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Congrats batcathat! Where in Sweden will you be? I also just got word from NSF that the funding was approved (for Umeå University), but nothing from the host institution or Swedish Research Council. Maybe they realized that making people wait so long was a problem so they are trying to get the word out earlier, maybe before all the details have been worked out with the partner agency? Hopefully we will get more details soon. In any case it's pretty exciting!

Yeah it has, it the project turned into a big part of my dissertation. I only go during the summer though, so finding housing has always been a challenge, but the supplemental funding has covered the costs. I think if you're staying somewhere for longer, depending on cost of living, the $5,000 might not cover all of it, but hopefully you would be able to sublet your apartment or something and not have to pay double rent.

I also just heard back positively about my GRIP request. This will actually be the third year I've done GRIP. I think it's a great program! I also applied for GROW, for Sweden, but have not heard anything back yet. My advisor has been very supportive of this kind of thing. It's great for professional development, especially GRIP, because of the dearth of academic jobs it's really helpful to get experience and a network in your field outside of academia.