kristavocado

Seems like different agencies updated on different days. I think it was like this: 4/13: AFRL 4/14: ARO 4/15: ONR, with portal selections on 4/16. Sunny514 was the latest selection (ONR). If your portal doesn't have status 'selected' or 'waitlisted' now, it's probably safe to assume you did not win the award.

Not selected, but not a surprise despite assurances otherwise by the program coordinators (no updates since submission, submitted while the website was bugging out) Also wondering if there will be a similar award distribution by discipline this year as the GRFP. Engineering disciplines were overwhelmingly favored for awards, but got very few HMs. It makes me wonder if there was an internal memo to reviewers to favor engineering proposals. https://www.reddit.com/r/GRFPApps/comments/1sjs52m/major_field_of_study_for_awardees_and_hms/ Also my portal still says "Last updated 11/14/2025" EDIT: Received this email: Hello, Final selections and notifications have not been made. All applicants will receive an official email notification once the DoW has made their final award decisions. Thanks, Mary This is consistent with past years, though. There have not been any decision reversals after the portal is updated afaik

Here is some information from the Sam.gov solicitation for NDSEG vendors (i.e., the company contracted to run the fellowship selection process). 4. ESTIMATED PROGRAM TIMELINE Program Marketing and Outreach June - October Fellowship Application Period August/September – October/November Evaluation Panel Application Period September – November Mentor Selection Period September – December Fellowship Application Review Phase I December – mid January Fellowship Application Review Phase II February - March Fellowship Final Selections & RISC Reviews March- April Fellowship Award Notifications Sent May Fellowship Award Announced May/June Fellowship Award Begins 01 September Program Management Reviews August, November, February, and May Evaluation of applicants: The 2026 and 2027 NDSEG selection panel board(s) will review and rank all applicants. The initial review will result in the top 20% per research discipline being selected and eligible for final selection as DoD NDSEG fellows. Final selection of DoD NDSEG fellows will be made by DoD selection panels. DoD selection panels will consist of scientists and engineers from the Department of the Air Force (the Air Force Research Laboratory (AFRL) and the United States Space Force (USSF)), the Army Research Office (ARO), and the Office of Naval Research (ONR). Only 20% of all applications are forwarded to final selection. What does this mean in the context of this year's current results? It is unclear, as gradcafe's userbase may consist of more motivated/successful applicants than the general pool. All except two users in the google sheet received a 2/6 update. However, only 23% of users who contributed to the google sheet received a 2/6 update and a 2/12 update. None of the reddit users who commented received a 2/12 update. It is likely that the 2/12 update is more representative of who will be sent to final review than the 2/6 update, as it roughly matches the percentage of applicants expected to pass review round II. However, there is no real way of knowing. Also, someone deleted ~30 rows of the excel sheet today. To see the old rows, look in the version history.