AlexandriaPav

Every institution gets a certain amount of SSHRC allocations. A huge school will have more applicants/award recipients, meaning your ability to move up the waitlist is likely more difficult (but may also have more people decline)

I had a friend who was wait listed and he then got an e-mail SIX MONTHS after the results came out saying enough people had declined that he now had a full ride for his PhD. It *does* happen but likely is really dependent on how big the school you are at is.

My results just came in at 11:00pm (CST). I am a second year student (sociology); I applied in 2021 and did not receive. I was awarded CGS-D (not a fellowship). For frame of reference for other applicants (attached). Wishing everyone else luck, and keep applying even if you don't receive first time around ❤️

Thanks so much for everyone generously sharing their scores. So sorry to those who have not received ☹️ I am finding that people are being awarded with much lower scores than when I applied (and did not receive) in 2021 (I got a 15/20 and did not receive for my group). I had one friend hear back from CIHR at 11am and not be awarded, then another at 4pm was awarded.. guessing CIHR hears first, then NSERC, then SSHRC. One question - does anyone know what determines SSHRC CGS-D (35k) versus SSHRC Doctoral Fellowship (20K)? Is it simply that the highest ranked scorers get upgraded to the the CGS-D at time of application? Or is it something else? I had a small panic when a friend pointed out that I had seemingly only appeared to have applied for the fellowship and not CGS-D so have spent six months worried about this 😅...

York University, which is in the Southern/East corner of Canada in Toronto (close enough to Northeast US) has a very strong Marxist presence at all levels of Sociology. It is basically a pre-req to be a Marxist scholar in order to be a professor here. Think about it! Tuition for international students is expensive, but funding opportunities are great and still probably cheaper than any American institution.