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Yes, I was notified of the award at 430 EST. Good luck to everyone else!

[Fulbright Hays DDRA 2017-2018]

From the academic wiki: 

According to a Fulbright Commissioner, they haven't even recieved the applications for final approval in the host countries. Also recieved a notice from the Fulbright Association that reads as follows: 

"ADVOCACY ALERT: The Senate Appropriations Committee will meet this Thursday, September 7 to consider the future of the Fulbright Program. We are calling on members of our community to write to their senators immediately, urging them to support the Fulbright Program at $250 million and to restore full funding to the Fulbright-Hays Program, which faces elimination.

The Fulbright-Hays Program funds research and training experiences for university faculty, K-12 teachers, and others to strengthen instruction in foreign languages, cultural understanding, and international studies. The elimination of Fulbright-Hays would be a terrible loss to U.S. international education.

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51 minutes ago, ChelleJ said:

Here is what I've heard:

September 30 is the last day of the fiscal year, prior to which date the US Department of Education must (a) offer all awards, (b) receive all acceptance forms from applicants to whom they offered awards--which takes at least 5 days, and (c) then prepare the formal grant agreements with all affected US universities regarding those awards--which should take at least a week. 

Thanks for the intel, ChelleJ. Here's hoping they make some decisions soon!

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I got an email from the university grant person asking to submit a letter of intent. Apparently they are trying to weed out folks who have already accepted the Fulbright IIE because there's a lot of overlap.