2013-2014 Fulbright Public Policy Fellowship

[PolyWonk]

Anyone out there applying for the Public Policy Fellowship this year? What countries?

[smashie]

Yup, applied to Malawi.

[CyberC1]

I applied to Burma.  Based on the lack of responses I'm guessing it wasn't super popular??

[GaltDC]

I also applied to Burma. Does anyone know how many people applied the first year?

[CyberC1]

Not a clue - but there seemed to be a fair # of fellows.   Any word yet?  Looked like from last year's thread some action started being taken about a week from now..

[SomervilleMichelle]

I've also applied to Burma.  I haven't heard anything...

[carpecc]

I applied to Burma as well, seems to be a popular country. Heard back from the committee that I've made it to the next round, but will have to be reviewed by the embassy before they tell me if I get the interview.

[carpecc]

I think last year there were 191 applicants and 19 fellows.

[smashie]

I made the first cut for Malawi, but no news yet about an interview.

[pirate_honey]

I applied to Cote d'Ivoire.  Has anyone heard back for that country yet? Seems like the selection committee is focusing on English-speaking countries first.  Best of luck to everyone.

[carpecc]

Fulbright PP update: Found out today that I got to the interview stage.

[smashie]

Congrats! Which country? I'm interviewing for Malawi.

[carpecc]

Congrats! Which country? I'm interviewing for Malawi.

Congrats! Malawi would be cool. I'm interviewing for Burma/Myanmar.

[smashie]

People who interviewed - did you find a way to send thank you notes to the interviewers after?

[carpecc]

People who interviewed - did you find a way to send thank you notes to the interviewers after?

 

If you got their name you might be able to track them down on linkedin or their department website. I wouldn't stress about it though.

[carpecc]

Just heard today that I've made it past the Interview to the final stage, which is placement in the host government. I'm assuming that they only accept a number of applicants that they definitely have funding for, as opposed to having more than enough applicants and another round of cuts. Does anyone know if this is the case?

[smashie]

Congrats! I was actually under the impression that there's still one final cut. I think finalists are very likely to be placed, but my assumption is that the host government has some choice in the final choice. I may be wrong though! - these are just my impressions, based on no info. I'd really like to know which is true.

[carpecc]

Congrats! I was actually under the impression that there's still one final cut. I think finalists are very likely to be placed, but my assumption is that the host government has some choice in the final choice. I may be wrong though! - these are just my impressions, based on no info. I'd really like to know which is true.

Thanks smashie! Did you get some good news to? Yea I'm not sure either. On the one hand, since they say congrats and tell us about the orientation, I'm inclined to think that they want to place all the candidates at this point. I sure hope so! Likely in this stage it's more organic as they negotiate with the respective governments, which could mean they pick some and not others depending on how excited those governments are to have some foreigners in their offices. I'm tempted to ask, but hey, might as well wait and see how things unfold over the next few weeks.

[smashie]

No news yet. I interviewed a month ago Wednesday, though, so I'm assuming I'll hear something pretty soon.