Clarrien
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I didn't get my letter too, so I called NSERC to ask how can I find the results if the letter got lost and she said to wait 2 more weeks and then to call NSERC for results if I don’t get the letter....
Mattbound - I guess give it until the ~24th and then call NSERC. They ask everyone to reply on the PGS/CGS results by May 1st, so they will tell you by phone I think at some point if you don't get the letter.
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Hi all,
Does anyone know what the phrase "strict confidence until formal public announcement" really means? It says this on my letter - obviously I told my mom and close friends and supervisor right away, but now my department wants to make an announcement and I'm not sure if that's actually okay. I have no idea when this "formal public announcement" actually happens, but I'm pretty sure the results aren't much of a secret considering I have now received a letter from my graduate studies office as well. Anyone have any idea? Thanks!
Your department should definitely not be making an announcement at this point. Call the Vanier office directly - they answer the phones. Ask them to send you an email you can pass along to your department. Of course we all tell family and supervisors, my whole department basically knows by now (my supervisors were pretty excited!) but they also know not make any public announcement.
CONGRATS!
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I got my PDF rejection letter today in Montreal (Pre-approved IRDF)
Published papers: 9 (5 First Author (PNAS, Anal. Chem, J. Phys. Chem etc; 3 second Author: Nature Chem, Nature Nano, JACS)
Oral Presentations: 12 in National and international (4 Best oral presentations)
Leadership: Organized conferences, Initiated science outreach programs, President of a posdoc association etc
Status at the time of application: Postdoc in a top school.
After following this forum for while, I was almost sure that I won't get my PDF.
I tried to include as much information as possible about my application.
Good luck everyone,
Also so hard to believe! What on earth does it take to get a PDF in this country??
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Well, it finally came. Meritorious but unable to fund for a PDF in ecology/evolution, pre-approved for an IRDF. 9 papers (6 first author), 2 submitted, two refereed reports, loads of conference presentations, heavy involvement in scientific societies (I'm actually on the board of directors of one), good number of previous awards, including a PGSD3, reference letters that make me blush. *sigh*
Seriously! This will be me when I apply for the PDF... not looking hopeful. Sorry, seebee. This sucks bigtime.
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Got my mail today... no letter from NSERC. I'm a 5 minute walk from Ottawa, so I'm not sure why I haven't heard yet.
Is this thread full of 1600+ troll replies just to get my hopes up, or have people actually been getting PGS-D results in the mail???
Another letter confirmation - my parents got my PGSD letter on Vancouver Island yesterday - so letters are indeed out west.
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Hi,
CIHR rejection ... I got 5.33 as a score which is 115th out of 215 applicants - not even close!! oh well.... congrats to everyone who won!! So it sounds like the score is out of 9....
- I'll keep my fingers crossed for cihr ...
Anyone hear anything about that? I'm wondering if you get vanier cihr, will you get bumped automatically from eligibility for pgs cihr?If it works like NSERC, then the Vanier competition is totally separate from the CGS/PGS application... so if someone is offered a Vanier CIHR, they may or may not be offered a CIHR PGS...
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Well, I guess this forum is dead now! Congrats to all Vanier winners and good luck in the future to everyone! See you when we all apply for PDF!
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thanks Clarrien! congrats to you too! you won a vanier (and a PGSD) if i recall correctly? i'm 15 months into my MSc so i haven't started my PhD yet. now i have to figure out whether to transfer now or finish my MSc then start my PhD right away. anyways i have 1 first author pub, 1 coauthor pub, 1 first author submitted, 2 first author manuscripts in progress and 3 conferences. the work spans three separate projects. my question for you if you'll entertain it, is how do you think you got the vanier? i mean, what do you think stands out from your application. i was unsuccessful for the vanier so it would be interesting to know the key differences between our applications. i also have a lot of leadership activities, teaching, and other presentations.
Hmm, to transfer or not to transfer! Good question! You're way ahead on publications that I am, I need to get busy (i.e. get off this forum). When I applied for Vanier/NSERC I had 2 co-author pubs, lots of conferences, and indicated I was working on 2 first author and 2 co-author pubs, still haven't submitted any of them yet, how is this possible!! But, I stressed the collaborative nature of the projects, with government and international scientists; I broke my leadership into university, academic and community service as I am strong in all three. I think my research proposal was quite strong, and really built on my previous research experience... and I had really good reference letters I think.... and I was 100% sure that I devoted everything I had to that application, every word carefully selected, so much revising etc. I don't know what tipped the scale, but I think I convinced them I have research leadership potential, not just research and leadership separately. Who knows, since they don't give us feedback, which is really too bad.
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another lurker here, but I'm from Dal in biology as well and was informed this morning (in person, in my office, by the department's scholarship coordinator) that I got a CGSD! she said she was not allowed to send the results by email so she was just walking around the department telling people. she didn't mention anything about saying results over the phone. so biogr I would say find her in person tomorrow if you're around or call her. good luck! and thanks everyone here for the riveting commentary over the last few weeks
Congrats biograd7! First CGSD on the forum I think! How far into your PhD are you - or not started? Can you share your publications? I know they aren't everything, but curious what a biol CGSD awardee has for pubs. Thanks!
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OK guys, as am outta the race, wish you all the best !
It was really a pleasure.
Be good researchers ;-) I ain't the real of example so do not follow me
See ya
Good luck with everything Vivaldi! Nice to be in the forum with you!
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If you're interested in Entomologists! haha
Who isn't interested in Entomologists! I will come for the beer too.
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Yep, Grad studies has the results - I just called and I got a PGS. I feel better now.
Congrats on the PGS!!
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Eliasg, you have to let us know the result tomorrow! I am crossing my fingers for you!
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Hi all! It's been a great comfort, reading your posts all day yesterday and today. I would like to share that I got Vanier SSHRC. I'm just so very happy and proud! I can't believe I got it! My score is 6.8 out of 9 and I was ranked 50 in the list. I feel so lucky and thankful!
Congrats, anthgrad!! We are very very lucky, the competition was very tough I think, so many very qualified applicants.
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Very strange. You win Vanier and you have PGS and not CGS ???
I'm not surprised actually - I think it is because of the weighting of the categories. Research is more heavily weighted for PGS/CGS D than Vanier, and I am weaker in research than leadership. I had no first author publications accepted at the time of application, only 2 with co-authors, and some collaborations with government and international researchers, but my manuscripts are just on their way now. I think if I had been applying a year later, I would have gotten CGS instead.
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PGS-D in British Columbia. I think I'll turn it down for the Vanier offer I got this morning... what do you guys think
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I'm sure you are lying. Results have not been released yet. You've only posted 2 message on this forum, and your first one happens to be that you got NSERC.
Hey everyone - remember the Alexss guy (whatever his name on here was, I forget exactly) - he responded to my tweet via email today, and said he had in fact been upgraded from a PGS to CGS, like we thought. Just to clear up that old unsolved mystery.
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if the cut was 54 I am going to kill myself lol
Maybe one person will turn it down and you will get it... fingers crossed!
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Hi all,
I've been reading all of your posts for days - thanks so much for everyone who shared valuable information. Just found out that I got an NSERC vanier! FYI, my score was 7.58 out of 9 and i was ranked 21st overall.
Best of luck to everyone else - for those of you who don't get it, there's still lots of CGSs out there to be won
Way to go lsaunder! Awesome!!! You beat me
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Congratulation Clarrien !
I have been rejected.
Oh, no! Really too bad eliasg!
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me too
Oh no! Vivaldi and elisg, I'm so sorry!
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Guys I didn't get an email but in ResearchNet things have changed... just trying to figure out if there is a decision... fingers crossed!
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i just had a quick question and didn't want to start a new thread so i thought i would ask here: does anyone know what the weighting break down for scoring vanier is? i can't seem to find it anywhere, but i know its available for sshrcs so i'm not sure if i just can't find it (ie.something like 30% academic, 40% research potential, 30% leadership)? thanks!
http://www.vanier.gc.ca/eng/selection_criteria-criteres_de_selection.aspx
Nominees will be evaluated and selected based on the following three criteria, which will be weighted equally by the selection committees.
- Academic excellence, as demonstrated by past academic results and by transcripts, awards and distinctions.
- Research potential,as demonstrated by the candidate’s research history, his/her interest in discovery, the proposed research and its potential contribution to the advancement of knowledge in the field, the potential benefit to Canadians, and any anticipated outcomes.
- Leadership (potential and demonstrated ability), as defined by the following qualities: (Listed on the URL i gave above)
- Academic excellence, as demonstrated by past academic results and by transcripts, awards and distinctions.
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I think some people will have declined the Vanier - I also considered declining as I was thinking of changing institutions. Fingers crossed some people get good news soon!
I was logging on here to see if any of the successful Vanier applicants have received any information about when the public announcement will be.