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Congrats to all those who won the award! I got HM (IM: VG/E/E; BI: E/E/E). It was sort of a long shot coming from an interdisciplinary field, but glad I shot my shot anyway! 

So excited for folks who count themselves among the lucky 75 awardees! As for me, I was not selected. I had 4 reviewers and all criteria received excellent or very good ratings. The weird thing is I had 5 reviewers last year with a much wider range of feedback? 
Either way, I'll work on strengthening my application where I can for next year. The cool thing is that I feel like I've developed an even clearer view of my project just in the time since I submitted the proposal. So, there's that!
Good luck to those still awaiting their results! 

Same! Feedback was positive, though I think one reviewer didn't really understand my proposal. They said my application would be stronger with a letter from a PhD advisor explaining the merit behind it but I'm starting my PhD in the fall... ? there's always next year!

I just received word that I was placed on an alternate list for the pre-doc! Overall, an improvement from last year as I was given an honorable mention w/o the alternate list. But now a little anxious that I will have to wait until May to find out LOL. Does anyone know what the likelihood is of someone getting off the alternate list? 

I was just notified that I have been selected as an awardee. Good luck to everyone who is still waiting.
 
Also, 80 percent of the feedback from my reviewers was negative. So, there's that.

And Yes! I really would like this fellowship... My last try to do it and I really hope it works out lol... 
Crazy thing is, I forgot about it for a bit and it recently came into mind last week, and I guess it is because we are in March and the results will be out by the end of the month! I am really praying for the best.

And super anxious since I found out they'd be announcing awards at the end of march... :')

Good luck to everyone waiting ?? hoping results come early so I can negotiate more funding 

They've announced that they are releasing results at the end of March.
 
Good luck to everyone.

Congratulations to all those who received the award! I did not. My application was evaluated by 5 reviewers, but alas I was not among the chosen few. Interestingly, two reviewers seemed to be obsessed with me while the others had lukewarm feelings. So, I suppose I'll have to work on winning them over for next year! 

Such a great attitude; I'm going to keep that in mind whenever I get my notification.

Congratulations to all those who received the award! I did not. My application was evaluated by 5 reviewers, but alas I was not among the chosen few. Interestingly, two reviewers seemed to be obsessed with me while the others had lukewarm feelings. So, I suppose I'll have to work on winning them over for next year! 

Hello out there! I figured I might as well get the ball rolling on this—has anyone else applied for the Ford? I applied for the predoctoral fellowship (currently a first-year PhD student), and no longer have any fingernails to speak of.

Just noticed a "review result" link appeared under my application. When I click on it, it says "Review results will be available one to two weeks after the review." Not sure if they are referring to the review that took place last week (and that some of us almost crashed - lol) or something else. Hope this means we will hear something soon!  

Hello out there! I figured I might as well get the ball rolling on this—has anyone else applied for the Ford? I applied for the predoctoral fellowship (currently a first-year PhD student), and no longer have any fingernails to speak of.

Very true! Thanks for sharing this reminder. But I do wish more had won the thing. Like @anxiousgrad, I am anxious that even the Honorable Mentions came from places like Yale! Haha. 

@ebp As someone in an interdisciplinary field, I am also hesitant to get my hopes up. I can’t recall when they last awarded a Predoctoral to an interdisciplinary field, and I think I can probably count on one hand how many times they have done so... ever. Nevertheless, I am keeping my fingers crossed. 
 
I also noticed that the website specified that awards should be announced by the end of March. So, there’s that.

commenting to follow this thread. i also applied for predoctoral (first time).

I applied to the predoctoral fellowship too :)

I applied for the dissertation fellowship. The FAQ on the Ford website is vague about when to expect to hear back--it just says "by April." The other two fellowships to which I applied, Mellon/ACLS and AAUW, say to expect to hear back in late March and April 15th, respectively. So it's going to be a long month and a half ?

I'm sorry to hear it! Tough times out there!

Universities of California take a bit longer than other schools. I doubt you'll hear back till at least the end of the month... almost there...