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Thanks! I am in forensic psychology, but cognition is a big part of my research (memory and decision-making primarily). My supervisor actually has an NSERC grant. NSERC has been slowly moving away from psychology (except for neuroimaging types of research), so I would guess that SSHRC is a better bet for you. As long as you are writing your proposal using jargon-free, simple language, your research should be understandable by the SSHRC folks. If you can, try to give your application to a social psych colleague. In my experience, they often write papers that are published in "general interest" journals, so they tend to be well-practiced in writing for an audience coming from a wide variety of backgrounds. Our department has many strong applicants each year, so it was likely my publication that tipped the scales for me in the end. I'm just happy I finally received a doctoral award from SSHRC.

For anyone waiting for doctoral results in BC, today might be your day! I received my letter this morning. 1. Received doctoral fellowship, score 23/30 (I could only get the fellowship due to the fact that I will be entering my 3rd year). 2. Vancouver 3. Letter received: May 11th 4. Subject area and/or committee: Psych/Comm/Ling 5. Applied from within university 6. Year in PhD studies when you would take up the award (so, what you’ll be in Sept/Oct. 2010): 3rd year PhD 7. Taylor, Ross, or Queen's Fellowship?? Doubtful given my research topic 8. Anything else you want to include that might be helpful: Third time applying, first time getting out of the university (likely due to my publication being on this application) -- I submitted pretty much the same proposal all three years and ALMOST didn't apply this year because I was frustrated with the previous two rejections. Over 10 conference presentations (posters and talks), one first author publication in a good journal, an undergrad NSERC, master's SSHRC, as well as other awards for research, teaching, and service work. Best advice I can give -- check with your department and grad studies offices to see if you can add onto your application once you've submitted it. My paper was published in between the department and university adjudication of my application, so I asked to add it onto my app and they agreed. Good luck to everyone who is still waiting!

I heard the news from the grad studies office (I'm at SFU); no letter yet though. They should be here Monday/Tuesday. If you can, try going to the grad studies office in person with your student card.

the secretary i spoke to at the Grad Studies Office told me that they had not received the MA results yet

i got 20,000 for 2 years (I'm in 2nd year currently) I may not be the best funded graduate student, but I think I might be the happiest! for anyone who is curious, I'm at SFU...I found out from the Grad Studies Office directly (in person, with student card in hand), and they have emailed all of the grad secretaries for each department

well, i imagine most grad studies offices are closed for the day...hopefully people will start receiving emails tomorrow!

I got the same response from SSHRC (here is the direct quote): "Good afternoon, Your result letter was sent by regular mail today. We can not give out results over the phone or e-mail. Thank you." Back to peeking through the mailslot!

i just emailed them (im in canada, but over in BC), so i will let you guys know if they send a reply with my results

congrats!!

Here is what it says on the Canada Post website for how long it takes to send a letter: 2 days delivery time - local service 3 days - within province 4 days - nationally (this is for major urban centres -- if your mailing address is in a rural area, it takes longer)

Has anyone recently asked SSHRC directly if they will be letting the universities know the results before we get our letters? I know there was some speculation about the server being down and the grad secretaries not being able to check the results. Scratch that, I should read more carefully. All this waiting and stressing is interfering with my ability to understand basic text.

I agree! I was in the same position, but my paper was accepted in between my departmental ranking and when the applications were sent off to Ottawa, so our Grad Studies office kindly let me amend my application.

some common advice on publishing that i've received (in the social sciences) is to aim for at least 1) one first author publication out of your MA work and two first author publications out of work done during the PhD, and 2) one of those articles to be published in a top tier journal in either your general field or subfield (as some of the "top tier" journals in a subfield would be considered "second tier" in the field generally)

A friend of mine who received one of the special business SSHRCs in August 2009 said that he heard at the end of the day on the very last day of the month that was posted as the deadline (via email from the awards secretary in the grad studies office), so we might be hearing about notifications through the university on April 30th.

I sent an email to SSHRC asking if they had picked a date to send the letters out on Tuesday. The good news: they sent a reply within an hour. The bad news: apparently no specific date has been selected to send the letters, and they are still aiming for "towards the end of April". It looks like Vanier letters have been sent out though, according to another thread...