mockingjay634

I was stressing out crazy about that as I didn't have a second email and I was 10K over budget (but that's expected as I am doing this for my dissertation research). I got it. As long as you are clear about getting a government job and are staying abroad for an extended period of time, you will be good

i got one! AFLI Fellowship!

AFLI fellowship and still no email. Guess this is my answer.

I'm supposed to be working on my dissertation proposal. If I don't get it, I have to cut my fieldwork from 11 to 6 months and pay for AFLI out of pocket.

They aren't answering their phones. I personally don't think the decisions are coming out today. Someone should email them.

The results should be out between 10:30AM to 12:30PM EST so we have about an hour and a few minutes till we find out our fate.

AFLI = African Flagship. I'm applying for a fellowship and only have received the initial budget email so I don't know where I stand right now. My budget was pretty detailed so IDK but I was also significantly over budget too. My friend who is applying for one in Eastern Europe also hasn't gotten a second budget email so IDK what is going on.

Ah... I got an email a week ago about my health insurance for AFLI but there was no mention of possible budget changes. They didn't give me a response either. They also didn't specify that the emails were being sent to all. Their wording was "if you are awarded, we want to make sure you will have insurance" etc...

can we get a google doc going? i would do it but i'm not good with structuring those things.

I’m also an AFLI applicant and I received an email asking whether I would have insurance as well. In prior threads, I never heard about this email sent.

I had a similar situation as you and managed to get full funding from the schools I applied to.

Not to be a downer but if you are at all considering to get a job in the American market, it would be extremely difficult to get a placement with theory as your first field. Barely any jobs searches available for those specialists. Just to put this into consideration - a lot of theorists wish they knew this when they started.

i don't understand how you have so many posts and you haven't even started grad school yet. when do you have time for your research?

I sent one of my professors a long email after I found out that I got a major external fellowship. He replied back three weeks later with the same line that you mentioned, nothing less and nothing more. Don't take it too personal. Just send an email once a year to let them know how you are academically progressing and ask them about their research. If you are ever in town, drop in their office. Just keep in touch occasionally.

if you do plan to do this, make sure you schedule in weekends that you would have a major paper due, comp exams, conference weekends, etc.