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by **StillDepressed** » Thu Feb 21, 2013 12:48 pm

Thanks! Yes I did get paid, but I had to call my bank and ask them to release the funds for some reason.

On top of that, ASEE completed my request for a direct deposit bank change that I had submitted many weeks ago, but they never emailed me to let me know they had actually done this. I never received a response; therefore, I had to spend time calling customer service on both accounts.

by **DArchangel** » Sat Feb 16, 2013 8:44 pm

StillDepressed wrote:I have NOT gotten paid and its 2:30 pm :/ Awesome...

Hope you got paid finally.

by **StillDepressed** » Fri Feb 15, 2013 3:46 pm

I have NOT gotten paid and its 2:30 pm :/ Awesome...

by **jramcam** » Fri Feb 15, 2013 11:12 am

Same here, I have a pending post correspoding to the 40% of my January Stipend.

by **Guest** » Fri Feb 15, 2013 11:00 am

Me too. They finally came through.

by **fish_** » Fri Feb 15, 2013 8:39 am

i see two pending deposts for today: $833 and $2083

by **2PM Optimist** » Thu Feb 14, 2013 3:08 pm

They said "by Friday, 15 February." Has anyone been paid today?

by **empty** » Wed Feb 13, 2013 6:46 pm

Hallelujah... I'll believe it when I see it in my bank account.

by **concerned_SMART** » Wed Feb 13, 2013 1:49 pm

Just received an email that says we are supposed to get the rest of January and all of February on Friday (from the ASEE office) ... let's hope this "are scheduled to be" is different than the "is anticipated to be" that we received 4 weeks ago ... and then again 2 weeks ago ...

by **Guest** » Tue Feb 12, 2013 3:29 pm

My Feb stipend shows up at smart.asee.org/award

This is not great news, since the Jan stipend shows up in full as well, but it is a tad bit reassuring.

by **Kaelinth** » Tue Feb 12, 2013 9:59 am

I have both contacted my elected representatives as well as the SPO one more time.

I have heard nothing from any of my elected reps. However, I did only email on Sunday.

I did get something somewhat informative back from my CA. It's still a little vague, but better than some of the other responses I've seen go by:

A portion of the January stipend was delayed due to an error that occurred as it made its way through the system. We are told that correcting this is top priority; it has simply taken longer than expected. We anticipate the February stipend will be paid on time, and the remainder of the January stipend should be paid very soon.

I guess we'll see come Friday.

by **Broke** » Tue Feb 12, 2013 9:23 am

Has anyone received feedback from their elected officials? I'm contacting them today, but not sure what to say. I mean, they need to know who's doing what to who if they aim to actually solve the problem.

by **fish_** » Tue Feb 12, 2013 9:05 am

you can pound on ASEE all you want, but they can't distribute any money until the funding is provided to them by the gov't. the continuing resolution and pending sequestration has caused funding to DoD to be reduced drastically. they have to conserve what they can because severe cuts may come. planes aren't flying and ships aren't sailing that normally would be doing so. contacting your congeressman and representative is the better bet.

by **Guest18** » Mon Feb 11, 2013 6:22 pm

If someone does or does not get paid on Friday, do you mind posting it on here for others to know? (not everyone, just the first to notice if they do or do not)

by **Depressed** » Mon Feb 11, 2013 6:12 pm

@Guest I actually emailed one person from the list. I don't mean to be discreet, but I just wouldn't want to name drop on such a public forum lol. I spoke with someone on the list and cc'd smart@asee.org.

@living with regrets I completely agree. This is terrible.

by **Guest** » Mon Feb 11, 2013 2:29 pm

@ depressed

Did you email smart@asee.org or an actual person?

by **living with regret** » Mon Feb 11, 2013 1:27 pm

I am sure that none of these ASEE people has a PHD in communication (if so they suck at it). People are starving and cannot pay their bills...so much for thinking that this was a great opportunity. I am now living with regrets!

by **Depressed** » Mon Feb 11, 2013 1:15 pm

Member1234 wrote:Here are some of the phone numbers available on the ASEE website:
Eric Hurwitt Program Director, SMART (202) 331-3524
Alessandra Dinin Senior Program Manager (202) 331-3525
Erin Steigerwalt Assistant Program Manager, SMART and NSF GRFP (202) 331-3544
Cosmina Tamasag Assistant Program Manager, SMART (202) 331-3544

Maybe we should start contact them directly if the SPO keeps ignoring our emails asking for updates.

I agree with you totally about everybody contacting them for themselves. My correspondence, as posted above, is actually based on an email from one these ASEE-SMART executives. I don't want to badger them, but I think we deserve more answers than what we have been given, and that is why I emailed them.

by **Member1234** » Mon Feb 11, 2013 12:50 pm

Here are some of the phone numbers available on the ASEE website:
Eric Hurwitt Program Director, SMART (202) 331-3524
Alessandra Dinin Senior Program Manager (202) 331-3525
Erin Steigerwalt Assistant Program Manager, SMART and NSF GRFP (202) 331-3544
Cosmina Tamasag Assistant Program Manager, SMART (202) 331-3544

Maybe we should start contact them directly if the SPO keeps ignoring our emails asking for updates.

by **Guest** » Mon Feb 11, 2013 12:28 pm

Hmmm...

Well they have never actually guaranteed anything so I'm not sure how worried to be about that.

I have been paying bills with credit cards for two weeks now. Sucks.

by **Depressed** » Mon Feb 11, 2013 12:24 pm

@ Guest

I emailed them asking if they could guarantee our Jan and Feb payments by this week, because I have a major event this weekend, which will not go on if we do not get paid, not to mention BILLS. They replied that they cannot guarantee our payment, but that several DoD people are working on it, and that they hope to have it in by this week.

Also he/she mentioned that ASEE is just the "Middle man". I am not sure who directly pays us, but I would like to find out.

by **Guest** » Mon Feb 11, 2013 12:07 pm

Depressed wrote:It looks as if ASEE is not even sure that we will be paid anything this week. They are hoping for the funds to be received and applied to our accounts by Friday this week, but it is not guaranteed. Terrible news that they aren't completely sure. We will see what happens. Everybody cross your fingers, pray, beg..etc

Sorry to be the bearer of bad news. There is still a possibility that we will be paid on Friday. It just isn't guaranteed, and I thought it would most certainly be guaranteed after waiting almost a month.

Did they email you that they're not sure about this week?

by **Depressed** » Mon Feb 11, 2013 11:53 am

It looks as if ASEE is not even sure that we will be paid anything this week. They are hoping for the funds to be received and applied to our accounts by Friday this week, but it is not guaranteed. Terrible news that they aren't completely sure. We will see what happens. Everybody cross your fingers, pray, beg..etc

Sorry to be the bearer of bad news. There is still a possibility that we will be paid on Friday. It just isn't guaranteed, and I thought it would most certainly be guaranteed after waiting almost a month.

by **concerned_SMART** » Sun Feb 10, 2013 1:28 pm

T-minus 5 days until February payment is due and they haven't even finished January. I wonder how this will go ...

by **Pay_Please** » Sat Feb 09, 2013 11:38 am

If you go the ASEE website and click "Contact Us", it provides a list of the people assigned t SMART program. Just in case anyone wanted to contact them directly.

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