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I decidedly like SSHRC; winning an award is so validating

Congrats!! Sorry but to clarify did you get a letter from SSHRC or did you hear from your department?

I was a direct applicant last year for the Masters award. After I submitted my application I didn't hear anything- at all- until I got a letter in the mail in late May letting me know I had been chosen. So, if nothing has changed from last year, direct applicants are totally in the dark until official confirmation. At this point there's nothing you can do to change the result so it's probably best to attempt to distract yourself and not obsess.