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Congratulations! Yes, I’ve heard some people get funded after applying 3 times.

I laughed at mine too. There’s also a lot of “whataboutism”. Perhaps I’ll have a better reaction to the reviews in a day or two. For now I’ll just put them behind me. All I read in this forum are rejections. Anyone wins? 1600 applicants this year—that’s tough.

Rejected with 3.33. One of the reviewers suggested a body of literature that is completely dismissed in my field, lol. Oh well. It’s not meant to be.

Hang in there. It’s almost over…

There is a PETITION circulating asking SSRC & Melon to reinstate the IDRF grant. I’ve signed. https://actionnetwork.org/petitions/ask-ssrc-and-mellon-to-reinstate-the-international-dissertation-research-fellowship-program?source=direct_link

Yes. That is odd. I’ve heard in mid-Feb too. Perhaps that’s not the dissertation grant one? Or perhaps one of those bounced emails so that they had to resend in March. Anyways, I’m in a different timezone, so every morning when I wake up, I have to pep-talk myself before checking my email. I try not to get my hopes up, so if I fall it won’t be too painful. *Sigh* Just need to get this over with so that I can move on.

Nothing yet… Now I’ll see if I can enjoy the weekend without thinking about WG result…

Finally received the rejection letter. Congratulations for the finalists! In case folks don’t know: you can email IDRF asking for reviewers’ comments on your application. I did that last year & they responded quite fast. Did anyone apply for WennerGren? I’ll be more active on that thread now. Fingers crossed ??

Still nothing so far. Nothing in the spam too. Some people say no news is good news, but I’m almost certain that I’m just waiting for a rejection letter. I’ve sent an email inquiring the status of my application. We’ll see if they respond. (((My speculation is some of the reviewers got distracted with the harvard letters last week, so they couldn’t meet the review deadlines & kept asking for extensions. Lol.)))

No portal this year, but I think you can email WennerGren & ask for your application status.

I have received an email from Wenner-Gren that my proposal has been selected to move forward to stage 2. (2/17 5.15 pm PST) Best of luck to everyone.

Same. They’re rather slow this year… For those who have heard back from them, do you mind sharing what your disciplinary fields are? I wonder if they categorize the applications based on disciplinary fields. Maybe some reviewers are faster than others?

I don’t think that’s the case. They’re still hiring new employees & IDRF is still one of their most successful program. If I haven’t heard from them by the end of Friday, I’ll send them an email. I’m still holding my breath & bracing for impact. Eek!

Still nothing for me. Yup, let’s wait ‘till Friday.

Super anxious! This is my 2nd try & my school fellowship ends this year. I’m relying on the few external fellowships I’m eligible for as an int’l student. Last year they notified the finalist (transcript request) on Friday, and sent the rejections on Monday. However, this year might be different.