dramanda

According to: http://www.sshrc-crsh.gc.ca/site/winnin ... s_2008.xls approximately 61% of applications that were forwarded by the home institution (A List) were successful in the doctoral fellowship competition. The same information doesn't seem to exist for master's level fellowships, but from my understanding it is markedly higher. I don't get the impression that funding will be affected this year, as the money has likely already been set aside for SSHRC 2009-2010 in previous budgets. However, future years may be affected. For example, there was a petition started by an NDP MP because Harper had a line in his budget asking that

If the person who posted the rejection from Harvard Developmental is lurking around these boards, would you mind letting me know if you had an interview, or if the email rejection was your first contact with the program? Thanks!

I suggest looking at your POI's CV. These often list current and recent graduate students. You can then google these names to get a sense of where people end up "right out of the gate". If they don't have these listed, you can also look through publication lists and try to figure out some student names. It may take a while, but is perhaps worth it in the long run.