EmmaJoy

Yes, keep hopeful, but I'd put off major purchases until you get the letter. Generally, the applications A-listed at the Master's level from Canadian universities all get funded - it's just part of the process whereby the universities do all the evaluation and grunt work. I recommend caution because last year and the year before I knew people who would have gotten funding were it not for budget cuts which reduced the number of available awards pretty much at the last minute (they were PhD applicants, but this may also be happening in the other programs). Congrats on getting forwarded to Ottawa, no matter what, your chances are really high for funding success! EJ.

Nope, I don't think so. The levels last year were pretty much the same as last year - on that first page, the external applicants include Canadian applications with no institutional affiliation PLUS the international applicants. No doubling here. I think it's likely that SSHRC will work to keep the success rates consistent with the last few years (looks good politically) so have probably adjusted their A-list quota with regards to the number of applications received, and the number of awards available. This is just a guess, but based on some previous public service work experience, seems likely. Good luck to all - maybe only a month left to wait! EJ.

Yeah, last year there were 256 forwarded (thanks for that helpful link earlier on this page!) in the external doctoral category, and 148 awarded, so an A-list success rate of 58%. A jump of twenty awards this year would be fantastic, but doesn't feel likely... Any more details on where the projections for numbers of awards is from? Still counting down... EJ.

Congrats!! All best in the next stages It's sort of frustrating that there's no score this year... Last year those provided endless opportunities for frantic attempts at analysis and prediction. Thing is, the scores didn't really tell us much - they changed so much in the second round, and the scores weren't consistent across groups of applications (and I'm still not sure how those groupings worked...). Maybe this year's format is saving us stress (asked with great hopefulness)? EJ.

It's true, the letters to external PhD applicants are out. My partner and I are in the UK, and he just received his letter. He made it on to the next round! I'm not a SSHRC applicant this year (got stupid lucky last year), but this forum was my lifeline during that terrible waiting process and somehow when spring starts to arrive, I crave two things: info on the SSHRC competition, and Roll Up The Rim To Win... Here's hoping this year's results come out on time! EJ.