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For those interested in reviewing SSHRC competition results, they have just been posted on SSHRC website: http://www.sshrc-crsh.gc.ca/results-resultats/recipients-recipiendaires/index-eng.aspx

My university has instituted a new scholarship payment process that issues lump-sum payments three times a year (once in Fall, Winter, and Summer terms). However, the payment dates are quite inconvenient, with the first one taking place on October 1st (and like you, Nerd_For_Life, my tuition will be deducted from the combination of internal/external scholarship funding).

One thing I would add to others' suggestions is that just because you have so many publications and presentations, you do not have to include them all. Since you have limited space for research contributions, you have to be strategic about it. I applied for a SSHRC last year and this is what I would do: 1) Prioritize peer-reviewed publications, because they count the most. 2) Some non-peer reviewed publications may actually be relevant in demonstrating your ability to carry out your Program of Study, so definitely include them as well. 3) Many presentation, such as those given at academic conferences, are peer reviewed and should be included. 4) I would include poster presentations only if you have extra space and they are relevant. 5) As TakeruK mentioned, reduce spacing between lines to as little as .5 lines or less. You don't have to use indentation. But make sure that you give enough information for each publication in order for reviewers to locate them easily (I used ASA or APA, don't really remember, and excluded DOI numbers, etc). Make sure that your margins at 3/4" and you're using 12 point font. Essentially this limits you to some free play with spacing/indentation/publication attributes. Good luck!

Congrats lighthouse. Yeah this thread is definitely winding down! Sending positive thoughts to those still on the waitlist.

Hi leapingfrog: I think you will be eligible to hold the award, since you are not technically simultaneously registering in another degree program, but completing one before starting the other (and it's ok to have some overlap). I think that in the first condition SSHRC really means to say that you can't be registered in two Ph.D. or 2 M.A. programs at the same time. I know plenty of people who are in your position -- completing their M.A.s in August/early September, beginnign their doctorates and holding SSHRCs. That's my understanding, hope it helps!

I was wondering the same thing. I know that in 2011 and 2012 they were posted in July.

Congrats Zaftig and oxforddphil! The wait is finally over.

Yeah, that's something that we indicated in our applications, which was basically to select a committee to evaluate our applications. SSHRC explains it here: http://www.sshrc-crsh.gc.ca/funding-financement/apply-demande/background-renseignements/doctoral_committees-comites_doctorat-eng.aspx It's kind of hard to say what the cut-off for the waitlist is, since scores are committee-specific, but I'm guessing it could be somewhere between 11 and 12? Looks like most people who received a score of 12 and up were successful. I'm sure Vanier/Trudeau applicants will be declining their SSHRC, so there's hope!

Congrats Macavity, KB99, and ssimonin! Well done.

For those still waiting...

I think you can only list an award on your CV if you have successfully received it and then declined it, for whatever reason. Unfunded basically means you were not successful: waitlisted or "recommended but not funded," but could potentially be granted an award if someone declines theirs. Here is what SSHRC website says about this: "This means that your application was ranked highly enough for your name to be placed on a list of candidates recommended for an award in the event that additional funds become available, but that you have not received an award. In the event that a Doctoral Award is declined, SSHRC will use the waiting list / recommended but not funded list to replace the original recipient with an alternate. These lists are committee-specific. Should an award become available, SSHRC will contact the next eligible alternate candidate by email." There are other FAQs on SSHRC's website at http://www.sshrc-crsh.gc.ca/funding-financement/apply-demande/faqs-questions_frequentes/doctoral_awards-bourses_de_doctorat-eng.aspx

Hang in there aselfmadewinter and Carthage32! Keeping my fingers crossed and hoping your turn will come soon enough! You might think about emailing SSHRC and asking how many waitlisted applicants were upgraded to 'successful' last year, just to have an idea about the odds, since I know they won't tell you your rank on the waitlist.

They'll surprise you with an email, since there's no official waitlist for the CGS. When someone who was awarded the CGS downgrades to a fellowship, SSHRC makes that money available to fellowship winners who are eligible to hold the CGS. I don't recall many cases where this happened, but I've seen a few of these in the past few years on this forum.

Congrats mistralesque and Safferz! Good job, guys! Bravo. It will be a tough few hours Carthage32 before you can open that letter! Hang in there.

Congrats Macavity! Well-deserved. Hopefully the official letter will arrive promptly. Sorry to hear that Diakonos! Whether you decide to appeal or reapply, best of luck!

I included the most competitive of the scholarships I'd won to date, which were MA SSHRC, OGS, and several others I had to apply or be nominated for. I left out the bursaries and travel grants. I didn't even mention them elsewhere on the application.

Congrats rferg! Patience and perseverance seem to the the key elements to SSRHC success!

I think that's perfectly normal. I'm in Ottawa and I received my letter a day later than someone else who also lives in Ottawa. You, most likely, will have yours in your mailbox tomorrow.

There's a provision in the official letter asking the applicants not to disclose the information until the "formal public announcement," whatever that could mean (I don't recall that SSHRC ever made a public announcement that disclosed the applicants' scores anyway). Some applicants who use aliases on this forum, which guarantee anonymity, posted details of their applications. I'll keep my score in confidence for now, but I think I'm allowed to say that there were 1947 applications, and 1010 of those received awards.

I believe so -- someone posted earlier that they were waitlisted, though we don't know what the score was!

Fingers crossed. Keep us posted!

Sorry crimsoc! I'd still wait for the official letter before making any conclusions, since there's always a chance of human error! Hang in there!

My bad -- misinterpreted the question! I don't believe there are university quotas for awards. If they forward X number of applicants, X number of applicants can potentially receive the award

As I understand them, those scores are for the national competition only, and not for individual universities.

Yes, most Canadian universities have quotas of how many applications they can forward to the national competition. My institution forwarded 63 out of (I believe) 180.