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Well that can only result in more IRDF's instead of PDF's. BTW based on the below link we will have no news from NSERC till April http://www.thestar.com/news/canada/article/1138743--federal-budget-will-be-delivered-on-march-29

well I hope they increase funding and this leads to more awards

any news?

I guess they are late based on my expectations, I have postponed accepting a job offer to after March 21th to see how I do in NSERC

Why is NSERC never on time when I apply

What is your publication record Winter 2012?

Called NSERC, they are still not sure when they will mail the letters but it will be near the end of March.

Has anyone tried calling NSERC? I think if they are sending letters late this year they should mention this..

I remember from last year's forum that people started getting their letters starting March 20.

Where do you live? I also got me CGS-D in 2009 very late but that year NSERC was running very late and it was not normal.

I would predict Ottawa residents will get their letters in mail on Monday

Any news from grad offices?

I thought it was always 40K, I just remember it was not taxable a few years ago but now it is (I mean PDF ofcourse)

Thanks alot, Good luck to you and everyone else.

Cant wait any more, so are they being mailed this week, I live close to Otawwa so I guess I should get it as soon as it is mailed.

Any news?

Well these are reports from last year budget, dont think it gives much info regarding this year. I wish they would just post names on their websites and get this over with!!!

Well lets just be positive, I am not even sure getting a PDF is the way to go when finding an academic job is getting harder everyday.

Well if only we are lucky, I received my CGS-D results April 10 but that was three years ago and NSERC was running really late that year.

Silicon, you wont be able to check with any secretary if you are applying for PDF, they will only contact you. But for PGS-D since the application goes through the department first they get the news before you. I got my doctoral scholarship news via mail since our grad office was not willing to disclose information.

I am from McGill

Thats great, Do you have NSERC now? I guess the awards do matter as well. I also think the paper counts are based on the area of research, I am in ECE and all my friends with more than 5 first author journals got PDF last year.

Well good luck to everyone lets see how it goes this year, the government is very underfunded and I dont think the number of PDFs will change this year.

Peeler, are you referring to their journal count? I do have around 9 first author conference papers as well. How about u? I know a friend in CS that had only one submitted journal and got PDF, I have no idea how their evaluations work. My proposal for CGS-D was mostly related to Bio stuff and I got it but my proposal this year is CS and Math based so I guess I wont get a good score for that.

Who is a PDF applicant? Whats your paper count? I have 4 first author and one second author accepted and am completely hopeless based one last year's statistics