Physicsisphysics

Same, I'm hoping we will both get good news about the diss fellowship today! Or tomorrow morning at the latest.

I am not sure..
I also applied to the NSF GRFP and NIH F31 Diversity (longest and most excruciating application of all the fellowships). Hopefully I can get one of those and not worry about predoctoral fellowships for the rest of my graduate career. 
On the results page, they said 70/2100 received the Ford, that's only 3.33% of applicants. Those are very low chances.
If I don't get anything this year, I will probably re-apply for the NIH F31 Diversity or AHA Predoctoral. Both of these have much higher success rates. The NIH depends on your field but its around 40% for me, while the AHA is 37%. Since it's a numbers game, I rather take my chances in those two.

Hi all
I received an email at 10:02 (ET) to check my online application. I am incredibly surprised to have received the Fellowship. 
reviewer 1: no comments
reviewers 2-5: all had 3-4 sentences worth of comments. 
I am not really sure if there is one section that weighs more than the other, but overall I scored between "very good" and "Excellent." I only received one "good" (prob reviewer 1), but the rest are above that. 
If you are looking to apply again, there's a pre-recorder webinar on YouTube. The awardees discuss how they prepared for the application and what the Foundation has helped them as grad students. I re-watched it last night assuming I wouldn't get it, and was planning on emailing one or two of them my applications to get some feedback.
 

Congrats!!!! That is amazing!!! 
I just checked my account and still have the generic message "Review results will be available one to two weeks after the review." I wonder if they are doing it by fields. Alma1350, do you mind sharing which field you are in?

Applied for predoc and no email yet either.

noticed on twitter that its possible that senior ford fellowships went out: 
 

It's passed 5pm in the East coast so I guess we'll have to wait for (at least) another day?

Lest hope this year is Monday.

I do feel a bit under the weather, guys : ( 
I am usually "let it be" kinda gal but all my conferences (6) were cancelled and it was my first year as a doctoral student to start presenting my research, I am was very proud and excited: / Then all classes moved online, I haven't seen my friends in a while, I really miss them. I don't have a family around to call. But I feel very grateful I have a home and health insurance in these times. Please, send good vibes and prayers you like. 
I really hope they can relieve our stress and just let us know. It has been a lot already. 
PS: Sorry I am a bit down 

The weekend flew by...hopefully the results will be out in this upcoming week

Nothing on my end either. Logged into my app...

@Physicsisphysics thanks for the clarification. sorry everyone. I'm talking about the dissertation fellowship. didn't mean to worry anyone!!!

You're prob right... More time to kill!

Hoping it's today and not next Friday...any guess what time, since it's past 8:30 AM CT?

Hoping it's today and not next Friday...any guess what time, since it's past 8:30 AM CT?

This is last year's thread

I  think it will be next friday or sometime next week because I  looked at my past email for the time of day I  received my rejection letter last time and it was 9am pacific.... ?

I  feel so anxious about these decisions and really want to know! ford predoctoral

Hoping it's today and not next Friday...any guess what time, since it's past 8:30 AM CT?

This is my second time applying for the pre-doctoral fellowship. 
My school suspended face-to-face classes and all classes are moving online now. It has not been an easy transition, especially when you are waiting for the results of this fellowship too. 

The wait is driving me crazy! This my 3rd time applying ? and last year they notified us around this day at 8:30am CT.
Goodluck y’all!

There's not many stats on the Ford in general. But there's a press release of all the winners from last year (http://nrc58.nas.edu/FordFellows20/ExtRpts/PressReleaseRoster.aspx?RptMode=AW&CompYr=2019&Layout=wwwLibs%2fUtil_Web%2fPageLayouts%2fApplPrintLayout) which you can browse.

Also nervously waiting. Hoping we hear back this week!

Patiently (but not really) waiting... I wish we could just know so we can make other arrangements if necessary. Keep us posted everyone, and stay safe!!