NDSEG and NSF GRFP - which one?

[nyarmy1]

Is there anyway to defer one of them for a few years? so I could get 5-6 years support? I am curious if anyone else has been in this same situation???

If not, which one is considered most prestigious? The NDSEG is only given to 200 people and covers full tuition,..

Thanks for the help

[wahl]

Is there anyway to defer one of them for a few years? so I could get 5-6 years support? I am curious if anyone else has been in this same situation???

If not, which one is considered most prestigious? The NDSEG is only given to 200 people and covers full tuition,..

The NSF can be deferred for two years, but the NDSEG cannot be deferred to my knowledge. If you win both in the same year, you would take the NDSEG for the first three years, then switch to the NSF for two more years. (You lose a year of the NSF because you cannot defer it for three whole years.)

[nyarmy1]

wow, I did not think this was possible.. )))) now I am excited.

Thanks!!!!!!!!!!!