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I wonder if they're waiting to hear about budget cuts to determine the number of awardees?

Hmm, I didn't think about that. Did Obama sign the budget for current fiscal year to September already? I can't remember if he did ...

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So...does this mean we're alternates?

Do they formally send alternate notifications, or just wait for others to turn down and then send acceptances?

Either way...the wait continues!!

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So...does this mean we're alternates?

Do they formally send alternate notifications, or just wait for others to turn down and then send acceptances?

Either way...the wait continues!!

In previous years they have sent official alternate notifications. I asked in an earlier post if anyone had received an alternate designation, but no response yet.

I think maybe we are alternates, although crimsonengineer87 made a good point that perhaps a funding agency or two has been late to declare their awards.

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In previous years they have sent official alternate notifications. I asked in an earlier post if anyone had received an alternate designation, but no response yet.

I think maybe we are alternates, although crimsonengineer87 made a good point that perhaps a funding agency or two has been late to declare their awards.

Do we know the deadline that those who received the award have to accept by? That would help us figure things, possibly, if we are alternates.

Although, we're such a small pool of candidates it really is hard to say whether we are all alternates or just waiting for a "second wave". I almost wrote "second coming". Haha.

BUT it may as well be the second coming!

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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!

Well, if this is the same thing all the winners got looks like we might have to wait until next Wednesday at the EARLIEST! Yuck

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So I guess it might be Wednesday... or maybe sooner ... or maybe later...who knows...

I do think this could be a good sign for those of us still waiting though... Seems we have 2 theories: either we are alternates, waiting for others to decline, OR we are part of a department that hasn't given their answers yet / finalized their budget. Either way, I think it's a positive sign that we were not part of the mass rejection. Maybe just wishful thinking though.

I guess we'll just have to keep waiting. I hope we get some positive news soon...

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