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I finally received the reviewer's score sheets. It is interesting to see such a spread in scores. I received a 74, 95, and 63. How did you guys fare?

Yes, me too...That is crazy that only three awards were given! 3/171.

Strange, I have not been getting the email notifications for posts on here. Anyways, I also just discovered that the fellowship was awarded to the Cal State student. I'm surprised that there is only information about one recipient. Perhaps the other schools will follow suit soon. Really...why can't they send out rejections when they've made their decisions.

Thank you for calling. I guess I need to look into what Grants Online is. August...what a huge difference from when we thought recipients would find out in May. I hope the funds are there, and the reason for the long wait is not due to budget concerns.

Time to give up?

I am just guessing here, but maybe the status online says "assigned tracking number" until the summer when it changes to "rejected" (if that even happens at all). I think the question is more "when are the orientation emails sent out" rather than "when will recipients find out their result". I wonder if we would receive the same response if we spoke to Chantell Haskins.

I honestly do not know. On the one hand, I feel like it is so very late that the invitations must have been sent, and maybe Milton is supposed to tell everyone the invitations have not been sent, until maybe like May 27. On the other hand, as mentioned before, why would he need to lie about the invitations being sent out? He did not say much, and I really was tempted to ask "Is it against policy to say if the emails have been sent out?" but I chickened out. I don't think I want to call him again, haha, I have spoke to him three times now.

I just called again. He says they still have not been sent out yet, and he knows that it is cutting it close. And then he said probably by next week, which obviously must be the case since that is the last week before orientation. ARH.

I hope he is telling the truth...It is not like we are asking who received the invitations...

Still nothing...I tried calling again, but no answer.

Thanks for trying. When I emailed in the past, it took a while for them to respond. When I called before, Milton was at his desk except maybe once, so maybe it is lunch time?

I last called on May 6. If someone else wants to, call Milton Muldrow at (301) 713-9437 Ext 118.

It is now less than two weeks until the orientation...Anyone heard anything yet?

I have not. So, I keep calling NOAA to ask if they've sent invitations out. I also have low hopes for this scholarship. Plus, I noticed a typo in my research proposal which was really upsetting.

Do you know when in May the student heard? Yeah...NOAA said they would send the orientation invitations in the next two weeks, so by the 20th. I wonder if it is possible that the invitations were sent already, but the recipients are not allowed to mention it? In that case, the only way we would know is if we keep calling NOAA and asking if they sent the invitations.