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Has anyone completed an ETA while already attending a PhD program (or know someone who has)? If so, I'd very much appreciate it if you could message me regarding an issue related to that.

Thanks for replying! I saw those posts too. Like I said though, I'm asking about the ETA project, not the Study/Research Fulbright project. Since the project component isn't as essential to the overall ETA application as it is for someone applying to the Study/Research fellowship (you don't need institutional affiliation for the ETA like you do the S/R), I was imagining (hoping!) that there might be more flexibility for the ETA's smaller-scale project.

Has anyone with an ETA changed their proposed project idea, and/or do you know how feasible it is to do so? I've thought about a number of different projects in the seven months since I applied, and the ETA project definitely seems less circumscribed than that of the research grants. Basically, how does the process of enacting your project happen once in your country? I was never quite clear on this...

Also accepted for the Spain ETA. Wow, kind of in shock.

Hi all! I'm yet another lurker drawn out by a recommendation (Spain ETA) and the anxiety of waiting. I had a question: is there a place where the stipend by country/type of grant is stated? I'd like to have an idea of how much my partner and I might want to start putting aside now for any additional living expenses, should I receive the grant.

John Hawkins at UC Davis does lots with typology–but surely you looked at his work when you applied? I agree that you don't have to get involved with psycholing at Davis if you don't want to. There is support for several other subfields there.

I think that's probably okay! Definitely better than the reverse.

I'm guessing you're applying to a UC, then. From what I understood of the way the two are set up, the Personal Statement is actually designed to be the venue for "passion"--I'd be careful about appearing overeager in your Statement of Purpose, which should be a more professionally written, highly detailed text outlining your plans for study at X school. What I was told about the UC personal statement, when I applied, was that it's meant to show your awareness of the power dynamics inherent to higher academic study and/or how your knowledge of/experience with those power structures plays out in your work/professional goals--basically to show that you are politically sensitive and aware. I'd be interested in hearing how others interpreted it, though.

Georgetown is big into discourse analysis, for sure.

UC Davis for sociocultural linguistics and translation issues.

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Hi! I will be attending for linguistics. I'm also really excited to be able to bike everywhere, haha. Currently scouring Craigslist for places to live--kind of hard, since I'm not currently based in CA.

UC Davis! It's a less prestigious name/younger program, but the faculty were so welcoming (and so was the funding package). I'd be happy to go into depth about it with anyone who PMs me.

Just withdrew my name from candidacy at Georgetown. Hopefully that frees someone in Socio up (who's got the funds to attend...).

Thank you Takeru!