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    PasserBy got a reaction from Darshana Upadhyay in NSERC PGS D 2021-2022   
    I am sorry to hear , Darshana. I am happy you took time to share. Thank you. Good luck on your future applications. 
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    PasserBy reacted to Darshana Upadhyay in NSERC PGS D 2021-2022   
    Unfortunately, I didn't receive any. I was not 100% sure but really hopeful for this award. I personally feel this competition is more about how you convey your idea and how your proposal is valuable to the real world rather than publications. I have a very good number of papers published in good venues, however, I felt my research proposal might not up to the mark. My department notified me about this award before a week of the deadline (That time I first heard about CGS-D/PGS-D). And, hence I personally feel I couldn't get enough time to make it perfect. Moreover, I have also not focused more on my leadership skills/ extra-curricular activities, which is another part where I felt my application went down. Probably, these are some excuse but I am a strong believer in GOD's decision. I move forward with the hopes that something better is waiting for me. This experience will help me shape my PDF application. I wanted to share the same on the day of my results, but my daughter (she is in Grade 5) was upset with my result  And I was occupied making her happy... Wishing you all good luck! And I really enjoyed and learned so many new things from this forum. 
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    PasserBy got a reaction from CarterAubreyR in NSERC PGS D 2021-2022   
    Anyone else? So odd that it seems like some people did not report their results , are people still missing theirs? 
     
    I also was wondering if anyone has experience with PGS being upgraded to CGS (like Windows of time, how it was communicated). I can't reapply any more. But lets say I could, and I have PGSD already, can one apply again the following year's competition? 
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    PasserBy got a reaction from okyes in NSERC PGS D 2021-2022   
    Anyone else? So odd that it seems like some people did not report their results , are people still missing theirs? 
     
    I also was wondering if anyone has experience with PGS being upgraded to CGS (like Windows of time, how it was communicated). I can't reapply any more. But lets say I could, and I have PGSD already, can one apply again the following year's competition? 
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    PasserBy got a reaction from ssethi25 in NSERC PGS D 2021-2022   
    To be eligible to apply, an applicant must:
    ...
    have completed no more than 24 months of full-time study in their doctoral program by December 31 of the calendar year of application if previously enrolled in a master’s program have completed no more than 36 months of full-time study in their doctoral program by December 31 of the calendar year of application if enrolled in a joint program; for example, MD/PhD, MA/PhD applicants who fall into this category have access to the 36-month window whether or not they were previously enrolled in a master’s program have completed no more than 36 months of full-time study in their doctoral program by December 31 of the calendar year of application if enrolled directly from a bachelor’s to a PhD program (with no time spent in a master’s program) direct-entry applicants must be enrolled in their doctoral program at the time of application  
    https://www.nserc-crsng.gc.ca/students-etudiants/pg-cs/cgsd-bescd_eng.asp#a4
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    PasserBy got a reaction from Methomz in NSERC PGS D 2021-2022   
    202, 12:32pm EST, Last Name M, 559--- app number. I got PGS-D. 
    2 Pubs in higher impact journals (one first author, other second), one submitted (first author), 2 conferences (one as presenting author), 2 OGS years (only in first year of masters and first year of PhD for some reason, gives me the impression that one is a crapshoot).  one 1st prize poster competition, Industrial fellowship, Undergrad capstone design mentor,  MASc completed,  1 year industry experience,  2nd year PhD (this was my last kick at the can).  Okayish undergrad grades, excellent grad grades (except for one B in one of my cross-discipline PhD courses, oops).  This was a 3 year effort. It took me till this last year to make peace with my own ability regardless of success in the scholarship. My advice, focus on number one, make sure you're contributing and engaged. I don't think I'm any more special in anyway, I just work really hard (less than 8 hours a day on average though, mind you) and like my field (why would you do a PhD otherwise). 
    Here are some additional resources for your next applications I've revisited over the years. They were great comforts in my writing process. 
    http://www.mun.ca/sgs/current/funding/NSERC_PGS_CGS_D_Sept_16_2018.pdf
    https://www.nserc-crsng.gc.ca/_doc/Students-Etudiants/SF-tips_eng.pdf
    I provide some detailed unsolicited advice here for our hopefuls in the coming years. Don't give up on yourself. 
     
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    PasserBy got a reaction from GHbwoy in NSERC PGS D 2021-2022   
    202, 12:32pm EST, Last Name M, 559--- app number. I got PGS-D. 
    2 Pubs in higher impact journals (one first author, other second), one submitted (first author), 2 conferences (one as presenting author), 2 OGS years (only in first year of masters and first year of PhD for some reason, gives me the impression that one is a crapshoot).  one 1st prize poster competition, Industrial fellowship, Undergrad capstone design mentor,  MASc completed,  1 year industry experience,  2nd year PhD (this was my last kick at the can).  Okayish undergrad grades, excellent grad grades (except for one B in one of my cross-discipline PhD courses, oops).  This was a 3 year effort. It took me till this last year to make peace with my own ability regardless of success in the scholarship. My advice, focus on number one, make sure you're contributing and engaged. I don't think I'm any more special in anyway, I just work really hard (less than 8 hours a day on average though, mind you) and like my field (why would you do a PhD otherwise). 
    Here are some additional resources for your next applications I've revisited over the years. They were great comforts in my writing process. 
    http://www.mun.ca/sgs/current/funding/NSERC_PGS_CGS_D_Sept_16_2018.pdf
    https://www.nserc-crsng.gc.ca/_doc/Students-Etudiants/SF-tips_eng.pdf
    I provide some detailed unsolicited advice here for our hopefuls in the coming years. Don't give up on yourself. 
     
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    PasserBy got a reaction from CarterAubreyR in NSERC PGS D 2021-2022   
    Hey all. 2nd year PhD student, so this will be my last contest for PGS-D. I'd like to make an important note, you can't apply past either the 24 months (or 36 months if you entered either from a Masters without completing it directly into a PhD, or directly into a PhD from your undergrad). So there is an upper limit to how many times you can apply once you've started in the program. I never could crack the NSERC competitions, but it wasn't due to lack of effort, either. 
    I've made my peace with it over the past year. I have had a successful Masters, I took a year off to work in between, and returned for a PhD that is well funded outside of the competitive scholarship supports. It does feel odd as someone who has done CGS-M, and now PGS/CGS-D every year for the last 5 (!) years to have an end to it all. Although I've never got the CGS, I've gotten a few years of OGS now, so I'm in contention if they are to be considered equivalently important scholarships. ha. 
    For those worrying over the details and would like data to comfort themselves with, I have 2 publications (important, this means journals, not conferences), 1 of which first author, both in higher impact journals for my field. I have 1 additional submitted journal (not accepted), its important you include those so long they reasonably different from your later submissions. I also have a handful of conferences, and a poster competition, as well as an academic-industrial project I proposed and was accepted to receive funding. And a completed Master's degree with thesis. Also, I think its obvious, we ALL have really good grades, and I define that as A averages. Grades don't mean jack unless you're getting straight cut off grades (usually B's) in your graduate courses. A+ aren't good either if they are compromising your research progress. If you're both getting A+ and making reasonable research progress... how do you have any time to worry about how others are doing? Lol. Just focus on numero uno, you'll be fine. 
    Speak to your history in your future applications. Really try to make it come across as important, while remaining straightforward and use minimal jargon, and. Highlight your contributions, both past and potential future in plain language. 
    Here are some additional resources for your next applications I've revisited over the years. They were great comforts in my writing process. 
    http://www.mun.ca/sgs/current/funding/NSERC_PGS_CGS_D_Sept_16_2018.pdf
    https://www.nserc-crsng.gc.ca/_doc/Students-Etudiants/SF-tips_eng.pdf
    My own personal reflection in all this is the scholarships are far more hassle than they're worth. Really. If you get accepted to to be considered, that's a great sign that you're a reasonably proficient grant writer with some interesting background to share. Keep that alive as you progress in your career, it'll pay a lot better than a handful of years of PGS/CGS during your lifetime. Graduate studies are a stepping stone, not the end. 
     
     
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    PasserBy got a reaction from ssethi25 in NSERC PGS D 2021-2022   
    202, 12:32pm EST, Last Name M, 559--- app number. I got PGS-D. 
    2 Pubs in higher impact journals (one first author, other second), one submitted (first author), 2 conferences (one as presenting author), 2 OGS years (only in first year of masters and first year of PhD for some reason, gives me the impression that one is a crapshoot).  one 1st prize poster competition, Industrial fellowship, Undergrad capstone design mentor,  MASc completed,  1 year industry experience,  2nd year PhD (this was my last kick at the can).  Okayish undergrad grades, excellent grad grades (except for one B in one of my cross-discipline PhD courses, oops).  This was a 3 year effort. It took me till this last year to make peace with my own ability regardless of success in the scholarship. My advice, focus on number one, make sure you're contributing and engaged. I don't think I'm any more special in anyway, I just work really hard (less than 8 hours a day on average though, mind you) and like my field (why would you do a PhD otherwise). 
    Here are some additional resources for your next applications I've revisited over the years. They were great comforts in my writing process. 
    http://www.mun.ca/sgs/current/funding/NSERC_PGS_CGS_D_Sept_16_2018.pdf
    https://www.nserc-crsng.gc.ca/_doc/Students-Etudiants/SF-tips_eng.pdf
    I provide some detailed unsolicited advice here for our hopefuls in the coming years. Don't give up on yourself. 
     
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    PasserBy got a reaction from BittersweetHaiku in NSERC PGS D 2021-2022   
    PSA: How this process works is you'll get those two emails separately for log in to the Extranet Portal. If it is like last year, there will be nothing in the portal for a few days. I believe results took about a week and change last year to show up. 
     
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    PasserBy got a reaction from ldresearch in NSERC PGS D 2021-2022   
    PSA: How this process works is you'll get those two emails separately for log in to the Extranet Portal. If it is like last year, there will be nothing in the portal for a few days. I believe results took about a week and change last year to show up. 
     
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    PasserBy got a reaction from tje in NSERC PGS D 2021-2022   
    PSA: How this process works is you'll get those two emails separately for log in to the Extranet Portal. If it is like last year, there will be nothing in the portal for a few days. I believe results took about a week and change last year to show up. 
     
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    PasserBy got a reaction from canstudent13 in NSERC PGS D 2021-2022   
    Hey all. 2nd year PhD student, so this will be my last contest for PGS-D. I'd like to make an important note, you can't apply past either the 24 months (or 36 months if you entered either from a Masters without completing it directly into a PhD, or directly into a PhD from your undergrad). So there is an upper limit to how many times you can apply once you've started in the program. I never could crack the NSERC competitions, but it wasn't due to lack of effort, either. 
    I've made my peace with it over the past year. I have had a successful Masters, I took a year off to work in between, and returned for a PhD that is well funded outside of the competitive scholarship supports. It does feel odd as someone who has done CGS-M, and now PGS/CGS-D every year for the last 5 (!) years to have an end to it all. Although I've never got the CGS, I've gotten a few years of OGS now, so I'm in contention if they are to be considered equivalently important scholarships. ha. 
    For those worrying over the details and would like data to comfort themselves with, I have 2 publications (important, this means journals, not conferences), 1 of which first author, both in higher impact journals for my field. I have 1 additional submitted journal (not accepted), its important you include those so long they reasonably different from your later submissions. I also have a handful of conferences, and a poster competition, as well as an academic-industrial project I proposed and was accepted to receive funding. And a completed Master's degree with thesis. Also, I think its obvious, we ALL have really good grades, and I define that as A averages. Grades don't mean jack unless you're getting straight cut off grades (usually B's) in your graduate courses. A+ aren't good either if they are compromising your research progress. If you're both getting A+ and making reasonable research progress... how do you have any time to worry about how others are doing? Lol. Just focus on numero uno, you'll be fine. 
    Speak to your history in your future applications. Really try to make it come across as important, while remaining straightforward and use minimal jargon, and. Highlight your contributions, both past and potential future in plain language. 
    Here are some additional resources for your next applications I've revisited over the years. They were great comforts in my writing process. 
    http://www.mun.ca/sgs/current/funding/NSERC_PGS_CGS_D_Sept_16_2018.pdf
    https://www.nserc-crsng.gc.ca/_doc/Students-Etudiants/SF-tips_eng.pdf
    My own personal reflection in all this is the scholarships are far more hassle than they're worth. Really. If you get accepted to to be considered, that's a great sign that you're a reasonably proficient grant writer with some interesting background to share. Keep that alive as you progress in your career, it'll pay a lot better than a handful of years of PGS/CGS during your lifetime. Graduate studies are a stepping stone, not the end. 
     
     
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    PasserBy got a reaction from user907438 in NSERC PGS D 2021-2022   
    Hey all. 2nd year PhD student, so this will be my last contest for PGS-D. I'd like to make an important note, you can't apply past either the 24 months (or 36 months if you entered either from a Masters without completing it directly into a PhD, or directly into a PhD from your undergrad). So there is an upper limit to how many times you can apply once you've started in the program. I never could crack the NSERC competitions, but it wasn't due to lack of effort, either. 
    I've made my peace with it over the past year. I have had a successful Masters, I took a year off to work in between, and returned for a PhD that is well funded outside of the competitive scholarship supports. It does feel odd as someone who has done CGS-M, and now PGS/CGS-D every year for the last 5 (!) years to have an end to it all. Although I've never got the CGS, I've gotten a few years of OGS now, so I'm in contention if they are to be considered equivalently important scholarships. ha. 
    For those worrying over the details and would like data to comfort themselves with, I have 2 publications (important, this means journals, not conferences), 1 of which first author, both in higher impact journals for my field. I have 1 additional submitted journal (not accepted), its important you include those so long they reasonably different from your later submissions. I also have a handful of conferences, and a poster competition, as well as an academic-industrial project I proposed and was accepted to receive funding. And a completed Master's degree with thesis. Also, I think its obvious, we ALL have really good grades, and I define that as A averages. Grades don't mean jack unless you're getting straight cut off grades (usually B's) in your graduate courses. A+ aren't good either if they are compromising your research progress. If you're both getting A+ and making reasonable research progress... how do you have any time to worry about how others are doing? Lol. Just focus on numero uno, you'll be fine. 
    Speak to your history in your future applications. Really try to make it come across as important, while remaining straightforward and use minimal jargon, and. Highlight your contributions, both past and potential future in plain language. 
    Here are some additional resources for your next applications I've revisited over the years. They were great comforts in my writing process. 
    http://www.mun.ca/sgs/current/funding/NSERC_PGS_CGS_D_Sept_16_2018.pdf
    https://www.nserc-crsng.gc.ca/_doc/Students-Etudiants/SF-tips_eng.pdf
    My own personal reflection in all this is the scholarships are far more hassle than they're worth. Really. If you get accepted to to be considered, that's a great sign that you're a reasonably proficient grant writer with some interesting background to share. Keep that alive as you progress in your career, it'll pay a lot better than a handful of years of PGS/CGS during your lifetime. Graduate studies are a stepping stone, not the end. 
     
     
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    PasserBy got a reaction from MarleyBarley in NSERC PGS D 2021-2022   
    Hey all. 2nd year PhD student, so this will be my last contest for PGS-D. I'd like to make an important note, you can't apply past either the 24 months (or 36 months if you entered either from a Masters without completing it directly into a PhD, or directly into a PhD from your undergrad). So there is an upper limit to how many times you can apply once you've started in the program. I never could crack the NSERC competitions, but it wasn't due to lack of effort, either. 
    I've made my peace with it over the past year. I have had a successful Masters, I took a year off to work in between, and returned for a PhD that is well funded outside of the competitive scholarship supports. It does feel odd as someone who has done CGS-M, and now PGS/CGS-D every year for the last 5 (!) years to have an end to it all. Although I've never got the CGS, I've gotten a few years of OGS now, so I'm in contention if they are to be considered equivalently important scholarships. ha. 
    For those worrying over the details and would like data to comfort themselves with, I have 2 publications (important, this means journals, not conferences), 1 of which first author, both in higher impact journals for my field. I have 1 additional submitted journal (not accepted), its important you include those so long they reasonably different from your later submissions. I also have a handful of conferences, and a poster competition, as well as an academic-industrial project I proposed and was accepted to receive funding. And a completed Master's degree with thesis. Also, I think its obvious, we ALL have really good grades, and I define that as A averages. Grades don't mean jack unless you're getting straight cut off grades (usually B's) in your graduate courses. A+ aren't good either if they are compromising your research progress. If you're both getting A+ and making reasonable research progress... how do you have any time to worry about how others are doing? Lol. Just focus on numero uno, you'll be fine. 
    Speak to your history in your future applications. Really try to make it come across as important, while remaining straightforward and use minimal jargon, and. Highlight your contributions, both past and potential future in plain language. 
    Here are some additional resources for your next applications I've revisited over the years. They were great comforts in my writing process. 
    http://www.mun.ca/sgs/current/funding/NSERC_PGS_CGS_D_Sept_16_2018.pdf
    https://www.nserc-crsng.gc.ca/_doc/Students-Etudiants/SF-tips_eng.pdf
    My own personal reflection in all this is the scholarships are far more hassle than they're worth. Really. If you get accepted to to be considered, that's a great sign that you're a reasonably proficient grant writer with some interesting background to share. Keep that alive as you progress in your career, it'll pay a lot better than a handful of years of PGS/CGS during your lifetime. Graduate studies are a stepping stone, not the end. 
     
     
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    PasserBy got a reaction from Pouty_Scouty in NSERC PGS D 2021-2022   
    Hey all. 2nd year PhD student, so this will be my last contest for PGS-D. I'd like to make an important note, you can't apply past either the 24 months (or 36 months if you entered either from a Masters without completing it directly into a PhD, or directly into a PhD from your undergrad). So there is an upper limit to how many times you can apply once you've started in the program. I never could crack the NSERC competitions, but it wasn't due to lack of effort, either. 
    I've made my peace with it over the past year. I have had a successful Masters, I took a year off to work in between, and returned for a PhD that is well funded outside of the competitive scholarship supports. It does feel odd as someone who has done CGS-M, and now PGS/CGS-D every year for the last 5 (!) years to have an end to it all. Although I've never got the CGS, I've gotten a few years of OGS now, so I'm in contention if they are to be considered equivalently important scholarships. ha. 
    For those worrying over the details and would like data to comfort themselves with, I have 2 publications (important, this means journals, not conferences), 1 of which first author, both in higher impact journals for my field. I have 1 additional submitted journal (not accepted), its important you include those so long they reasonably different from your later submissions. I also have a handful of conferences, and a poster competition, as well as an academic-industrial project I proposed and was accepted to receive funding. And a completed Master's degree with thesis. Also, I think its obvious, we ALL have really good grades, and I define that as A averages. Grades don't mean jack unless you're getting straight cut off grades (usually B's) in your graduate courses. A+ aren't good either if they are compromising your research progress. If you're both getting A+ and making reasonable research progress... how do you have any time to worry about how others are doing? Lol. Just focus on numero uno, you'll be fine. 
    Speak to your history in your future applications. Really try to make it come across as important, while remaining straightforward and use minimal jargon, and. Highlight your contributions, both past and potential future in plain language. 
    Here are some additional resources for your next applications I've revisited over the years. They were great comforts in my writing process. 
    http://www.mun.ca/sgs/current/funding/NSERC_PGS_CGS_D_Sept_16_2018.pdf
    https://www.nserc-crsng.gc.ca/_doc/Students-Etudiants/SF-tips_eng.pdf
    My own personal reflection in all this is the scholarships are far more hassle than they're worth. Really. If you get accepted to to be considered, that's a great sign that you're a reasonably proficient grant writer with some interesting background to share. Keep that alive as you progress in your career, it'll pay a lot better than a handful of years of PGS/CGS during your lifetime. Graduate studies are a stepping stone, not the end. 
     
     
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