

Helpful Hint: Separate paragraphs by a blank line (use the Enter key). If you also want to indent a paragraph, use the space bar.

Helpful Hint: NSF understands that you will abbreviate when necessary to fit requested information into the spaces provided.

Using this process, you can prepare and submit to NSF the following forms:

Information Form
Application Form
Proposed Plan of Research Form
Previous Research Experience Form

Once you have begun preparation of the forms in your Application Package, you will be able to save any form as a "draft" for later completion, or you can complete the Application Package and submit it to NSF. After you have submitted your Application Package, you will still be able to view or print it by clicking on View/Print Application Package. If you need to revise data on the Information or Application Forms after submitting it, you may do so by sending changes to GRF Operations Center, c/o ASEE, 1818 N Street, N.W. Suite 600, Washington, DC 20036.

Download Undergraduate GPA Form and Transcript Request Form    

You must complete your application by sending the following materials directly to: GRF Operations Center, c/o ASEE, 1818 N Street, N.W. Suite 600, Washington, DC 20036.

Undergraduate GPA Form
Official Academic Transcripts

Download Request for Payment of GRE Subject Test Fee    

You may wish to have NSF pay your GRE Subject Test registration fee. If so, you will need to complete the 'Request for Payment of GRE Subject Test Fee' form. See the "Guidelines for Submission of Applications" for more information.

Your References must submit their Reference Report by using FastLane. Please tell your References of this requirement.

Please provide your References with your assigned Reference Code, located on the email sent to you when you began your Application and also located in Question 10 of the FastLane Fellowship Application form.

In order to submit a Reference Report using FastLane, a reference must have:

1. Internet access,
2. a Web browser (Netscape 4.0 or higher),
3. the URL for the FastLane Home Page (http://www.fastlane.nsf.gov/),
4. your assigned Reference Code (located on the email sent to you when you began your Application and also located in Question 10 of the FastLane Fellowship Application form).

To Prepare and Submit a Reference Report via FastLane, your reference writer should click on the 'Graduate Research Fellowship' link on the FastLane Home Page and then click on the 'I am a Reference Report Writer' link. After entering your Reference Code and other Login information, your reference can start preparing his/her Reference Report for you.