Mike Slackenerny

Hope the research theme B results get announced today. Good luck to you guys

wow. that's a kick in the pants. you think one gets better with time.

yeah I got my email 10 mins after they were up

I was ranked 273/852. Didn't get one

My results are up - going to go check now

That sucks. I'm currently working on my OGS app which is due on the 25th of this month in my dept

CIHR... please.... :'(

This is stupid. Coffee anyone?

The silence on this forum is pretty unnerving

Mondays are sucky days for me. I'm going to have to step away from my computer for some time and may not be there to check the results immediately. I'll try and check in whenever I can, but I'll definitely catch up later in the afternoon/evening. May the relative force be with all of you.

On the front page. as soon as you log in. you'll see it listed under "Current activities". After clicking on it, scroll down to "View Decision" - in the new page you can see 6 files - I highly recommend scrolling to the bottom of the page and viewing all files combined together (so you don't have to click on 6 individual files) - you'll have the front page with the stats, the decision letter, reviewer 1 scores, reviewer 1 comments, reviewer 2 scores and reviewer 2 comments. Seems a little odd to say all this, since you'll all find out soon enough

prep the alcohol either way

Yep you can only apply twice if you're a PhD student like me who had a MSc. from before. The first time was in 2012, and this is my second (and last) shot at it.

I had been waiting for today since Oct 15th, when the CIHR applications were due. I would have given anything to see the results earlier. Oddly enough, exactly 6 months later, there's a part of me that doesn't really want to know the decision. It occurred to me just after 12am on the 15th - perhaps its the calm before the storm, but all of a sudden I'm not really dying to find out. Edit: I meant to say that I had been waiting since April 16, 2012 (When I got rejected the first time around last year... I couldn't wait to reapply and find out right away)

All very good points. Also would like to point out that for some of us, this is our last chance to qualify for a DRA. Our CIHR biological clock is literally ticking

yeah I know. I went through that disappointment during the last cycle. In the event of a rejection, it's best not to take it personally like I did last year. Trying to secure a DRA with such tough odds can definitely be a harrowing experience. I think this forum was very helpful for me in coping with the rejection as well as preparing for another chance. Either way, I hope at least a few of us who post/lurk here get the award and those that are unlucky not to get one realize that it's not necessarily a shortcoming on their part, and is not reflective of their future research potential. Take it as feedback, and then move on. However, if you do get ranked high, then WOOOOOOOHOOOOOOOOOO

you never know, til you find out. you stay optimistic just in case

Sure. you get a percentile ranking. Last year, I was place 394th in section A, along with a percentile ranking of 37.88% according to their calculations. These are the numbers from 2012: DRA Section A Total Number of Applicants - 1038 Number approved - 141 DRA Section B Total Number of Applicants - 486 Number approved - 69 So if you were ranked among the top 141 for section A or top 69 for section B, you got the award. Furthermore if you applied to a special priority areas (such as the SHOPP for Falconi's Anemia) you could still get a DRA even if you didn't make the cut off.

my sincere apologies. Good luck torontotron

^^ this man's a poet and a scholar

Good luck Cmyb4life. I'm sure you'll do well just as the rest of us. Edit: spelling again

not sure if it's the same for everybody, but ResearchNet should have the results first. Some people get an email right away notifying them that the results are up. Some people get email notifications that are delayed (20-40 mins). The CIHR decisions pape may notify that the results have been announced, but a comprehensive list of all the winners are generated a couple of days later. If anybody else has any other comments, please correct any of the following stated above. P.S: I know that sometimes you get an email saying that the results are on Researhnet, but you cannot access your decision on the website after logging in because of all the heavy traffic on researchnet caused by hundreds of people all trying to check their results at the same time. If that happens, take a deep breath, finish up your next incubation step/write the next paragraph etc and then check again

Not this year. I think a girl from my dept got one last year though. Can you apply to both?

You know, it'll prob be the same as last year. I remember us brooding together around this time last year convinced that the results will be released on Friday...then Saturday...Sunday and then finally Monday Morning. All those time points passed us, and Monday afternoon was D-day. LAST YEAR: The rejection letter was dated April 12, 2012 (Thu?) and the results came out April 16, 2012 (Mon) online at 12:45pm-ish If its the same this year, then perhaps we can take solace in the fact that the decision letters have already been created today (Thu - Apr 11, 2013) and then our results will be online by Mon Apri 15, 2013 before 1pm. Even with this knowledge in my head, I will however continue to check the CIHR decisions page, ResearchNet, my email and this forum like a lunatic til Monday. EDIT: changed grammar and spelling