fridgezipper
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11 minutes ago, tentative_1717 said:
I am wondering if the NSERC results are final. Is there's a chance more people will be awarded the scholarship as more funding becomes available, or will all of this come into affect next year?
The prime ministers announcement read: " $825 million over five years to the granting councils to increase the annual value of master’s and doctoral students’ scholarships to $27,000 and $40,000, respectively, and post-doctoral fellowships to $70,000. To make it easier for students and fellows to access support, the enhanced suite of scholarships and fellowship programs will be streamlined into one talent program. This new program will also increase the number of graduate students and post-doctoral fellows benefiting from research scholarships and fellowships by approximately 1,720 each year."
Also has there been any historical precedent of previously rejected people getting a PGS-D because they moved-up in the rankings due to Vanier recipients declining CGS-D, and the PGS-D folks getting upgraded to CGS-D ?
This is the bargaining stage of the five stages of grief…..don’t worry I’m there too right now
serious answer, historically there’s a waitlist, and the letter for people on the waitlist would say something like “while your application was considered meritorious, it was not funded due to budgetary constraints. Should more funds become available…”. I haven’t heard of anyone being told they’re on a waitlist
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23 minutes ago, tentative_1717 said:
Many congratulations to all who won the scholarship!
Is there a way one can know the rank of their application ?
They used to release them with the results but stopped a few years ago. I heard of someone two years ago emailed NSERC asking their rank a few months after results came out and they told them
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For those of you that got the award: come in here and brag and celebrate!! It’s an amazing achievement and you deserve it!
Or if you got rejected come in here and complain because really what does NSERC know anyway
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4 minutes ago, Alicia17 said:
For those that have gotten the official email, did you also get the automated email saying results were coming out soon? I haven't received anything yet.
They usually come out over several hours, just be patient and don’t worry, but make sure you’re checking the right email.
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Congrats to everyone getting good news! Got my email an hour ago but can’t access it on my phone and won’t be near a computer for a few hours 🙃
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1 minute ago, hyperboa said:
Dumb question, but does the time you receive your NSERC email (ie today or tomorrow) indicate if you got an award or not?
No. The emails come out over several hours and there is absolutely no pattern to how they come out, not by awarded/rejected, not by committee number, not by PGS-D/CGS-D, not alphabetical order, it’s totally random. People on this forum every year always desperately try and find a pattern but there isn’t one, it’s just seemingly random, you just have to wait until you get yours
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5 hours ago, liddibee said:
Hi everyone. I received an email from my University's Awards office this morning congratulating me on receiving an NSERC Doctoral award! I haven't received anything from NSERCs end but looks like at least administrative results are being sent out in some cases. It also doesn't specify between CGSD/PGSD, but might also be a result of the new set-up with budget 2024.
Good luck everybody!!
To anybody reading this and freaking out because they didn’t get an email from their institution and are worried they didn’t get the award, it’s rare that instituons do this and definitely not the norm, relax and breathe, you’ll get your email from NSERC soon
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3 hours ago, Ellisse said:
i saw on reddit that NSERC may release results on the 25th. not sure about sshrc though.
Nserc released on the 25th last year but nobody actually knows for sure exactly what days the results will come out, just that it will happen by April 30th. It's a different day every year.
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17 minutes ago, Alicia17 said:
Somewhat related to this, I applied to the doctoral award through my institution and got news in Nov 2023 that my application was forwarded to the national level. When I logged onto the portal today to see if it was updated (as results will be updated soon), I noticed my application was marked as "received". The portal says it should be "approved" if submitted by an institution or "received" if submitted directly. Does anyone know if there was an error with my application or something? This is my first time applying.
It's almost certainly fine. People are on this forum every year freaking out because their application isn't in the portal or says something weird, it's always fine. That portal is not where the results will be released anyways so don't bother checking it. You'll get an email from NSERC with login information from a different portal when the results are released.
Edit: I checked mine and both of them from previous years also say received, so don't worry about it
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2 hours ago, hyperboa said:
So, I emailed NSERC, and they said that the results for the CGS-D and PGS-D would be made available by the 30th but that there was a 'great chance' that the results would be released before that. Just incase anyone wanted to know...
And by “before that” they mean April 29th
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1 hour ago, franknhank said:
Does anyone know what is going to happen to this year's Vanier winners? Found out yesterday I received the scholarship and was very thrilled and shocked. I would still be grateful to receive the reduced funding, but it was a little disheartening and whiplash inducing to be told yesterday you received an award worth a particular amount and not 24 hours later find out it may be reduced by 1/5th.
I don’t think anybody knows yet, but on the support our science Twitter page they say they reached out to members of parliament for clarification on exactly this, still waiting for an answer. Would suck to lose $10,000 a year of funding for sure, but worst case scenario you’ll definitely still get $40,000 a year. You’ll just have to wait and see for more details unfortunately
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It was 25th last year, I’m betting 30th though they’re gonna make us wait this time
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10 minutes ago, RickyZ said:
I don't suppose that increased amount would be for the 2024-2025 competition? Would the value get increased or we'd be out of luck?
Nobody knows yet, hopefully the tri councils give some information on that soon. If hypothetically someone was awarded a PGS-D this year, and this increase only starts for people who receive the award next year and on, then it may even be in that persons best interest to decline the award and reapply next year. $21,000 a year for 3 years for PGS-D would be a total of $63,000, but $40,000 a year for the new doctoral award for two years would be $80,000………and it will be less competitive moving forward because they are increasing the number of awards. This current round is the last time I’m eligible so we’ll see. I would be devastated if I got a PGS-D this year for $21,000 a year when next year it’s increasing to $40,000…
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4 minutes ago, hyperboa said:
Wait, what?!
https://budget.canada.ca/2024/report-rapport/chap4-en.html#s4-1
Check the federal budget released today
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Well CGS-D doesn't exist anymore who's excited to maybe be the last ever recipients of it lol
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Has anyone emailed NSERC about their score/ranking? I heard people did this last year and found out where they ranked in their committee.
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Any previous applicants know if NSERC will release rankings/scores? The CIHR applicants get their scores released to them right away, I would be curious to see mine
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If anyone is curious, this is what rejection looks like. Did anyones rejection indicate a waitlist?
NSERC PGS D / CGS D / CGS M 2024-2024
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If you check the Support our Science twitter page, a Member of Parliament has confirmed the increase will apply to people who receive the award this year, so definitely accept the award. Caveat of course is that this is politics and all of these budget promises could be undone when we inevitably get a conservative government who is campaigning on reducing spending elected next year...