The Unofficial SMART Scholarship Forum

I understand that and I don't want to discourage anyone. Everyone at my base thought for sure that my references (two GS-14s and a SES who is Director of Engineering at my base) or an IT manager seeking a doctorate would make some kind of progress. I still can't believe they haven't sent out emails....

Just talked with my SMART POC and she confirmed with the SMART office that I and another retention candidate did NOT get selected this year. I find that odd as we were the only two candidates applying at our base (which is a major base who has not had a retention candidate before). Something is defi...

****, All applicants will be notified via email in the next several weeks letting them know whether or not their SMART application will continue on to the semi-finalist level. Thank you for your patience. Sincerely, The ASEE SMART Program Team NOOOO!!!! I knew better than to email them but I was so ...

I am thinking they will probably announce things next week, Tuesday-ish. My reasoning is that it's already almost Thursday. Nothing gets done after Thursday, things rarely get sent out on Monday...so Tuesday it is. Hmmmm... I like the way you think. You must be a retention candidate (i.e government...

My contact (who is on SMART panel) says that packets have been looked over (50% cut is done) and are currently at the Office of the Secretary of Defense. Problem is that we don't know where the ASEE fits in there. In other words, I don't know if the ASEE has the list of names or not. More waiting......

Hopefully we will hear something tomorrow. If not, I'll instant message my SMART contact at Robins AFB and see what they know.