Why did I get rejected? Are there anyone like me?

QuantMech
Mon, 14 May 2012 07:10:11 +0000

Federal research grants awarded by NSF in response to proposals do not have restrictions on the citizenship of the students supported as research assistants. I assume that the same is true at NIH. At my university, I have supported a lot of international students in the Ph.D. program as RAs, over time. NSF does ask about the citizenship status of the personnel supported on the grant (when the reports are submitted annually), but I have not heard about the citizenship of the research assistants being a factor in the decision to award a grant.

Awards from defense agencies may have restrictions on citizenship, and often do, as do some of the training grants that are awarded to departments or cross-departmentally in a university. Some programs permit permanent residents as well, but I think some do not.