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Hey all, just throwing myself into the mix ... I am nearing the end of my PhD in Acoustics, thinking of applying for an ETA in a French speaking country (not France, since I have spent a lot of time there for my PhD). Any suggestions? - I was thinking Ivory Coast, Morocco, Senegal, etc. Good luck preparing applications! I am sure I'll comment again if I decide to apply.

I have read in a few places now that you can change your minor but not your major focus of study (well you can make changes across the board it is just harder to do. Here are some FAQs I found on the website: CHANGES IN FIELD OF STUDY (FOS), DEGREE PLAN, OR RESEARCH PLAN 50. What is a major versus minor field of study (FOS)? For GRFP purposes, the major FOS are Chemistry; Computer And Information Science And Engineering; Engineering; Geosciences; Life Sciences; Mathematical Sciences; Physics And Astronomy; Psychology; Social Sciences; and STEM Education and Learning Research. The minor FOS are the listings under each heading. Generally in policy documents, major FOS are the bolded and capitalized headings and minor FOS are listings under each heading. 50. I am a new Fellow, and in my application I indicated I would be pursuing a degree in physics (major FOS); may I now change to a degree program in environmental economics (major FOS)? No. Acceptance of the Fellowship is an explicit agreement that the Fellow will be duly enrolled in an NSF-approved graduate degree program in the FOS indicated in the application. Given that applications are reviewed in the context of disciplinary norms, major FOS changes are not permitted. 51. I am a new Fellow, and in my application I indicated I would be pursuing a degree in particle physics (minor FOS); may I now change to a degree program in nuclear physics (minor FOS)? This is a minor FOS change and is subject to the approval of the CO, using the GRFP FastLane Module. Hope this is helpful.

I am in absolute shock! I am a second year grad student and I got an award! After getting a rejection last year from NASA fellowship and a rejection this year from Fulbright already, I am so happy to finally get this validation of my hard work! Congrats to others and to those not successful this time, do not give up! Take the reviewers critiques to heart and try try again!

I applied, for the second time. Was rejected last year and just got rejected for a Fulbright grant. Hopefully I will have better luck with the NASA one or maybe the NSF GRFP I applied for too. I wish that more applications were like NSF. At least they give you reasons why your application was good or bad. NASA didn't give me anything to go off of last year. 100++ applicants and 5 spots for Grad students...worst odds!! Good luck!

France Full Research Grant - Rejected :-( quite dissapointed. But congrats to everyone else!

Research Study Grant applicant to Lyon, France. (((((CROSSES EVERY FINGER))))) Good Luck everyone!!

I had my on campus interview today...((shew))) glad that is over. But I think it went well!!! ((crosses fingers and waits...)) I attended the general Q&A for Europe. It was pretty long and most of the questions being asked were not relavent to me or they could have been answered on the website. If you are reading the website carefully I think you should be fine. Just ask your campus FPA if you have any other specific questions. I agree that it doesn't seem to be an upload problem however, it may be a "following directions" type of issue. I REALLY wanted those 3 extra lines for content but they did say not to make your personal info in the header so I decided that I would just follow what they said. I really don't' know if it is an issue but if I were reading a document, I can tell what is in the header and what is in the body so...I guess use your best judgment.

my campus deadline was today!!! Application "finished" and submitted! Good luck everyone!

If there are any current/previous Fulbrighters out there... I am a PhD student applying for a research grant to France. I have very basic conversational skills (really basic!) because I have some french friends teaching me a few things. I will also be taking two semesters of French beginning this fall (in a week! AHH!). I was told that filling out the language self evaluation would be helpful but I was wondering if I should also get the language eval filled out by a French faculty member here at my school. I don't know who my professor will be (probably a grad student) but they wont know me for very long before the evaluation would be due and so I am not sure it would be a very accurate representation...comments or suggestion?