anthroapplicant

Thanks farflung! My foreign language is an indigenous Central American language that is NOT in the DOE's less commonly taught languages list... I'll try to make the case that it is a strategic language (it really is...) but it seems unlikely for me to get the extra points. I will definitely need to use an evaluator who does not work for my university. But, another question: if my project is on economic anthropology, do you think that will count as an "economic" study? Or do you they really only want economists applying under that heading? Thanks again!

I got some answers from DOE for these questions! 1. "There’s nothing in the application guidelines that would prevent the student applicant from using the same individual for both the recommendation and the language reference form. However, I would advise the applicant to try and select someone else so that a conflict does not appear. The evaluators may take that into consideration when reviewing and scoring the student’s application package." 2. "Page 40 of the application states: Indicate all foreign languages to be used in your research during the fellowship period and obtain a completed Fulbright-Hays Foreign LanguageReference Form for each foreign language listed. If English or your native tongue is the language of research, you must list it here, but a Foreign Language ReferenceForm is not required. Though a reference form is not required, the G5 system mandates a form. For English only, please list yourself as the reference writer and submitthe form. This will alleviate any technical problems with the form. Please see criteria 3 under Qualifications of the Applicant." I see there is not much interest in the Fulbright-Hays in this forum this year. Is everyone just busy working on their grants and other academic work?

I'm surprised this hasn't been started yet! I have a couple of questions for the veterans: 1. can one of my referees also be my language evaluator? 2. do I have to submit a language evalutation for my native language? 3. how strict is the F-H review committee with respect to the priority fields? I am an anthropology student and my topic touches on economics and development, but doesn't exactly fit into either category. Will I still get those 2 extra points? Couldn't seem to find the answers to these questions on the application instructions. Thanks for your help!

I also got an email from Wenner-Gren today asking very specific questions about my budget. Email came in just after 2 PM.

FYI, Columbia's anthro admissions emails were sent out today. Unofficial phone confirmations happened last week.