Catluvr2001

Hi everyone, I have a bit of a serious question. I was thrilled to be nominated as a semifinalist for a study/research grant. I'm currently in my last year of my Master's program. However, I've recently encountered a hurdle that will likely prevent me from finishing my degree on time this semester. I'm a performing artist, and a horribly bad-timed injury is preventing me from fulfilling my last credit that I need to graduate this semester. Normally this would be NBD, as I could fulfill this last performance requirement in the fall after I'm healed, and my degree would be conferred in December - but the Fulbright situation makes things a bit more complicated. At first I was devastated because I thought that if I can't get my degree in May, I'd be ineligible for the potential Fulbright (I won't hear the result until April/May most likely), since I've stated in all my fulbright application materials that my anticipated graduation date is May 2016. However, now I'm wondering if this is actually the case, since the basic eligibility requirements for my country/Fulbright in general state (http://us.fulbrightonline.org/about/eligibility): Applicants must have a conferred bachelor's degree or the equivalent before the start of the grant. In the creative and performing arts, four years of professional training and/or experience meets the basic eligibility requirement. .......I do meet these requirements regardless of when my Master's degree is conferred, so perhaps this would actually be no problem at all - I'm trying not to freak out. Does anybody have any insight into this? Obviously I know that this is a very particular situation and actual answers would come from IIE, but I'd just like to throw this out there to collect as much information as I can. Thanks all.