LandofRain

Dude. What are you thinking?! Don't abuse this grant by not following the rules. Fulbright Hays was targeted for cancellation because of concerns like this. If you can't follow the grant rules, don't take the grant. It affects everyone if it looks like we are abusing federal funds. If you want a vacation to your country, use your own money.

I asked my coordinator. He said the rule of thumb is that anything 10 points away from the total score is generally on the slate to be funded (in normal times, of course). For example, if your average score is 95 out of 110 (as many of the mentioned scores seem to be), you are 5 points off from the minimum funding mark, and unlikely to be funded. Thus, if your average lands you somewhere in the 100 range, you have a good shot. However, this is just a rule of thumb, so anything can happen. Also, the Mellon people are focusing on the humanities, so it's not exactly a fair shake for all disciplines. They are clearly weeding through applications, not going by total scores. It's hard to know, but I think at this point no one should hold out hope. Only the best of the best have a shot.

Yes. They are from different pools of money, as one comes from the State Dept and the other the Department of Ed, but speaking as one of many Phd peeps who applied for both, had we gotten Fulbright Hays (which is about 3 times more money) we would have given up our IIE Fulbright to take the FHays. But that program was just cut, so this means that IIE is affected by the DOE cuts because now people like me aren't going to give up their IIE fulbright to take a different grant. Hence, alternates don't get bumped up either because there are fewer people rejecting IIE grants. :-)

Hey all, one of the reasons why there aren't alternates being bumped up to primary status is because the Fulbright Hays was cancelled and those Phds who also won IIE Fulbrights are now hanging on to them. This directly affects Fulbrighters in this competition, so please join us in signing the petition to save Fulbright Hays. We need more research money out there not less! Thanks!!!!

For anyone still reading this forum: PLEASE sign the petition to Save Fulbright Hays. It might be too late for us, be we can't let this become permanent. Thanks. Christine

I received this email just now: The Fulbright Hays program for fiscal year 2011 has been canceled and no awards will be made. Detail available on this webpage of the Department of Education: http://www2.ed.gov/programs/iegpsddrap/applicant.html While this is unfortunate news, I encourage you to contact me or the Grad Grants Center to explore other sources of funding for your international research projects. As I did last year, I have started sending out email updates with advice for finding awards and preparing applications over the summer months and I can add you to the current distribution list.

D.A.M.N.

Got my acceptance to Lithuania today for a full grant. Whew. For anyone waiting on Lithuania, Rachel said they mailed the LT letters last Wednesday. Mine is postmarked April 13. Arrived in Indiana today.

any other Baltics people still waiting? I am in the Midwest.

ha. no joke.

Thanks. Could have just been Balkan notifications though. Hopefully the Baltics got in there too... Waiting game, I guess.

No. I supposed we could email Rachel, but I hate to bother her, as I am sure she gets a million emails a day. Last year the Baltic States got notification on April 20th, so we may have a week yet before we hear anything.

Nope. Not yet.