First Hubble Fellowships awards are out, haven't heard how many were made.
NSF Fellowships should be announced early/mid next week.
I hear that Chandra selection cmt met and they hope to make offers next week.
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The Astro Rumour Wiki page has gone hyperactive as rumours flood in.
But, no word still of the Hubble, Spitzer and Chandra Fellowships?!
Getting late in the game.
If you heard, comment, rumourmonger on the wiki, or e-mail me.
We gots to know.
hey y'all - where have the Hubble Fellowships gone?
Einstein has announced (congratulations to the winners)
- the Hubble committee met, I'm told
so where are the offers?
Inquiring minds gots to know.
the rumour mill is grinding and needs some grist
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A fellow KIPACer got the Hubble, so I'm very happy for her. I applied for this but haven't heard back. How does the selection process work with these fellowships after the first offers go out?
Good question - depends, I think, on their budgetary security. They'll have picked some number of awards, hopefully more like 12-15 then 6-8... they then call the awardees, probably in rank order (since they have dibs on destination), and then they should have at least a couple of alternates in case they get turned down by some people.
We'll know soon enough.
I do know that a dominant criterion in recent past has been total number of publications, weighted by youth, but that will vary depending on the panel composition.
Thanks for the answer :-) I'm getting anxious over here...