EAPSI 2016

[helene]

2 hours ago, fishfriendsnotfood said:

Hi All- I am also waiting on Japan and just emailed Elena Hillenburg to find out when the orientation weekend will be and she said March 28-29. She also said that tentative acceptances would be sent out by early March, so we probably have a lot more waiting in store. 

Thanks for the update.  I applied for China in Biology and it's been under review since early January...I knew last year China notifications were late Feb, but I was still trying to not freak out from not hearing anything.

[Muddywater]

Hi all!  I just checked my fastlane and the status has changed from External Review (checked on Wednesday) to Pending.  I applied for China Geosciences.  Hope we hear something soon!  Good luck!

[iCki3Tina]

Thank y'all for the update. I applied for Japan in Engineering/Computer Science.  My external peer review started on 1/11/2016. Hate waiting. Good luck everyone!

[Queen of Kale]

My status has also changed from external review to pending. And just checking my stomach was in my throat even though I knew that it wouldn't be posted there before they emailed us. It's like the NSF GRFP all over again - not for the faint of heart!

[CRJ]

They're making you guys sweat this year! At least EAPSI is a fairly fast turn around (compared to GRF or GROW).

[bhub]

I just got an email and my heart nearly dropped Lol I thought it was going to be a rejection but it was just notification that we'll hear back soon.

[iCki3Tina]

1 minute ago, bhub said:

I just got an email and my heart nearly dropped Lol I thought it was going to be a rejection but it was just notification that we'll hear back soon.

Same here! 

 

Dear EAPSI 2016 Applicants,

 

This is to provide an update on the status of the review and decision process for your proposals. NSF has completed much but not all of the proposal review process and as of today no notifications, positive or negative, have been sent. We expect to begin extending tentative notifications later this week. The notifications will then continue over the next several weeks. Unlike past years, notifications will not necessarily be sent as one full location cohort at one time. This means that some applicants to a location may receive tentative offer letters this week, while others targeting the same location may not receive offer notices until next week or the week after: Delay in notification does not necessarily mean acceptance or decline: it means nothing more than that we are not prepared to notify you of a recommendation yet.

We know you are anxious for clarity about your EAPSI application to enable you to move forward with plans for the summer. We are working to get notice to you as soon as  possible. Our expectation is that everyone will be notified by the first week of March. Thank you for your patience.

 

Sincerely,

Anne Emig and Elena Hillenburg

NSF EAPSI Team

 

 

[rdevine]

Yeah, interesting part is that they say that it will not necessarily be notified location by location...

[trizzleYO]

lol got trolled by the NSF. Between this and the 2nd round of CHI notifications there has been a lot of nervous email checking today.

[rdevine]

Hey All,

 

I just received a tentative offer for the Japan Program at the University of Tokyo. Best of luck to everyone else!!

 

[bhub]

Me Too!

[rdevine]

University of Tokyo as well??

[DrIblis]

Just got the tentative offer for NTU Singapore!

[Samieru]

I just got a tentative offer for Japan. 

[sciaenops]

Just got a tentative offer for Taiwan! 

[helene]

Congrats to you all!.  Now I guess the rest of us just obsessively check our inboxes for the next few weeks.

[desireeka]

Just got my tentative offer for Korea!

[Queen of Kale]

Got a tentative offer for Japan at 3pm!

[bhub]

Does anyone get a reply back or confirmation that they got your acceptance email?  

[GBinAZ]

Congrats to everybody who has already received their offers, I'm still waiting on China. Is anyone able to tell me if they send out an email first or if they change your 'pending' stats on Fastlane to something else? I'm really struggling with this waiting game. I've also heard of NSF emails going to your spam folder, has anyone else had this experience?

[sciaenops]

@GBinAZ

For me, my status on Fastlane still says 'pending' so the only way that I was notified was via the e-mail from Elena.

The e-mail went to my regular inbox, and was also listed as important due to the wording inside the e-mail. 

Good luck!

[Queen of Kale]

Mine also still says pending. And my email did not get sent to the spam folder. But it did sound like offers were going to roll out over several weeks. 

[ecuaqueso]

Sounds like a lot of Japan offers... I guess I should still hold out hope for another week or so... :-/

[sulimon]

Please beware - in my Outlook, the tentative acceptance went to "clutter" and I couldn't even find it from searching "EAPSI" in the search bar, without looking directly in clutter.

Also, they only give you about 48 hours deadline to accept the tentative offer. So check your e-mails profusely!

[trizzleYO]

God, this brings back memories I thought I had sufficiently suppressed.