NeuroJoeBruin

If you are talking to me then all I can say is that I am more in shock right now than anything.

No, it looks exactly as it did before. However you may want to try the /award link because that is where I can a copy of my award letter. Edit: it looks like the user NDSEG (not to be confused with the program) beat me to it.

Yes, we are both in cognitive neuroscience so it could very well be by category.

It doesn't actually say. Here is the full text of the email they sent out: Congratulations! You have been selected to receive a 2011 National Defense Science and Engineering Graduate (NDSEG) Fellowship. Your application was selected by the DoD from over 2,900 submitted applications that were received this year. The NDSEG Fellowship is sponsored and funded by the Department of Defense (DoD). NDSEG selections are made by the Air Force Research Laboratory/Air Force Office of Scientific Research (AFRL/AFOSR), the Office of Naval Research (ONR), the Army Research Office (ARO), and the DoD High Performance Computing Modernization Program Office (HPCMO). The American Society for Engineering Education (ASEE) administers the NDSEG Fellowship. The NDSEG Fellowship will cover your full tuition and required fees for three years at any accredited U.S. college or university that provides advanced degrees in science and engineering. In addition, the NDSEG Fellowship will provide you with a yearly stipend divided into twelve monthly payments. The first year's stipend will be $30,500.00 divided into monthly payments of $2,541.67; the second year's stipend will be $31,000.00 (monthly payments of $2,583.33); and the third year's stipend will be $31,500.00 (monthly payments of $2,625.00). The offer of the NDSEG Fellowship is conditional based upon the availability of funds and the fellow's satisfactory progress towards an advanced degree in science or engineering. You have until Tuesday April 26, 2011 to accept or decline the NDSEG Fellowship offer. In order to respond, please visit the NDSEG award site at http://ndseg.asee.org/award and login using your NDSEG application email/password. This is a very prestigious fellowship and we hope you will accept the offer. If you have any questions, don't hesitate to contact ASEE at (202) 649-3831 or by email at NDSEG@asee.org. We will be happy to assist you. Congratulations once again!

Fortunately I got the award. However, my friend also got his notification at the same time but did not get the award.

I got my notification at 3:33 EDT.