thanx bagofnervese for the support - am trying to remain calm.

No luck with trying to get them to email me the results. Got the standard response:
"Unfortunately results can only be sent to applicants via letter.
We are aiming to have all outcome letters sent out by the end of August.
Should you not have received an outcome letter by this point, please do
not hesitate to contact me. "

The only relief in this was that I didn't get stressed about the arrival of the mail today, and won't 2morrow... but after than is anyone's guess.

Hello all, I discovered this forum on the weekend and it has kept me from going totally mad with the wait. I'm a panel 2 phd at the end of my first year. This is my second time round because last year my uni made a major error with my application that rendered it invalid and it wasn't even seen by the panel. I've been saying I won't ring the AHRC to find out, and very very wierdly I just recieved an email from them. They wanted to know the address to send my result to - they have the form, they can see it there. Its typed so its not as if my handwriting is illegible. I told them the ideal address was my email address to put me out of my misery, if not to tell me when I should expect my snail mailed results. Shall update with any further news as to whether I can convince an email response from them. In the meantime, my fingers are crossed for everyone in this horrible situation. I really feel for anyone trying to write at the moment, I have a paper that I am delivering at a conference in two weeks and I am so distracted nothing coherent is actually possible.