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ticks_and_stuff

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  1. Haha I feel ya. Although I got Medium Priority the experimental design "concerns" were ridiculous and nearly impossible for me to satisfy.
  2. I just got my rejection email. Good luck everyone
  3. I wish they would be more open about this delay in decision - for whatever the reason is.
  4. Well there isn't an abstract for the grad student winner from the link above (Washington University in St. Louis), so who knows how many winners there have been so far. I got an email from Dr. Ali and his response "Announcements are anticipated within the next two weeks." Here is to hoping it doesn't get pushed back again! Edit: another postdoc recipient was added to CRIS. I doubt this is fully up to date
  5. Good call. It appears that it's 1 postdoc fellowship, 1 grad fellowship, and an unrelated grant. I wonder if we won't hear the final announcement until Fiscal Year 2015 - October 1st.
  6. someone needs to get ahold of Dr. Ali and find out what is actually happening. I will try again but of the 3 times I've left a voicemail or emailed him I never got a response.
  7. Pullman can be a very lonely town for grad students. If you want to grab a cup of coffee let me know - Cafe Moro is a great place to unwind and there are many fellow grad students that spend many hours there.
  8. This is ridiculous wait time.
  9. Anyone hear anything? I've tried to email Dr. Ali and once again he has not replied. I think I've emailed and called him 3 times over the last several months and I never get a response back.
  10. I think it's probably not the case, but I applied for Animal Health and Production and Animal Products.
  11. I agree that at this point it's not good. I think the best situation would be to get reviews back saying to resubmit next year. Has anyone thought of other fellowships to apply to? I would really like to be done in 1.5 - 2 years, so applying to NIFA for 2015 would be out of my scope - at least for predoctoral.
  12. Nothing here. I emailed Dr. Ali and got an automatic response that he is out of the office until August 20th - so maybe later this week we will here something.
  13. Super bummed. I find it strange that all the grad students that are active on this forum were unlucky.
  14. I am sick of waiting, but this is my last week that I can back out of my TA position.
  15. This isn't always true. We have many researchers that study animal pathogens that are similar to human pathogens (bovine babesiosis and malaria) because it allows them to work in host and do experiments that wouldn't be possible on humans. In fact there are several PIs that are human disease trained scientists that use animal pathogens as models because of this.
  16. I'm in a veterinary science program but it's really an umbrella program to microbiology, genetics, veterinary entomology, parasitology, etc etc research. I have haven't encountered anyone having problems with postdocs or other postdoctoral paths because it's called "veterinary". Your research, PI connections, and where you publish/present is what is important (and maybe the classes you take). I think the name of your degree doesn't mean a lot, but more of your experiences and expertise. The positive thing about being connected to a vet school is generally there is a lot of money to go around - I've never had to worry about research funds or lack of equipment.
  17. I hope today will be the day grad students get the announcement ... :/
  18. Ugh how convenient. Thanks for letting us know!
  19. I'm right there with ya. haha
  20. I haven't heard anything either. This forum is the only source of announcement that I know of. I was also wondering maybe they've announced it but we are the unlucky ones, but hopefully not!! If either of you hear anything please post - I need to know (good or bad) to calm my nerves. You wouldn't be able to TA and have the fellowship. The directions were very specific about that. You should be able to change the start date of the fellowship with your Grants and Research office, however I do not know if USDA allows postponing the start date. I'm in the same boat as you - I have a TA position and if USDA hurries and announces the results I can back out for maybe 10 more days but soon I'll have to seriously commit for the semester.
  21. Graduate. I hope only Postdoc awards were announced today and after they figure out how many turn down the award Monday then they will announce graduate.
  22. Now I'm checking my email every minute haha Waiting is the worst
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