clairebear2

Yes, Sequestration is affecting Fulbright (or at least the Bureau of Educational and Cultural Affairs). I don't know how they are going to handle the cuts (fewer grants or internal staff/admin/program cuts). I talked about it on page 74 of this forum and linked to the White House report on Sequestration specifics. It may be that this could delay future notices. I'm not sure. Here's hoping that it won't affect Fulbright at all (preferably, that Congress comes to some type of deal to stop Sequestration this week!!)

Ah congrats! Does that mean you got the award? Who did you hear from?

Hey guys. I have been doing some mad creeping on this forum for about a month+ now and finally decided to add. Hoping for a full grant to Brazil! I would bet that some more decisions will come out tomorrow. Although last year decisions came all days of the week, they were also coming directly from the foreign Fulbright offices (and many were letters). Since IIE will be sending us these final notifications, I bet they'll mostly come out on Fridays. I could be completely wrong though. Also, I'm not sure that Fulbright would be safe from sequestration... Check out this document (http://www.whitehouse.gov/sites/default/files/omb/assets/legislative_reports/stareport.pdf), type in "Educational and Cultural Exchange Programs" - page 135. I'm not sure if this would mean cuts to Fulbright, if it would affect only current Fulbrighters or if this even the right department (although Fulbright is under the DoS and is the Bureau of Educational and Cultural Affairs). Looks like an 8.2% cut... Don't mean to be alarmist! Call your legislators!! EDIT: Call your representatives in Congress asking them to come to resolution. Not to ask about whether Fulbright will be cut, lol.