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Has anyone here been notified if they've received an OGS award off the waitlist at Western (or any other university)?

Has anyone heard about receiving an alternate award? SSHRC confirmed nobody was advised if they were waitlisted or not. Only funded/not funded letters were sent out. So, anyone who is an alternate might be hearing soon. Has anyone received an email letting them know they received an alternate award?

Not necessarily. It may be that two reviewers scored your application. That's how it works at SSHRC. I asked them for my score and saw that two reviewers scored me.

I swear that at the webinar they said that while they have not contacted unsuccessful applications in the past, this year they would. The FAQ may have been written earlier, or they changed their minds. I wouldn't be surprised if they take an extra day or two to finalize their list. Perhaps they underestimated the amount of time it would take to review potentially over one thousand applications. Previously, they received a small handful. They're also using new software and I'm sure the pandemic might throw a wrench in the timeline plans. I wouldn't worry too much if we don't hear tonight. Good luck everyone!

Go to "my profile" and then to "grants" and then click on the last drop down menu to the very right. There, you should see options to sort by Maximum Review Score, Minimum Review Score, among a few others such as Application ID, Application Type, etc.

Have you been playing around with the filters? I discovered these scores a few days ago and was likewise bewildered as to what they meant. If you go to "my profile" and then to "grants" and then click on the first drop down menu to the left it brings up "list view options." If you go from the "current" tab" to the "global" tab you will see a toggle switch to turn on or off the "smart card indicator." This puts a star on all of my applications (including my draft that I did not submit). If I turn the switch off, they disappear.