bitingnails

Several people (nicknick and others ) who posted before have said that they got asked for transcript and later got rejected. I got asked and no rejection as yet.

Looks like an initial screening process conducted by IDRF screeners--whoever they are-- pares the application pool to a much smaller number. Say from about 800 applications, they weed out 700 to end up with 100. Then the selection committee meets to discuss the 100 applications only to award about 50 out of that 100. At least this was the selection process in 2003-04. Things may have changed since then--for one thing, they awarded 74 fellowships last year. Can it be that those who have been/will be asked for transcripts have made it to the final round? But making it to the final round would not guarantee a fellowship as that would be determined by the selection committee. Read the following: The selection committee of the International Dissertation Field Research Fellowship program convened for its seventh annual meeting and awarded 50 provisional grants to applicantsfrom the 2003-2004 fellowship cycle. The fourteenmember committee, comprised of scholars from a diversity of fields in the social sciences and humanities, reviewed 103 proposals during its two and a half day session on April 10-12 at SSRC offices in New York.The proposals were selected as finalists by the IDRF’s network of over 140 screeners from an initial pool of 824 applications. The new cohort of IDRF fellows represents 29 universitiesand 15 disciplines or fields of study: history, anthropology, sociology, geography, ethnomusicology, archaeology, Middle Eastern studies, political science, art history, architecture, East Asian studies, economics, environmental studies,literature, philosophy, public policy, and religion. The cohort will be doing research in all areas of the world. A notable increase for the 2003 cohort are the 7 fellows who will be doing cross-regional fieldwork, a large jump from last year’s 4. The meeting concluded with a reception and dinner at French-Moroccan restaurant Marseille, where retiring members of the selection committee were toasted and thanked for their years of service.

I don't think there was any option to extend the coursework report. They wanted to see only relevant coursework--I had a difficult time filling up the space they provided.

that makes very good sense. I did leave a couple of blanks for grades as they were not in when I applied. And they have asked me for my transcript.

It's apparent from an earlier post by nicknick that he/she was asked for transcripts and then he/she received a rejection. Unless the review process has changed, it doesn't seem likely that they have already made decisions and are now asking for the transcipts only to verify the truth of things like degrees, dates of attendance of colleges etc. I have also received a request for transcript, but I'm trying very hard not to get my hopes high. Pl keep posting