Mozartgirl53 Posted March 12, 2014 Share Posted March 12, 2014 SubSaharan Africa-- we have around a month to go! According to the spreadsheet, looks like mid-April for us. YIKES!!! Any SubSaharan Africa folks out there? I'm a recommendee for Zambia, which traditionally gives 2 grants, although that's not set in stone anymore in SSA. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lalakey Posted March 12, 2014 Share Posted March 12, 2014 I was lurking about the acceptances dates for Germany, and it seems notifications are always on a Tuesday in mid to late March... So we missed yesterday, but maybe next Tuesday? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ginagoestokorea Posted March 12, 2014 Share Posted March 12, 2014 MOTHER MARY MAGDALENE HELP US ALL. *does Catholic cross* Kbui, yessssssss! Totally feel the same way! Haha gotta stay positive! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
olioliwoo Posted March 12, 2014 Share Posted March 12, 2014 Whoa whoa whoa~~~ people! I just looked at the spread sheet again and noticed someone got news from the European union yesterday (Mar. 10). Sad to see another rejection on the list but good to see that some notifications are being sent out! Hoping for the best for everyone on here~! Korea hopefuls~~~ Mar 12th to Apr. 17th is fair game for our notifications; especially the last week of March! Let's go! Aja! Aja! So I think this brings it to Austria, the EU, Finland, and Indonesia who have released results. By this point last year, there were 5 results announced instead of 4 and things didn't really start getting kicked into high gear until 3/19. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FingersCrossed_118 Posted March 12, 2014 Share Posted March 12, 2014 After I read lalakey's last post, I decided to google the days of the week that decisions were released in past years. One year, decisions for Brazil were emailed on a Sunday (bizarre), but most other years were emailed out on a Monday. I wonder if IIE tends to stick to a certain day of the week for each country. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
olioliwoo Posted March 12, 2014 Share Posted March 12, 2014 Found this while checking through Twitter for any news: http://www.fulbright.at/fileadmin/user_upload/allgemein/Save_Fulbright/save_fulbright_lobbying_US.pdf It looks like there is a proposed $30 million cut to the Fulbright program. I'm not sure how they are defining Fulbright 2015 (as either our cycle or next year's applicants). Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
raymondnorth Posted March 12, 2014 Share Posted March 12, 2014 (edited) Found this while checking through Twitter for any news: http://www.fulbright.at/fileadmin/user_upload/allgemein/Save_Fulbright/save_fulbright_lobbying_US.pdf It looks like there is a proposed $30 million cut to the Fulbright program. I'm not sure how they are defining Fulbright 2015 (as either our cycle or next year's applicants). I noticed some of this going around as well and sort of brushed it off since it seemed odd that only Fulbright Austria seemed to be talking about it. That being said, the article below popped up on a cursory Google search (go all the way down the page before the comments you'll see a table outlining the budget and prior to that is a short discussion about the Fulbright cuts): http://www.insidehighered.com/news/2014/03/05/obamas-2015-budget-would-keep-most-education-and-research-programs-flat Edit: Not sure why the link doesn't work, tried it a few times. If you're interested do a Google search for "30 million cut Fulbright" and the Inside Higher Ed article should show up on the first page. Edited March 12, 2014 by raymondnorth Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Anahid Posted March 12, 2014 Share Posted March 12, 2014 Omg please tell me this isn't so. Z4Zebra 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FingersCrossed_118 Posted March 12, 2014 Share Posted March 12, 2014 I would imagine that the budget cuts won't affect us this cycle because the Fulbright Commission has already made agreements with each country to send a certain number of ETAs/Researchers/Students to them. But still, that's sad for next year. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Anahid Posted March 12, 2014 Share Posted March 12, 2014 I signed the letter right away Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
traveler_5563 Posted March 12, 2014 Share Posted March 12, 2014 I just finished my ETA interview and I have no idea how it went...blah. I'm pulling for everyone on here! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Beingbecoming Posted March 12, 2014 Share Posted March 12, 2014 I'm anticipating at least another 16 days of waiting. Fortunately I have some other pretty big life-impacting news I'm waiting for that should arrive first to keep my mind off Fullbright olioliwoo 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
polyglot17 Posted March 12, 2014 Share Posted March 12, 2014 So I think this brings it to Austria, the EU, Finland, and Indonesia who have released results. By this point last year, there were 5 results announced instead of 4 and things didn't really start getting kicked into high gear until 3/19. It looks like Ireland already sent out notifications as well. And Indonesia hasn't sent out all of its results yet, there's at least two of us still waiting! Jonathan Akeley, the East Asia-Pacific Program Manager, is unreachable until the 25th, so it'll be interesting to see if any countries under his jurisdiction receive notification before then. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FingersCrossed_118 Posted March 12, 2014 Share Posted March 12, 2014 Just got an email from my university saying that Tony Claudino (who we all know as the Director of the Fulbright Program at IIE) will be giving an information session at my school next Thursday. If I haven't heard by then I am seriously going to go ask him when we should expect to hear back... olioliwoo 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lalakey Posted March 12, 2014 Share Posted March 12, 2014 Austria released results???? Gah! I almost applied there. But then did Germany instead. I wish I could have done Austria, but the professor who wrote my affiliation letter wrote it way too late. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
olioliwoo Posted March 12, 2014 Share Posted March 12, 2014 It looks like Ireland already sent out notifications as well. And Indonesia hasn't sent out all of its results yet, there's at least two of us still waiting! Jonathan Akeley, the East Asia-Pacific Program Manager, is unreachable until the 25th, so it'll be interesting to see if any countries under his jurisdiction receive notification before then. I'm not sure about Ireland because 2 of the 3 posts are not the more common full research grants. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
olioliwoo Posted March 12, 2014 Share Posted March 12, 2014 I noticed some of this going around as well and sort of brushed it off since it seemed odd that only Fulbright Austria seemed to be talking about it. That being said, the article below popped up on a cursory Google search (go all the way down the page before the comments you'll see a table outlining the budget and prior to that is a short discussion about the Fulbright cuts): http://www.insidehighered.com/news/2014/03/05/obamas-2015-budget-would-keep-most-education-and-research-programs-flat Edit: Not sure why the link doesn't work, tried it a few times. If you're interested do a Google search for "30 million cut Fulbright" and the Inside Higher Ed article should show up on the first page. Thank you for sharing this Thought it was interesting too what they were talking about in the article relating to student loans. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
polyglot17 Posted March 12, 2014 Share Posted March 12, 2014 So apparently some of the notifications are arriving via snail mail...just got an ETA acceptance for Indonesia in my mailbox! olioliwoo 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FingersCrossed_118 Posted March 12, 2014 Share Posted March 12, 2014 So apparently some of the notifications are arriving via snail mail...just got an ETA acceptance for Indonesia in my mailbox! CONGRATULATIONS!! Woohoo! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sel386 Posted March 12, 2014 Share Posted March 12, 2014 So apparently some of the notifications are arriving via snail mail...just got an ETA acceptance for Indonesia in my mailbox! YAY!! Congratulations!!!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Secret_Ninja Posted March 12, 2014 Share Posted March 12, 2014 So apparently some of the notifications are arriving via snail mail...just got an ETA acceptance for Indonesia in my mailbox! Congrats!!! When are you leaving for Indonesia and what island will you be on? We should keep in touch Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lalakey Posted March 12, 2014 Share Posted March 12, 2014 OMG CONGRATS!!!!!!!!!! I'm so confused though, why on earth would they email some candidates and snail mail others? Seems to make no sense. BUT WHO CARES CONGRATS!!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kbui Posted March 12, 2014 Share Posted March 12, 2014 So apparently some of the notifications are arriving via snail mail...just got an ETA acceptance for Indonesia in my mailbox! OMG! Congratulations!!! That's so exciting! I wonder if they'll notify us both ways because I moved from the address where I applied from... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
raymondnorth Posted March 12, 2014 Share Posted March 12, 2014 OMG CONGRATS!!!!!!!!!! I'm so confused though, why on earth would they email some candidates and snail mail others? Seems to make no sense. BUT WHO CARES CONGRATS!!! Usually not an image macro fanatic, but I feel like this one is especially appropriate in regards to this year's Fulbright notifications: polyglot17 and olioliwoo 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lalakey Posted March 12, 2014 Share Posted March 12, 2014 Usually not an image macro fanatic, but I feel like this one is especially appropriate in regards to this year's Fulbright notifications: omg literally loling at work, thank you for that Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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