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Looks like the eligibility criteria may have changed from last year- Wondering if I am eligible for this year's competition if I finished a 12 month master's in September of this year (and started a PhD also in September). Do you interpret the new description as cannot have a master's by August 1st or by the application deadline? The program solicitation this year states: With prior enrollment in a graduate degree program Applicants must not have completed more than one academic year of graduate study as defined by the universities attended as of August 1 of the year the application is submitted (see exception below) and also: Applicants must self-certify that they are eligible to receive the Fellowship. To be eligible, an applicant must meet all of the following eligibility criteria by the application deadline: Have never earned a master's, professional, or bachelor's-master's degree in any field, unless returning to graduate study after an interruption of at least two (2) years whereas last year under categories of applicants that are ineligible: Those who have completed the requirements for any graduate or professional degree by August 1 of the year the application is submitted