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You know, I don't think that is the case, because when I got a glance of the list of winners from my school, there was one name listed at the bottom with the "recommended but not funded" label, while the rest on the list were awarded scholarships. AND, the entire list was definitely half the size of the one listing those sent to Ottawa back in January.

You know, as a fellow UofS-er, I kind-of thought that might have been the case, considering I had multiple confirmations that grad studies absolutely did not release the stats until yesterday afternoon. What a wonderful surprise, congratulations Brewer!

Successful/unsuccessful: Successful MA/PhD (if PhD, specify SSHRC/SSHRC CGS/Vanier): PhD SSHRC CGS Department: Philosophy # of years into program: Entering first year MA Major Awards & Value: Year one: Graduate Scholarship ($15,000); Year two: MA SSHRC PhD Major Awards & Value: Fellowship at UofA (not taken into account in SSHRC application) Undergraduate GPA: 88% Graduate GPA: 87% Research contributions/Publications so far: 2 refereed; 4 technical reports; 5 conference presentations (1 graduate) Strengths of application: Good research contributions Weaknesses of application:At the time of the application I was applying to a Communications program (which I had no background in), turns out I accepted an offer to study philosophy instead Level/Form of Departmental Support (i.e. SSHRC workshops):Two WGST (my other home) professors read it over and made suggestions University at the time of application: University of Saskatchewan University where you will take up the award: University of Alberta

UofS came through with the results. I just heard that I got a CGS. I hate to say that it was worth the wait, but I sure feel on top of the world right now! Congrats to everyone else who has received happy news today!

I'm also at the University of Saskatchewan and my grad chair says nothing's come through yet. I think I'm developing an ulcer, as we speak.

Edit: silly me, I re-read your post and see that you stated these were PhD results. I'm sorry to hear that the results were not positive for you. Unlike MA results, there will be a lot more long faces as we hear the PhD decisions in the coming days.

gah! I cannot get ANYTHING ELSE DONE. I'm supposed to be producing a major final report for work and all I can do is hit "gradforum" on my toolbar ONE HUNDRED TIMES AN HOUR. I'm sure my supervisor will love it when I say, um, sorry, I need more time, I, um, have developed the logic of a goldfish. Is it now? Now? Maybe now? Maybe this time? Is it now? (bangs head against fishbowl)

Oh you're in for it now, I bet they have spies on this very site. Although if that is true and not one sympathetic administrator leaked us info. after seeing how desperate and despaired we all are, then they should definitely all be damned.

They don't pay your fees with it, they divide it up evenly over 12 months and drop it in your bank account for you to do with as you please.

Oh god. I don't even want to get my hopes up. It hurts too much every time they dangle the carrot in front of us and then whip it away like the sadists they are . . .

I know! I just cannot wait to be off the SSHRC roller coaster. Maybe by June . . .

Gah!! I had just resigned myself to the fact that it would be at least another week. Now I'm all twitter-pated again, thinking it will be tomorrow!

I am grateful that living in central standard time on the Prairies means that by mid-morning I can check the posts to determine whether or not I should even bother checking my mail that day. It seems to be an easier let down than the taunting of the empty mailbox . . .