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Wow is right! I think I'll call about this on Monday. I submitted mine almost 2 weeks ago and haven't heard anything or seen anything on the portal page. But good for you that it got done so quickly!

I can speak personally to this as I'm finishing up a bachelor's degree at one of the US institutions that offers the art conservation masters. I also work in a museum analytical lab. Your science background will make you competitive for the programs, especially Delaware/Winterthur, as long as you get your conservation lab hours and your art history classes in. I can give you more advice on this, but... The general path to working in a conservation science lab as a scientist is by getting a PhD in the sciences or engineering. Most people then do a post-doc at a museum after that. There are few jobs and lots of applicants, so rarely are these positions filled by people with master's degrees alone. I can think of one or two people in the field (who are American - European conservation scientists are a different story) who have a master's in art conservation. There are probably benefits to getting a master's in conservation and then a PhD in the sciences, but you have to consider if you want to endure 3 years for the master's + another 4-6 for a PhD. So I would say no, this is not the traditional route for a research scientist. There are some funded internships at places like the National Gallery and the Met for conservation science that it might not hurt to try your hand at. Also, some experience working with a conservator (though these opportunities are frequently unpaid) might help you decide if you're interested in conservation itself (actually treating objects) or conservation science. There are lots of resources on the UD art conservation website, including job and internship listings that you might look at to get a sense of what's required and available out there. More importantly, there's a lot of people at all 4 US programs who I'm sure works be happy to answer your questions if you want more info. Feel free to PM me.

I am doing a research grant as well. I did mention in my grant statement that I wanted to learn Norwegian once I got to Norway (language classes for Norwegian are hard to find in this part of the US), so I don't know if that helped or not.

Hopefully I'm interpreting your question correctly, but I got the grant to Norway, which has no language requirement, without filling out the language forms (since all I can say in Norwegian is "thank you"). Best of luck!

I submitted my medical clearance forms on May 1st and haven't heard yet. My medical history was pretty clean, so I'm in the same boat with those of you who are still waiting. ALSO, if any of you are waiting on grant/disbursement info, the package went to my SPAM folder and the Binational Fulbright Commission called me after 2 weeks wondering why I hadn't accepted the grant!

My fingers are still crossed for those of you who are waiting for final notifications. I can't even imagine how difficult it must be for those of you who are waiting to hear about Russia and Ukraine given the current crisis. For those of you who have been accepted, has anyone received any details about grant payments, residence permits, etc? I was told almost two weeks ago that I would be hearing from the Binational Fulbright Commission program manager "soon" but no more details have been forthcoming. I realize August/September seems like a long way away, and I'm sure I'm just over anxious, but I was wondering if anyone else from other countries had heard anything and what the normal procedure is. Thanks to all of you awesome people on this board and good luck again to those who are still hanging in there! Try to take care of yourselves as well as possible.

Thanks everyone! Good luck to those of you who are still waiting...I feel ya...

I'm sorry you didn't get it, but it sounds like you have a solid plan in place. Thanks tfor all of your encouragement - just found out that I am one of the grantees! I am so glad that the Fulbright committee saw my project as worthy of this grant. I am so honored to know all of you extraordinary, intelligent people, Fulbrighters or not. Good luck to everyone!

Thanks!

Congrats to everyone who got accepted today! Hopefully more of us will find out today (or in the next few days). I also just checked the spreadsheet - it's all out of order again Everyone might want to be careful and double check when entering their information.

Wow, this sounds like a really interesting and important project! Best of luck to you. I'm also giving up hope for the Fulbright today. It looks like only one person received a notification today (and it was a rejection) - or maybe it was just an erroneous edit of the spreadsheet? Hopefully we'll hear something by tomorrow or Friday, as I am also waiting to respond to some grad school offers. Congrats to those who made it so far, condolences to those who didn't get principal/alternate status, and good luck to those of you still waiting. I'm treating this whole experience as a character building exercise in how to be very, very patient. I can imagine that trying to coordinate so many applicants from so many countries can be very difficult at times.

Another Norway applicant who still hasn't heard!

Hey! My undergraduate research involved studying the chemistry of paintings. I hope to continue similar work at the Munch Museum/University of Oslo studying the painting materials used by Edvard Munch and how they're reacting to the environment (light, moisture, pollutants, etc). I had a chance to visit Oslo over the summer to see a Munch exhibition with my research adviser and really loved it. What is your project about?

Norway study grant applicant here - would love to hear from other potential Norway Fulbrighters! Congrats to everyone who applied and made it this far. My fingers are crossed for all of you, including people who (like me) are also applying to graduate programs.

Hi! I've been lurking on the Materials PhD thread for a while but joined so I could respond to your question. I also applied to UCLA MSE and got accepted a couple of weeks ago to the PhD program but wasn't able to attend the open house because of time/money issues. I haven't heard anything about funding - there was nothing in the acceptance email - so I emailed one of the faculty in charge. I haven't heard anything in response so will probably send another email this week. I did talk with one faculty member on the phonewho I'm interested in working with and who was also assigned as my academic advisor. She said she was "considering" taking students into her group next year...not entirely sure what that means. I was initially really excited about the program but am slightly questioning now. I hope this helps you.