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 ?