I sent an email on March 1 asking about notification. I got the following response today:
"Decisions are typically released on/around March 1st. Please be advised that, as of March 1st, late Tuesday afternoon, our program office received permission from Office of the Secretary of Education to begin phoning principal candidates who’ve been recommended for fellowships. I began contacting principal candidates by phone Wednesday and should finish today. Once continuation funding awards have been made to our continuing fellows this Summer, remaining funding will be used to fund another round of new fellows (alternate candidates). Therefore, if you haven’t heard anything from our office by the end of this week, then it means you were either recommended as an alternate candidate---and must now await the letter we typically mail out over the next couple of weeks---or you were not recommended for funding, in which case you will not be called and will likely receive an email/letter notification in May of this year; in the meanwhile, I appreciate your continued patience regarding this matter."
Hope this is helpful.
