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I got it as well, fellowship for Bosnia! Congrats to all awardees!

From Boren's website regarding 2012 stats (so last year's apps): "[in 2012] 1014 undergraduate students applied for the Boren Scholarship and 161 were awarded, while 575 graduate students applied for the Boren Fellowship and 119 were awarded." So apps are down, slightly. Whether that effects the # of awards available is anyone's guess

Given how long ago it was that the scholarship apps received their budget emails, I'm beginning to think the process for the fellowships must have changed this year and cut out the budget emails. Well, last year folks were notified May 4 -- Just under a month to go!

But the scholarship applicants received the budget emails (honestly guys, I think we all envy you at this point!). And it would make total sense that they want to have the latest #s before allocating money -- dates don't seem to offer the same info. I also have a departure date in Sept and got the dates email. I may be in the minority on this one, but I genuinely think there's nothing more to these latest dates emails. The ratio of those who received them to those who did should be indication enough -- I would expect the budget emails to pare the numbers down by half or so and that does not seem to have happened here. Of course, we're all just speculating but I think we all still have reason to keep our fingers crossed Upside: only 1 month till May!

cm125, it's my understanding that official notifications - rejections and awardees alike - go out together in early May. That said, I wouldn't read too much into this latest email. Given that they include our actual proposed dates, they require human input so they very likely could go in waves. Unlike the budget email, we have zero precedent to go on. Besides, why would the staff double the work for themselves by sending date and budget emails separately if the recipients were the same?!

I got it too, wonder1005 -- given the wording and the fact there's no mention of budget, I don't think this means much ... However, the fact that we have till the end of the week to respond about program start dates says to me we shouldn't expect budget emails to go out before next week at the earliest.

I don't have any further details, but selection panels are meeting today and tomorrow. As such, I imagine we won't hear about anything till next week. So, give those refresh buttons a break

Lets hope the good news keeps rolling in! Just a reminder to please let folks know if you applied for a fellowship or scholarship when you post. Thanks

Congrats to you both, danng and Taesan! Last year, fellowship emails went out 2 days before scholarships -- weird that they would have reversed the order, but who knows! Anyone else heard?

So the waiting game continues ... Taesan, I applied for a fellowship to Bosnia Herzegovina

This from the University of IL website: The Institute of International Education processes your application and distributes it to regional screening panels for review. The geographic area panels will be evaluating applications and recommending candidates to be reviewed by the national nominating panel. If your application is forwarded to the national committee, you will be contacted by IIE in late March/early April and asked to provide updated financial information for the final, national review panel. Please let us know if you are contacted--this is good news! If you are selected to be forwarded to the national panel, from there you may be designated an award winner or an alternate, or you may not receive an award. All students will be notified of their status in late April or early May. In recent years, letters were emailed and postmarked on April 30.

Hmm, it's all a bit mysterious. Pulling from last year's thread, this was the text of last year's email (for the scholarship but I would imagine the two are similiar) Paperhead and Postidentity, is that what you received? If so, sounds like good news - congrats! --- Thank you for submitting your National Security Education Program David L. Boren Scholarship application. Currently, your application is being considered, and final award decisions will be announced in early May, 2012. If your study abroad program has an earlier deposit deadline, you may want to let them know that you are awaiting a decision from the Boren Scholarship. If you are awarded a Boren Scholarship, you will be required to attend the Orientation and Convocation Ceremony in Washington, DC on June 6th and 7th. We would also like you to be aware that, if you are awarded, certain materials will need to be submitted before your first award disbursement would be issued. Should you win the award, you would need to purchase your roundtrip airline tickets before receiving your first disbursement. Please plan accordingly. For study of French or Spanish, awards will be contingent upon testing at the appropriate language level. If you are an applicant for one of these languages and are conditionally offered the award, you will need to take a test through a service called LTI as early as possible after receiving the award packet. The level at which you test on the LTI exam will determine whether or not you remain eligible for the Boren Scholarships. As your application is being considered, we request that you provide IIE with additional information about your study abroad program costs and financial aid status. The Boren Scholarship online system (https://nsep.iieweb....p/nseplogin.asp) allows you to submit the requested information electronically. Applicants should use their original user name and password to log onto the system. Please be sure to hit the “UPDATE” button in order to save the requested information online. ** PLEASE PROVIDE IIE WITH THE FOLLOWING INFORMATION USING THE ONLINE SYSTEM BY MONDAY, APRIL 2ND! ** A. Cost of attendance at home institution – Please state your total cost to attend your current U.S. institution for one academic year. Include tuition, room and board, books, etc. as appropriate. Do not subtract financial aid or scholarships/grants. B. Updated Financial Aid Information – If you receive financial aid, identify the total amount of financial aid that you receive for an academic year. Include scholarships, grants, AND loans. C. Study Abroad Dates and Cost –The table lists your study abroad dates and costs as stated in your application. You must contact your study abroad program to determine if anything has changed. If so, enter the new dates or amounts in the space provided. The program costs MUST be broken down into the following categories: · Cost of tuition and fees – if your home institution requires you to pay its tuition rather than the study abroad program costs, please include your home institution tuition costs in this field · Cost of room and board – this is housing and food · Cost of round-trip international airfare – please remember that you must travel on a U.S. Airline as far as possible · Cost of books, insurance and local transportation Please be as accurate as possible in estimating these costs, keeping in mind that Boren does not select recipients based on their budgets. If there is no change to the information listed, you will need to reenter the same dates/figures on the second column. D. Study Abroad Financial Aid - If you receive financial aid, identify the amount of financial aid that can be applied to your proposed study abroad. Do not include loans. Do not hesitate to call our office at 1-800-618-6737 or email boren@iie.org if you have any questions. We look forward to receiving your updated information by Monday, April 2nd. Sincerely, Susan Sharp Assistant Director, Boren Scholarships and Fellowships Institute of International Education 1400 K St., NW Suite 650 Washington, DC 20005

Thanks for the update steppeandsky! From what I've read on last year's forum (), a number of applicants received emails in mid-late March asking whether there were any changes to their budget. There appears to be a near perfect correlation that those who receive said email are later named awardees or alternates (and those who did not receive the email are declined). A few Boren alums I've spoken with have given me the same message. I haven't called Boren but last year the emails evidently went out March 21 and 23 (I forget which day was for fellowships and which was for scholarships) So, I imagine it should be soon!

Hi folks, Forgive me if this thread has already been started -- I couldn't find anything for current Boren applicants. Given that we should expect those fabled budget emails to come out this week or next (based on past years), I figured it would be worth sharing information as to when they come out. If you receive one, please let us know! (as well as whether you applied for a fellowship of scholarship)