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Congratulations DanJackson. Great to hear your persistence paid off and inspires me to apply again next year. For those unsuccessful last year (and Dan), I'm curious what happened with your regular CGS application? Did you apply and also get declined for the regular CGS? Was it still a crap shoot? Or did you just choose not to apply to the CGS and only the Vanier?

FYI, CIHR funded 55 out of 185. My CIHR ranking was horrible... Feels crappy - especially at this high level when we all expect the best of ourselves. But I guess I would feel even worse if this was my ranking for the regular CGS applications as well. Oh well, at least I know the (small handful) of people with an even worse ranking than me are feeling the same way.

No luck for me as well. It's the hope that kills you! I feel like Leo at the Oscars. Just have to keep reminding myself that I started this off optimistic albeit with low expectations of actually being funded. Over the waiting period, the seed of hope keeps growing and you start to get emotionally attached to the outcome. But in the end, we put ourselves out there and made the conscious decision to go for the reward (at the risk of a hurt ego) - at worst, we thicken our skin and come out stronger and more resilient. Just one of the long line of challenges in our career. Best of luck, hopefully someone gets one of the small number awarded, and if not, good luck on the regular CGS application! By the way, does anyone know if the school also receives a copy of the individual rankings? Hopefully this doesn't change the future support of the department in re-applying.