Mike Slackenerny

I've got a lot to do today. Paralyzed by impending decision. This wont end well.

well we're past my prediction of 8:47pm.... now we wait til 10:00 pm

Nooooooo. That would have made too much sense to do and much too easy to do.... it's always better to make the students wait. haha

lol. nice one. Btw if they will come out today, any predictions as to around what time this will be? I've got my money on 8:47pm.

RESEARCHNET Y U NO RELEASE RESULTS?

One of those times, when I fantasize about being a hacker... Blistering Barnacles ResearchNET! Come on already!

Well then that would leave all of us like this. Well played CIHR. Well played.

Very very very very very tempted to run to the LCBO and keep a bottle of something in the lab office right now

Hahaha Nice one. I was watching a series of TED talks and analyzing data slowly....but the puppies are fun too. Last year the results were set to arrive on the 15th (Friday), but they came out on the 14th sometime in the evening. Since today is a Sunday night, I wonder if this would be the case again.

I'm glued to the computer...and keep refreshing my email inbox, researchnet account and this forum for any updates.... fun sunday night

Sounds like a plan. Won't be long. Come on snake eyes! Daddy needs research money!

Less than 12 hours to go. Maybe researchnet will put us out of our misery and release the results in the evening.......

There will be tears all right. "Only a 3.9 on publications? I have seven 1st author papers...why?"

I'm guessing the new link for view decision appears next to completed activities.

Thanks. I'll take a drink as well. wake me up when its over.

Really depends on your PI too I suppose. I know you can't apply to NSERC, if he/she doesn't hold a NSERC grant.7 Also with NSERC, as least there's an internal competion and a smaller number of applicants. Must....just....remember....to....not....get....worked....up haha

3 days to go...

Yeah I was totally crushed when I saw 1600 in that pdf which was posted. I guess 5 more days isn't too far away. I think this quote applies here: "I never think of the future. It comes soon enough." Einstein Reference

l guess so. This is my first time applying. Maybe a better question would have been whether most winners are first time applicants. In any case...I think I'm going out of my mind as well. I keep going on researchnet every 2-3 hours even though I know I'll get an email notification on Sunday/Monday. I also frequent this forum being paranoid in case other people have already heard about their results. The most annoying thing is knowing the reviews were all finished in January, and they need 3 months to just rank and process all the awadees. The odds look slim, but I really really really hope I won't be disappointed. This would really make up for a shitty 2-3 months of poor experiments and stressful classes.

I've always wondered about this: Does it hurt your chances if you failed to get the award last year? Because in the application, you always have to state whether this is the first time you are applying to the DRA award. In that case, I wonder if the reviewers have access to your scores from the year before. Because this could always sway their judgement.

haha I totally understand. Its pretty easy to get anxious this time around. I guess I'll find out if my references rated me closer to a 4.4 or a 4.9 (or much much lower) when the scores come out. Most times they upload the decisions the night before, so Sunday evening may be reckoning day, provided researchnet does not crash

I concur. References count too. The difference between 3 good reference letters (4.0-4.4) and 3 excellent ones (4.5-4.9) can make a huge difference. Especially since they're worth 40%

Thanks for the link.... 1600 has to be the highest number of applications thus far. All I know is securing a CIHR really depends on how both your judges score you. Based on last year's results, if you got a score near 4.3-4.4 (out of 4.9), you would make the cut. My friend had a judge who gave him 4.40, but his other judge gave him 4.03. His average of 4.22 wasn't enough to make the cut. I think he was in the DRA 'A' competition. There were 935(?) people who had applied and only the top 134(?) people recieved awards. He was ranked 215th. Overall I think what kills you is if you get lower than 4.0 in any of the 8 weighted scores...unless you have really high scores otherwise. I'm nervous about my chances as well.

One week to go....

No worries.