[NSF GRFP 2017-18]

On 4/5/2018 at 5:38 PM, healthgeographer said:

Are any other awardees overwhelmed by the next steps of accepting and moving forward?

nope, already accepted it and pumped to start getting paid in the summer! my only worry is dealing with taxes tbh ?

[NSF GRFP 2017-18]

10 hours ago, geologygal said:

Undergraduate, geosciences, E/VG, E/VG, E/E--selected! I have an administrative question that I'm currently hunting down: I wrote my research proposal for a project oriented towards a school that I've chosen not to attend. On the awards list my baccalaureate and current institution are my undergrad institution, but in my fastlane portal it has the school I oriented my app towards as my "organization". I'm nervous about accepting until I know for sure I can switch it to the school I'm actually going to attend---anyone have experience with this? 

From the GRFP administrative guide referenced in the acceptance email:

[NSF GRFP 2017-18]

E/E/VG/E/E/VG - 2nd year grad, awarded!!!!!!!!!!!!!

only slightly negative part is one reviewer said i didn't explain my broader impacts enough: "That is rather unfortunate as a broader impact of the proposed work can easily be envisioned."

i'm honestly so blown away by this - i thought my application was bad and i had no chance. well, anything's possible even in this crap shoot of a system!

[2018 Ford Predoctoral Fellowship]

2 hours ago, Musiciangrl06 said:

Yea That as me last year. Out of five reviewers, only one gave me a fair for work history whereas everyone else gave very goods and excellent. I'm like I've been working fulltime since undergrad both in and out of my field, while going to school and managed to get 4.0s for my masters and a 3.8 while doing PhD. What else did you expect me to do? Not sleep the little I did?

one of my reviewers was super hard on my employment history too!!! 

i had 5 reviewers... not sure why there's a difference in reviewer number. 

also, do folks know if honorable mention is the same as alternate or if you're an alternate you'll be told you're an alternate honorable mention?

[2018 Ford Predoctoral Fellowship]

welp, i got honorable mention. congrats to winners!

i'm in Columbus, OH (EST) btw

[2018 Ford Predoctoral Fellowship]

50 minutes ago, olives2sea said:

Sheesh! Longest week EVER! Going nuts googling everything with Ford predoctoral in it and rereading this thread again to find solace. Thanks for updates! 

i'm googling all over the place too lol. i'm reading old Ford fellowship threads and figuring out any possible tricks... it's ruining me tbh

[2018 Ford Predoctoral Fellowship]

i just called Ford and they said "applicants will be notified this week" :| lol

[2018 Ford Predoctoral Fellowship]

anyone down to call? going through previous years' threads and it looks like they say when they're gonna release announcements if you call!

edit: i would but i'm in class rn lol

[2018 Ford Predoctoral Fellowship]

17 minutes ago, MindOverMatter said:

I too noticed that when I first sign in I now see the "applicant module." I also noticed when I sign off that for a split second I see this little "status" box. Not at all sure what this means -- if anything.

i just noticed this too a few minutes ago. mine also says OK

[2018 Ford Predoctoral Fellowship]

1 hour ago, 8BitJourney said:

 

 

So I don't want to rain on parades but I remember having access to this before (like a month or so ago) and it would take me to my application. So I'm not sure what that could mean.

yeah, i've been seeing the ford 2.0 module for a month or so now... it's off and on though - i saw it on my phone a few minutes ago but when i logged on on my laptop just now it didn't say anything about the 2.0 module. i think it was like this before though.

[2018 Ford Predoctoral Fellowship]

18 hours ago, csot said:

What general field/discipline are y'all in?

linguistics here. 

i keep looking for any potential "signal" that things might be coming out and finding nothing. sigghhhh

[2018 Ford Predoctoral Fellowship]

CAN WE JUST FIND OUT ALREADY!! at this point the wait is just getting exhausting. 

[2018 Ford Predoctoral Fellowship]

hoping this comes out soon! i've gathered the dates and days of the week for the last few years to see where we stand:

2017 - Wednesday, March 22

2016 - Tuesday, March 29

2015 - Tuesday, March 24

2014 - Monday, March 24
 

SO if all goes well, it seems like we should expect notifications to start rolling out in the next few days! i predict tomorrow (monday, early in the morning). good luck folks!