lackingpatience

Congrats CeeDev!!

Strange... could it be coming today for you as well?? I think mail is delivered until 8 pm or so most places, isn't it? Otherwise I'm just going to stick with my sense that Canada Post is kind of impenetrable...

Just noticed someone on twitter post about an hour ago that they did not receive an award -- as far as I can tell they are in Montreal, which is where I am. I haven't got any news yet though... suppressing an urge to sit by the mailbox.

I kept telling myself this would happen, but it hasn't made it any less frustrating! I've never known SSHRC to meet a deadline, and since they pushed back the submission deadline for this comp I just knew they'd push back the results too... Hang tight folks, we'll make it!

Thanks for sharing! I knew they would miss the February "deadline" but somehow I'm still annoyed... @FSBM I hope you are right!

Yes, I'm pretty sure those are the results from last year's competition. I know another applicant who called SSHRC recently and they confirmed results would be mailed this month. From my experience with SSHRC I'm going to guess that means end of the month and we'll receive them hopefully in early March? Hope I'm wrong and they get to it sooner..

No kidding! I wish SSHRC would get on board with e-mailing... Good luck to you!

This is a long shot as there never seem to be a lot of us, but is there anyone else out there who applied to the SSHRC postdoctoral fellowship competition this time around?? Hopefully letters should go out next month, so wondering if anyone is in the same waiting boat as I am. This is my second time applying to the postdoc competition, I was unsuccessful last year so fingers crossed this time!

Good luck all! Very anxiously waiting. How far do your letters have to go? Mine is bound for Toronto, so I hope delivery will be fairly quick. Today or tomorrow even??

Waiting is torturous, but I'm glad there are a couple of others out there to commiserate with! From last year's thread it looks like they mailed the results on March 1st last year (and tweeted about it when they did). I've been checking up on the SSHRC twitter feed, but we could have another couple of weeks to wait... ugh!

Hey Kaymarie - yes, I'm waiting too! No news yet. Good luck!

Hey! I just submitted my application to the SSHRC Postdoctoral Fellowship competition for next fall. So I thought I would start this thread in case anyone else is in the same impatient boat until February... Anyone out there?

Received my letter today in Toronto! Awarded the CGS-D with a score of 15.8 - so very excited!! However, I'm already in a program outside Canada so will need to turn it down in favor of a fellowship I think? I assume it's routine to do that, but can anyone confirm? Having daymares of them taking it away all together... best of luck to those still waiting!!

Woah, when it rains it pours! Congrats all! Shouts out the other direct applicants who can't e-mail the dgs and will have to wait out the weekend... stay strong!

Big congrats, Anthrogal!! Can't believe the months of waiting are almost over... good luck to everyone else still waiting!

Eek! Thanks for e-mailing/posting, Anthrogal! Getting ready for the longest weekend... thank god I have a camping trip planned, so getting some forced distance from my mailbox.

Yep, I imagine you guys are right with the Friday guess. First notifications started to roll in last year around the 22nd, but they'd have to be in the mail today or tomorrow for that to be the case again. But yes, they do usually tweet when responses have been mailed.

This week *could* be the week!! Though somehow I still feel like it's more likely to be next week... I'm fixated on SSHRC's twitter account anyway.

Thanks for posting this, crimsoc!! I love that mid April is still technically on the table, but I don't think I'll get my hopes up... my money's on the end of the month. Hope I'm wrong!

First week of April down, three to go...!!

If the last couple of years are any indication it should be end of April I think... though I believe the official party line is "sometime in April".

Good luck to you too, Anthrogal! I check this thread and the SSHRC twitter account multiple times a day even though I know we're weeks away from any news... I think I may lose my mind before this is over

Hey litzzie - first of all, congrats on your offer! Obviously, as I'm sure you know, none of us can tell you what to do one way or the other - but as a Canadian studying abroad in the UK I'm happy to offer up my two cents. I was admitted to my program with a partial scholarship that covered tuition and fees and had to decide whether I was willing to take the risk and try to pull in living costs from other grants, bursaries, and scholarships as I went along. I was in love with the program and it was a great opportunity so I took the risk, moved overseas and started applying for scholarships. Though I'm happy with the choice I made in all honesty it's extraordinarily stressful to be in this position. Constantly having to pinch pennies and stretch one funding source to meet the next takes away from energy that could be focused on your research if you have a full ride scholarship or fellowship. But I had half-funding guaranteed at least, and I can only imagine that having a husband and child in tow would multiply this stress. You also need to consider what you would do if you accepted the offer and then no funding sources came through. Would you have to drop out? To do this last minute might burn your bridges with the school if you wanted to try and reapply again next year for a fellowship. In the end you have to decide whether its a risk you want - and can afford - to take, and be prepared for many hours of money stress. I totally sympathize if you do want to take the plunge - we're all mad for research but if this sounds daunting I'd urge you to consider reapplying again next year instead. Best of luck!

Congrats!

Good luck, FacelessMage! What kind of stats are you looking for? I'm a current grad student in the first year of my PhD in Anthropology at Cambridge, where I also did my MA last year. My undergrad was at McGill. I don't have any publications yet - I'm a bit worried about that, but it's much less common for grad students in anthro to publish than it is in other fields (no one takes you that seriously until you've done a long stint of fieldwork). Otherwise I have a couple of awards/scholarships to my name. Anything else you want to know?