Kmp182

I second this!!. All research is meaningful and impactful. In competitions like this, it can solely come down to who reads your application and whether or not it strikes their fancy, and how their day has gone. These competitions reveal nothing about a person's character, success or failure as a researcher. At this level of academia, we all are winners, and are all conducting research to better the lives of others. Whether you have received an award, or not, take the time to congratulate your self for 1) making it to this level of adjudication and 2) being so passionate about a topic to seek funding as a graduate student. Funding or not, give your self a pat on the back, crack open a drink, or do something that makes you happy. Life goes on, and so does research. 

You didn’t fail!! It’s complete chaos over there, my score literally jumped more than 7 points in one year. You have tons of time.

Hi everyone!
I've been following this thread religiously, and it's been such a huge help during this waiting game! I'm one of the lucky ones this year, I got a CGS-D with a score of 18.89. Last year I was rejected with an only slightly different application with a score of 11.5 though... it just goes to show how much luck goes into these decisions. Congratulations to everyone who was successful this year, and if you weren't, try not to give up! My experience has told me it's completely random, which is awful considering the application and waiting game is so painful.  

Hi everyone!
I've been following this thread religiously, and it's been such a huge help during this waiting game! I'm one of the lucky ones this year, I got a CGS-D with a score of 18.89. Last year I was rejected with an only slightly different application with a score of 11.5 though... it just goes to show how much luck goes into these decisions. Congratulations to everyone who was successful this year, and if you weren't, try not to give up! My experience has told me it's completely random, which is awful considering the application and waiting game is so painful.  

You didn’t fail!! It’s complete chaos over there, my score literally jumped more than 7 points in one year. You have tons of time.

Hi everyone!
I've been following this thread religiously, and it's been such a huge help during this waiting game! I'm one of the lucky ones this year, I got a CGS-D with a score of 18.89. Last year I was rejected with an only slightly different application with a score of 11.5 though... it just goes to show how much luck goes into these decisions. Congratulations to everyone who was successful this year, and if you weren't, try not to give up! My experience has told me it's completely random, which is awful considering the application and waiting game is so painful.  

This is my first post here, though I've lurked for over a year and am now also waiting for the SSHRC response. 
Just to put things in perspective for everyone, my partner applied for a Marie Currie Post Doc this year and was in the bottom 50% of the selection committee, but for a Canadian SSHRC PostDoc was number 4 out of 120 for the committee. 
It was a very similar proposal, so the takeaway was: sometimes what you're doing gels with the readers and sometimes it doesn't. Try to not get too hung up on the results.