Ironmonkey66

Congrats to you too, I will be going to industry but still really wanted to have PDF in my CV , so you are ranked 10 and I am ranked 6 in the wait list, I am not so sure if they will even get 2 from the waitlist so lets find a way of highlighting the waitlist thing in our resume

Good point! I'm all for that

anybody else got their feedback?

Congratulations to you marmoor, I also got my feedback. Got ranked 18 out of 116 in the same group, so I'm watching your back Joking aside, I am not holding my breath for declined awards. I decided to find a job in industry and accepted a postdoc position in the meantime. So I'm good

You may be right, but interestingly, the PDF scholarship has been distributed as late as April 1, 2012.
In my IRDF letter, they mentioned that "Since you indicated an interest in the IRDF on your PDF application, your name and application information will be included in this inventory, posted on NSERC's Web site."

Actually the date format is MM/DD/YYYY, so I believe it is meant to be January 4, 2012. But thanks anyway, it's still interesting info.

Well I support the idea of putting "waitlist" status on a CV since it has become so darn difficult to get a PDF! Based on last year's standards, we would have gotten one almost for sure. So to me it's like earning a silver medal.... without the podium

Hi Guys, I counted the number of PDF holders this year (2012) and found the total number of successful applications 49 (as of April 20, 2012) as fourty nine only!). Now I know why I was awarded Industrial R&D Fellowship instead of PDF. The IRDF fellowship does seem not bad as I thought earlier. All the best.

Hi winter2012, how did you calculate the number of PDF holders this year ? I believe the official results have not been posted on NSERC's website yet: http://www.nserc-crs...t/index_eng.asp

Somebody in this forum asked by telephone an NSERC agent about the number of PDF for this year competition (2012-2013), and she said around 100.