Hey everyone,
I'm a bit late on this, but I sent an email to NSERC to accept my award and ask for feedback. Unfortunately, I was told that there was no feedback from the reviewers, I honestly thought we would receive something based on what a friend told me (they were awarded NSERC in the previous year). Either, I must of misinterpreted what they said or maybe things must have been different during the previous years. I would like to apologize for repeatedly mentioning in my posts that we should expect to receive feedback, I was spreading misinformation.
This is probably going to be cheesy but, once, again congrats to the winners of CGS/PGS-D, and for the people who weren't awarded, please don't let the rejection bring you down and define you as a researcher/student. There's a reason why your applications made it out of your university, all of you should be proud of what you've have down/are going to do. Many students already assume that they won't get NSERC and never apply, so the fact that you tried, shows how much you believe in yourselves. If any of you are eligible please apply for the scholarship again (and many others of course), and seek out help (which you've all have done already), if anyone wants feedback/help on next year's application, shoot me a message in the future, I'm willing to help. It was nice waiting/stressing over the results with all of you, good luck on your future endeavors.