Konstantin

I found out that the grad committee in my dept had met sometime last week and that my name was pretty high on the rankings list! I think that now my application is entered into the university-wide competition and if successful, it will leave the university sometime late-December. I think in total I went through 20 or so drafts of my proposal, 5 from my supervisor, 5 from my committee members and another 10 from other faculty in my dept. The way I see them, SSHRC proposals are never really in their final draft! Thank God for deadlines, haha. 3rd time applying, held an MA SSHRC, an Ontario Graduate Scholarship and another major fellowship, and 5 or 6 smaller awards I have 4 refereed journal articles, about 10 conference presentations, solid reference letters. From what I heard the only thing that really matters is your SSHRC proposal, references, and grades. Other stuff is a tie-breaker basically!

I think we are all in the same boat here Safferz! It's a lot of work to put together a strong application, and the process is always a lottery! Just watched Jerry Maguire last night -- "SHOW ME THE MONEY!" Let this be our SSHRC motto.

Hi Aubergine, I was advised by my grad chair to include only the amount awarded for the fellowship part of the offer (i.e. the stipend) and exclude the amount for the TA-ship (since it is not a scholarship, but rather a part-time job). And I would definitely exclude health insurance. I'm not certain about tuition remission (unless this is in the form of a TA-ship, then I would exclude it).

Welcome Carthage32! Ah, a direct SSHRC application... I had to do that once, a couple of years ago, I found the process a bit alienating since I wasn't in school at the time and had to put together the application without the benefit of a departmental review. My app wasn't successful, but hopefully you will have better luck!

So, does this mean that graduate studies departments in this universities play no role in determining which applications are forwarded and which are not? My letter came from grad studies and not from my dept. for some reason. I know for a fact that once my department ranks its applicants (no one is A-listed, but is rather ranked from 1 being the strongest, etc.), the list is forwarded to grad studies, who has a quota of how many applicants they are able to recommend for adjudication by SSHRC (i.e. forwarding the qualifying applications). Grad studies amalgamates applications from all depts based on their rank. This way only strongest applications from each dept are forwarded. This is why quotas matter -- they are university-wide, not department wide. So, A and B lists are created by grad studies and later by SSHRC, while rankings are generated by the department you are currently in. I think other schools have similar procedures.

My university (Carleton) usually sends notifications to all SSHRC applicants just before Christmas holidays indicating whether their applications will be forwarded to SSHRC for adjudication or not (after the department internally ranks all applicants). I wonder if other universities do the same? I wasn't successful last year and got the letter from university in the first week of January saying my app wasn't forwarded. So I guess for unsuccessful applicants the wait is a little shorter!

Great -- thanks for sharing! My deadline was Oct 18th, and the grad committee has already met (as far as I know) to rank the applications internally before sending them to grad studies. Held an MA SSHRC, 3rd time applying for a PhD SSHRC (still eligible to receive a CGS because eligibility criteria was expanded this year),

I started a new thread for 2014/2015 SSHRC/CGS Doctoral applications for everyone who is willing to share their comments and thoughts on the application process and results.Good luck to all applicants! - Konstantin

I would list them separately especially if one is an entrance scholarship and another one is a multiyear funding package.

You should read carefully the Payment and Conditions Fact Sheet, all the info is there.

I am also off the waitlist and now a successful candidate. Good luck to all my fellow waitistees! Your turn is coming.

Thanks for the response -- looks like I can now sign in as well. I'm in 211 - Sociology. Wonder when they will start taking people off the waitlist! My grad chair said it might take some time.

I just tried checking my OGS status and got the message: "Access to the online application and status is currently not available because of a scheduled update. We apologize for the inconvenience and thank you for your patience. Please check back later." Has anyone else tried logging in? I am on the wait list for the OGS and wonder whether this may mean anything.

A big thank-you goes out to those declining their SSHRCs/other tri-council funding and posting their decisions on this forum so that ppl on the OGS wait list may have a shot or at least know that more OGSs will be available. Just received an email from the grad chair at the university I'll be attending in September saying that he has often seen applicants get off the OGS wait list successfully in the past. Although, he also said it may take a while. I imagine that ppl on the wait list (including me) won't hear anything until after June 29 (which is the date to accept/decline OGS). Not to get anyone's hopes up, but many of us will get the OGS once the successful tri-council applicants decline theirs! Although I've read on this forum that wait listees rarely get an OGS, I say let's be optimistic (but not overly) and keep our spirits high! Here are some of my OGS application stats Grad GPA: 3.93. 5 refereed conference presentations 1 refereed and 1 non-refereed publications Funding: MA SSHRC, U of Manitoba Grad. Fellowship ($12,000), and 5 other scholarships; 8 conference travel grants (including SSHRC) 1 year RA experience + 4 years of Ethics Board service Excellent reference letters Plan of Study was reviewed by 3 reputable and experienced department members (Sociology, UManitoba) Hope this helps.

Adjudication Completed - On Wait List Is there anyone who was on the OGS waitlist in the past actually ended up receiving the OGS?

You would not be able to defer an OGS (with the exception of compassionate grounds) if you are successful, you can only decline it, and this would give ppl on the waitlist a chance. Pretty sure you can still note that you received and reclined it on your CV. Congrats on SSHRC!

Thanks NeedFunds, I'll double check the settings in my OSAP account!

Hey everyone, I didn't get an email from the OGS, and when I logged into my account, the status still says that the results will be available early May.

I got a rejection letter as well. That's alright, I know a few of my colleagues who didn't get a SSHRC entering their Ph.D. programs but once in in the program, the chances of getting a SSHRC seem to be considerably better (all 3 of my friends got a SSHRC going into their 2nd year). As surefire said, there's always next year! And there's still OGS results to be released in May

Thanks for the update, MJ1986! I guess the delay in release of competition results makes sense, given the fact that the review of OGS applications is about 2 months behind schedule.

Hey congrats raccoonface and thanks for the update! You seem to be one of the first of the bunch to get notified by SSHRC (likely because of your location). Now it's time for the rest of us. @rontron, I'm also in Winnipeg -- I will make sure to post on here once I get a letter from SSHRC, unless you get yours first.

I'm a direct applicant and as of today, I have not yet received any notifications from SSHRC regarding the date of release of competition results (or any information about whether I am on the A or B list). Anyone have any updates re: direct SSHRC application results?

I heard from SSHRC by email that they received my application on Nov 7, 2011 (which was the deadline for the applications). I have not heard from SSHRC since. Some of my friends applied through the university (U of Manitoba) and received notifications whether they have been A- or B-listed in January or late December. It would be only fair if the direct applicants received similar notifications, so I would assume they are coming to us shortly.

Hey Everyone! I got a bit annoyed at the fact that there were no updates on the OSAP website re: my OGS application, so I finally called them up. They said that the updated information will be available mid-February. That's all they know.