@ubessien
following your train of thoughts, if actually there was a backlog then they should clearly demarcate it from the list of shortlisted scholars for this year. There must have been a budget for the scholars of last year and thus should not affect the number for this year. However how were they rated and why the need to publish their names since they are already aware of thier succes...just thinking aloud
@p of p
Do you find my language bad? or maybe I miss understand your point. If the mention of names is offensive... I think it should not be since the list is published for everyone to see and not a secret discovery that people cannot verify. Well all the same...we shall get to the roots of this matter.