Discordant_Aesthete

Thanks for this post. In part because of your post and Fulbright's better prestige (in my discipline), I've gone with the Fulbright, which means more room for DAAD alternates!

Yes, this is sorta the case. As I understand it, the intensive language course for grant recipients is different than the stand-alone intensive language course. In other words, I don't think you should read too much into our having heard.

Nevermind – found it with the link above and just requested to join.

Hmm...I just searched for this in Facebook and nothing came up.

I'm in the same situation (It's a good problem to have, isn't it?). However, are you sure that you also got the pre-research 8-week language course with DAAD? I applied for it in addition to the research, and though I got the research grant I didn't get the language course. I'm trying to find out about the Fulbright language course – that is, whether or not I got it. Is it automatically granted?

Hi lalakey – I'm sorry you didn't get the Fulbright, but it sounds like you have good news about PhD! (....what is the good news about PhD?) (I'd love to be part of the mob of anonymous internet validation headed your way.)

I'm almost certain that you have to choose between one and the other. I just found out I was awarded the Fulbright (in addition to the DAAD), so I'll know for sure very soon!

Congratulations! I just received good news myself. Where will you be?

Got the Germany Fulbright! Edit: Research

Stop it.

Will do. I was ready to hear last week Tuesday, and since we didn't I've resigned myself to not hearing until April 11; but I'll post here and on the spreadsheet as soon as I hear yea or nay. Did you and your roommate also apply for DAAD? Or were you both ETA applicants?

This is weird. You received a hard copy (snail mail)? I got an email without any details, telling me that I'd receive details at the end of May! Any reason why your application was different than mine and steppenwolf's? (He also received email.) Did you also apply for Fulbright?

Congrats! Where will you be based?

For Germany applicants: DAAD research emails have gone out. (This may or may not mean something for Fulbright; my suspicious mind says it does mean something.)

I just got the email from DAAD – I'm going to Germany! (long-term research)

Congratulations! Still no word from any research apps it seems.

Feverish speculation by an obsessive neurotic. In other words, I don't really know (in the philosophical sense of knowledge as "justified true belief"), but I've convinced myself that we should hear because of past notification dates and the fact that DAAD has been sending out notices (as far as I've heard, only rejections thus far).

Does the research grant really use the portal though? I got the sense that DAAD didn't actually look at the application via the website, but that the website just checked over our application for omissions before we sent in the hard copy.

I applied for full year research. I live just outside of NYC metro area and haven't heard anything. Portal shows "selection made." Somewhere, a DAAD employee (and a Fulbright employee) is reading, shaking his/her head, and chuckling.

I applied to the full research grant, which would mean we should expect it this week. I guess Friday is my next day to obsess over it.

If you are putting off a graduate school, please note that they cannot legally demand a commitment from you before April 15. It might be best for them to know earlier because they can then offer your funding to another student, but––and I cannot stress this enough––you have absolutely no obligation to let them know earlier. You don't want to commit to a program then back out if Fulbright comes through. Not only is it legally questionable (breach of contract if you have an assistantship that you agree upon), but professionally injurious to yourself.

Good question. Maybe some of these are for a different grant. I'm also waiting on research grant news.

In that case, I think we can safely put to rest the rumor that "selection made" means anything. Sorry to hear that you didn't get it, but if you don't mind telling, when did you get the email?

This is quite upsetting.

Thanks for this update! This is a little bit odd isn't it? An email from DAAD? I thought they did all hard copies/snail mail.