I heard on Friday from our coordinator I received the award, with the 9/26 deadline to respond. I was quite overjoyed about that, but I have to say I'm now pretty disgusted hearing that people were discriminated against based on their national/linguistic background. International students already have so few funding options because of citizenship/residency reqs, especially with the recent discontinuation of several important fellowships. That this rule was imposed in 1998 to make sure students who were able to acquire citizenship or permanent residency were also prevented from winning the award is really unjust. It's good to hear people are fighting back and NCLA is on the case.