katelynnlindsey

Some countries require you to have IRB, their equivalent of the IRB, or a research visa to do research in that country. Look up your countries specific requirements!

Received email at 4:10 pm (pacific) from Stanford that they've started to receive notifications but they are awaiting further clarification as not all final decisions have been made. No yes or no. I'm applying to PNG/Australia.

Last night, the House of Representatives voted 248 to 163 to defeat an amendment proposed by Rep. Keith Rothfus (R-PA-12) to cut the Fulbright Program by $30,000,000. This was an unusual moment for the Fulbright Program, which is often approved as part of a larger bill. This time, members were asked to vote specifically to cut the Fulbright to benefit another program.

I also haven't heard anything. Seems to be university specific for sure. And maybe country specific if what was said above about not all final decisions being made yet is true?

@martabak what kind of news did you hear?

Anyone else click on this page so much that it's moved to your favorites? I'm a 5th year Linguistics student applying to go to Papua New Guinea to collect data on one of the thousands of languages spoken there for my dissertation. What are your projects?

Fantastic! Thank you.

So, September 18 latest perhaps?

Same re: form of intent. Haven't heard anything else besides and getting anxious!

Just made a facebook group for all current (and past) Fulbrighters to Russia! https://www.facebook.com/groups/386668761373488/

4:23 pm Looks like they didn't come out ALL at once. Don't get too down!

Accepted for Research Grant to Russia! I found out when others did. I do linguistics research on endangered languages. Good luck to everyone!

I also considered a British MA/PhD, and many of my advisers advised me against it - in that a British PhD is much less competitive than a US PhD if you want to go into teaching/research as a career. (Mainly because they tend to be research heavy and coursework/teaching deficient. This could be good or bad though, depending on what you're looking for. And not all programs are the same). However, a British MA is probably better than taking a year off, especially if it involves lots of coursework and perhaps would be comparable to a US MA, for applying to PhDs. Someone please correct me if I'm wrong! Best of luck

me too

@100freestyle: I have lived in the DC area for the past five years - and while I haven't lived down in arlington or up in maryland, nothing quite beats a short commute - especially in DC where metro is always going up and can be delayed. For less expensive housing, look for places up in northern northwestern dc, or even in southern maryland. georgetown is nearest to the red line, so being near that line (especially if you're way north) can be particularly convenient. I'm renting out a room of a house in chevy chase dc, which is very convenient and pretty inexpensive. any apartments near American University or on wisconsin avenue will be on your bus route to georgetown as well you will see it all for yourself - but feel free to pm me (and wait to see what @tripletallcappuccino has to say)

Hi - I'm new to the forum, but after reading through the pages I thought I should join in. I think that I was the one that posted about acceptance at UH Manoa with funding. I was accepted to their PhD program with full funding plus teaching stipend for four (possibly five) years. I'm not sure how their funding works exactly - but while I was there for an interview, many of their ma students told me that they got funding starting their second or third semester, usually a TAship or something similar. I just found out a few days ago that I was accepted to Stanford (full funding) and Buffalo (full funding). I specialize in fieldwork and language documentation (which is why I applied to Hawaii and Buffalo (and Berkeley for that matter)), but this acceptance from Stanford seems too good to pass up, even though their fieldwork emphasis is in it's beginning stages. What would you do? Stanford also boasts a much more convenient locale - but I wouldn't be getting the same enthusiastic support for fieldwork that Hawaii would offer. Any other field linguists out there? (Oh, and I guess I should balance out those three acceptances with five rejections from UChicago (offer of MA in humanities), Berkeley, UCSB (from waitlist), Colorado, and Oregon)

Acceptance letters from Stanford were only sent out last week after they completed their interviews/open house. I believe 8 were selected, at the most. Hope this helps!