Spaghettyohz Posted March 28, 2016 Posted March 28, 2016 2 hours ago, pasteltomato said: Emphasis is mine. If threnagyn is right about the maintenance posts coming the day before, we can't rule out a Tuesday (ie, tonight) release. Last year, when the Tuesday announcement came out, the maintenance notice was posted the previous Thursday. As hopeful as I would like to be, I think we're looking at this Friday. Hopefully the maintenance notice will be posted soon so I can stop having nightmares that they canceled the GRFP this year lol
Tahlain Posted March 28, 2016 Posted March 28, 2016 (edited) AH!!! Also, a separate one on the GRFP page. Edited March 28, 2016 by Tahlain ihatechoosingusernames, Extra Espresso, Spaghettyohz and 1 other 4
sierra918 Posted March 28, 2016 Author Posted March 28, 2016 Just now, Tahlain said: AH!!! I'm not ruling out tonight!!!!! Spaghettyohz 1
elanorci Posted March 28, 2016 Posted March 28, 2016 2 minutes ago, Tahlain said: AH!!! Also, a separate one on the GRFP page. But this maintenance is until 6 am -- doesn't the maintenance that precedes the award decisions usually only go until 3? The plot thickens......
Tahlain Posted March 28, 2016 Posted March 28, 2016 1 minute ago, elanorci said: But this maintenance is until 6 am -- doesn't the maintenance that precedes the award decisions usually only go until 3? The plot thickens...... Yeah, that's true. Perhaps this is a (or likely the final) pre-announcement maintenance. Could make sense, as the others may not have been specifically for the GRFP site. (I don't remember seeing site-specific announcements over the past couple of weeks.) Dibenzofulvene 1
elanorci Posted March 28, 2016 Posted March 28, 2016 Also, do we think that the changing of some people's application status from 'received' to 'reviewed' is indicative of winning? I'd be interested to know, as if so there will be a way for people in future years to tell reasonably far in advance...!
Tahlain Posted March 28, 2016 Posted March 28, 2016 3 minutes ago, elanorci said: Also, do we think that the changing of some people's application status from 'received' to 'reviewed' is indicative of winning? I'd be interested to know, as if so there will be a way for people in future years to tell reasonably far in advance...! I hope not. haha. Not to specifically be suspicious of Redditors, but no one on here has posted anything about their status being changed. And I find it at least somewhat unlikely (but possible) that none of us (on this forum) were chosen for the fellowship. gliaful 1
Spaghettyohz Posted March 28, 2016 Posted March 28, 2016 Eek! So happy to be immediately proven wrong. I feel like this has to be it. The main fastlane site has a maintenance notice not specific to the GRFP as well. Plus, I think it's reasonable to think that they may change the post time to 6 AM.
utb040713 Posted March 28, 2016 Posted March 28, 2016 (edited) Usually the maintenance ends closer to 2 or 3 AM EDT if the announcement is being made, but it's certainly possible that they changed the release time (maybe to discourage people from staying up for it, so there's less load on the servers?). They did make it later last year than usual, although only by an hour. Also, it could be unrelated, but I had trouble logging in a few minutes ago. Not sure if that could be a clue or not. Edited March 28, 2016 by utb040713
otherss Posted March 28, 2016 Posted March 28, 2016 I was able to login to mine just fine. Dang a 6am time...that's still reasonable for me (7pm) but I was hoping to sleep through most of the waiting period
jh689 Posted March 28, 2016 Posted March 28, 2016 Is this amount of time for maintenance normal for the day they're announced? Do they usually have windows that big for other scheduled maintenance? Considering the change in due dates, I think anything is possible--including later than normal announcement dates, as long as they're in early April. The long window sounds like an upload thing to me. The reveal will presumably be quicker? I know nothing about the Internet. It's dimly possible that if someone called or emailed them they'd tell us what the maintenance is for. The earlier (non-reveal) website down may not be for uploading results at all; it could be coincidence because we check more now or just another NSF program with similar but offset announcement dates. Unless someone knows that's why. elanorci 1
talkcherty2me Posted March 28, 2016 Posted March 28, 2016 11 minutes ago, otherss said: I was able to login to mine just fine. Dang a 6am time...that's still reasonable for me (7pm) but I was hoping to sleep through most of the waiting period I was also able to log in.
EA76 Posted March 28, 2016 Posted March 28, 2016 Sorry for missing earlier explanations of the Fastlane maintenance significance, but how long does it usually take after the site is back up for awards to be posted? Does that all happen at the same time (i.e. I should expect to know a result at 6am on the 29th) or is there still a waiting period after the Fastlane site is back up?
isilya Posted March 28, 2016 Posted March 28, 2016 8 minutes ago, EA76 said: Sorry for missing earlier explanations of the Fastlane maintenance significance, but how long does it usually take after the site is back up for awards to be posted? Does that all happen at the same time (i.e. I should expect to know a result at 6am on the 29th) or is there still a waiting period after the Fastlane site is back up? Last year I got the email notification at 2:55AM, so it coincided pretty directly with the end of maintenance. MusMusculus 1
Neist Posted March 28, 2016 Posted March 28, 2016 Welp, I predict this thread might get quite a bit busier soon.
EA76 Posted March 28, 2016 Posted March 28, 2016 27 minutes ago, talkcherty2me said: I was also able to log in. I was also able to log on, and my status is still "received."
Neist Posted March 28, 2016 Posted March 28, 2016 Just now, kafcat said: Mine says received too... Is there any verification outside of the one person on Reddit that any status has actually changed to reviewed? Might be a troll. Maybe not, but you never know. This is the internet. Tahlain and EA76 2
kafcat Posted March 28, 2016 Posted March 28, 2016 Just now, Neist said: Is there any verification outside of the one person on Reddit that any status has actually changed to reviewed? Might be a troll. Maybe not, but you never know. This is the internet. I hope it is a troll...and if no one here is calling it then I'd say it's fake. Let's hope that its not a sign of rejection...Augh calm down Kafcat...Need to be prepared...
ece64 Posted March 28, 2016 Posted March 28, 2016 1 minute ago, Neist said: Is there any verification outside of the one person on Reddit that any status has actually changed to reviewed? Might be a troll. Maybe not, but you never know. This is the internet. Reddit is not exactly a bastion of reliable information kafcat, chaparral and Tahlain 3
kafcat Posted March 28, 2016 Posted March 28, 2016 Just now, ece64 said: Reddit is not exactly a bastion of reliable information Kay, troll it is.. elanorci and chaparral 2
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