FulbrightHays4Days

Could be. But like I said, our coordinator had received a notification that one of our applicants was a finalist, but was then asked by the Fulbright-Hays folks to wait. Not sure why Michigan State and OSU (they made their announcement on Twitter) would publish their fellowship awards if that's the case. And my institution has had 1+ awardees for every year I can find data on it, so it seems unlikely we were shut out completely this year.

No fibbin'! Actually, what part of my account is in doubt? I'm only relating details I got from the coordinator. But I agree on your general point that there's a lot of confusion about the system. Also, didn't they announce later than 8/27 last year according to the Wiki?

Something is very weird about the Fulbright-Hays this year. I talked to my coordinator and they confirmed that an email was sent out near August 10th or August 11th announcing finalist and alternate positions for our university. But when they coordinator asked for clarification, the next day the Fulbright-Hays folks emailed all the coordinators clarifying that there was a mistake and asked coordinators to disregard the previous emails. No idea what's going on, what the mistake was, etc. It seems cruel to announce finalists and withdraw it, so I suspect those applicants that were notified early are likely indeed the real finalists. But you can corroborate the Wiki by searching for mentions of Fulbright-Hays on Google for the last month. There was one news post posted for UW's Henry M. Jackson School announcing that one of their students had won the Fulbright-Hays, but the page was removed. It's still visible in Google Cache, though.