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Fast-forward nine months... Just got notified that I got moved up the waitlist enough to get a PGSD3!

I also got this email! It's almost too good to be true. Are we 100% sure it's not a glitch? And what does it mean that the award starts on May 1st 2020? Will they have to retroactively pay us for the past year?

Hi everyone! I just wanted to share the good news that I was offered a PGSD3 award from NSERC. So there is hope in getting off the waitlist!
And the award is retroactive back into 2020 for anyone that is wondering. 

I'd like to send a shout-out to all of those whose application didn't make it through NSERC today.
It's OK. It doesn't mean your work is worth any less than others who were announced as "winners". It just means that NSERC's criteria did not match your strengths. Maybe you didn't publish enough papers. Maybe you didn't want to be associated with a watered-down paper that doesn't add any extra value to the world. They still need a clear basis (such as the number of publications) to make their decision but that doesn't mean their criteria determines the value of your work.
Keep up the good work! Your work is valuable irrespective of what the committee decides!

Congrats!!! You were our hero through this whole process

Congrats!!! You were our hero through this whole process

Phew, good thing we didn't panic at all about these emails ?
 

The total number of applicants is abt ~1000 ish ? I just can't fathom how the IT system couldn't send out 1000 emails all together....after all it's 2020

Maybe because we are PhD students...they expect us to handle the uncertainty better.....

Easter Monday is a federal stat holiday -- so I think we can all exhale, knowing we wont hear anything until tomorrow at the earliest!