Mike45 Posted February 9, 2015 Share Posted February 9, 2015 Hi Everyone, I thought I would start this thread since we are only a month away from hearing back from Ford Fellowship. I've applied for the Pre-Doctoral Award in Political Science. Lets start a good thread and let me know which field you guys have applied for and which award so we can dicuss! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JHIE Posted February 9, 2015 Share Posted February 9, 2015 I also applied for the pre-doctoral fellowship with Industrial Engineering as primary field. So anxious about hearing from schools I haven't thought about this potential award for a while! Really hope I get either this or NSF. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
slowbrowin Posted February 9, 2015 Share Posted February 9, 2015 does anyone know around what date we should expect to hear something? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mike45 Posted February 9, 2015 Author Share Posted February 9, 2015 Last year people started to hear back around mid march. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mngrue Posted February 10, 2015 Share Posted February 10, 2015 Hello everyone, I also applied for the pre-doctoral fellowship, but for an interdisciplinary combination of English and Education. I've gotten one fellowship offer from one of my schools and word of one with no amount details yet from the other (which I'd prefer to attend), so I'm less anxious than I thought I would be about this fellowship. It would still be a great opportunity and honor, though. Btw: Mid-march seems so far away... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Secret_Ninja Posted February 10, 2015 Share Posted February 10, 2015 I applied for the dissertation writing fellowship, although for me this was a giant long shot. I had completely forgotten about it until I saw your thread. Good luck to all of us! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
poweredbycoldfusion Posted February 10, 2015 Share Posted February 10, 2015 Pre-doctoral in biomed. I'd at least like to get an honorable mention, and I'm genuinely looking forward to the feedback on my writing/strength of application. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mike45 Posted February 11, 2015 Author Share Posted February 11, 2015 (edited) Did you guys coordinate your proposed plan of graduate study with your letter writers? Curious For the predoctoral fellowship that is Edited February 11, 2015 by Mike45 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ALostScholar Posted February 11, 2015 Share Posted February 11, 2015 Hello All, I applied for the Dissertation Fellowship - I wish everyone the best of luck! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mngrue Posted March 13, 2015 Share Posted March 13, 2015 Has anyone heard back from the Ford Foundation yet? The ides of March are approaching... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rufusjbuttlicker Posted March 13, 2015 Share Posted March 13, 2015 It's basically the same timeline as NSF/NDSEG, so expect it latest 2nd week of April. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
slowbrowin Posted March 17, 2015 Share Posted March 17, 2015 seems like last year, people started hearing later this week.. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mike45 Posted March 18, 2015 Author Share Posted March 18, 2015 I already have full-funding from my PhD program, how do they account for the funding If I receive ford? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mngrue Posted March 18, 2015 Share Posted March 18, 2015 Mike45 - I'm in a similar position, but I'm not planning to ask my department/advisor until I hear back from Ford. No reason to let them think about taking money away, haha. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ezln Posted March 18, 2015 Share Posted March 18, 2015 I checked my Ford application from last year.....and received the no on March 24th .......we shall be hearing very soon! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ALostScholar Posted March 19, 2015 Share Posted March 19, 2015 I already have full-funding from my PhD program, how do they account for the funding If I receive ford? I think it depends on the department. Many departments will just carry your funding over to the next year. That way you can use the Ford this year, then basically have the next year to use that funding: if you had 4 years of funding + 1 Ford = 5 total years of funding instead of just 4 years through your department. (I think that made sense...if not, my bad). I need to stop checking my email like a crazy person, did this before I got a Fulbright for research... Here is something I have been following as well: http://academicjobs.wikia.com/wiki/Dissertation_Fellowships_2015-2016(they have a section on the Dissertation and Predoc Ford). Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
WhatIsHirability Posted March 19, 2015 Share Posted March 19, 2015 I think it depends on the department. Many departments will just carry your funding over to the next year. That way you can use the Ford this year, then basically have the next year to use that funding: if you had 4 years of funding + 1 Ford = 5 total years of funding instead of just 4 years through your department. (I think that made sense...if not, my bad). I need to stop checking my email like a crazy person, did this before I got a Fulbright for research... Here is something I have been following as well: http://academicjobs.wikia.com/wiki/Dissertation_Fellowships_2015-2016(they have a section on the Dissertation and Predoc Ford). I believe you could also defer Ford for up to 2 years. Also, I applied for the Pre-doctoral Fellowship in Ethnic Studies. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tomecide Posted March 22, 2015 Share Posted March 22, 2015 Hi there, has anyone heard back? I sort of thought we might have this past week, but it's been silent as far as I can tell. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
xodweeb Posted March 22, 2015 Share Posted March 22, 2015 I applied for the dissertation fellowship and haven't heard anything either. I, too, was hoping notification would be similar to last year and we would have started hearing back this past Friday. If the Ford Foundation follows the same notification pattern they have in previous years and emails the first batch of results on Fridays, I wonder if obsessively checking my email is a futile act until later this week... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Happydays2 Posted March 22, 2015 Share Posted March 22, 2015 How do you all know the approximate notification dates from previous years? Just from friends and/or previous experience, or is it posted somewhere? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
xodweeb Posted March 22, 2015 Share Posted March 22, 2015 How do you all know the approximate notification dates from previous years? Just from friends and/or previous experience, or is it posted somewhere? From reading previous years' threads on here and other forums. It appears that the Ford Foundation takes 2-3 days to notify applicants, with the first round occurring on a Thursday or Friday and the remainder early the next week. Since the program said notification of awards would take place in March, many were hopeful it would follow the same pattern as last year with notifications beginning on 3/21/2014, which is the earliest that they've notified applicants. However, someone called the NRC office last week and posted on the academic jobs wiki saying that announcements would "probably be made by early April." So who knows. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Happydays2 Posted March 22, 2015 Share Posted March 22, 2015 Thanks! I remember seeing "notifications will be made in early April," somewhere when I submitted my app too, so I was a little confused about why people were talking about receiving notifications in March. But, maybe different awards are notified at different times: I applied for the predoctoral. In any case, I hope we find out soon! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tomecide Posted March 23, 2015 Share Posted March 23, 2015 Apparently awards are rolling out. Someone on the academic jobs wiki posted receiving an offer today at 12:25 EST. Best of luck to all! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bizzyphd Posted March 23, 2015 Share Posted March 23, 2015 I also received an offer today at 12:45 EST for the dissertation fellowship. Good luck everyone! ALostScholar 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
javachip Posted March 23, 2015 Share Posted March 23, 2015 Congrats bizzyphd! Has anyone heard from the predoctoral fellowship? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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