UBC2012

Thanks. But this is for last year not for this year. This is the scholarship distribution for Jan to March 2012.

No, I insisted alot to even tell me these stats. But based on these numbers the waitlist chances would be less, I guess.

I just called NSERC and the lady was kind enough to tell me that : This year around 100 applicants have been awarded the PDF and almost 37-40 (in total) have been short listed. I guess NSERC should close the PDF program as it is just shrinking each year.

Congratulations. May I ask you what dept are in and possibly your stat?

No it was just for phys/chem. The number of shortlisted people in each discipline depends upon the number of applicants. Last year there were almost 190 applicants for phys/chem. For ECE there was 241 applicants. So you might expect to have a higher number of people being short listed in ECE.

No, I just insisted for a couple of minutes to let me know how many people in average get shortlisted. I sent a request to NSERC to provide me with the reviews for my application but they are not going to send it to me until June.

Is there any body here from Mechanical/Civil Engineering who has been shortlised for the PDF award?

Just called the NSERC rep for Physics and Chemistry to see how many people are shortlisted for PDf (of course I am in the engineering program, but the engineering rep did not give me a clear answer). He told me that in average they shortlist between 5-10 people and last year only 2 of them got out of the list.

I know a friend of mine last year got out of the list. I do not know what was his rank. I guess in each category (e.g. electrical engineering) they shortlist 2-3 people and not more. That's just a guess.

Yes, I am in the waiting list and yes they offred me the IRDF. But the truth of the matter is that IRDF is absolutely pointless. I would rather find a job in the industry instead of working for two years for a company that might result in hiring me and nothing more.

Got my PDF results in Vancouver. Shortlisted.

Hi Tasneem. Congratulations. I wonder if you can please share your stat with us.

Thanks for sharing your stat. Out of these 8 papers, how many of them were published or accepted in the time of application?

Congratulations. Can you please tell us your stat?

Can you please tell us your stat?

could you please tell us your stat in terms of publications and field of study?

Just called another Dept of NSERC to see if the 8-10 percent is trustworthy. He told me that last year the success rate was 10-14 percent (it was around 10, I guess) and this year is 8-10 percent. He also mentioned that they have had a drop in the success rate for this year. Sorry again for very bad news. I know from last year's forum someone with 8-10 journal publications did not get the award.

For PDF applicants: Just called NSERC and asked for the number of awards, he told me that he does not have the exact number but only 8-10 percents of the applicants have been awarded. Sorry for bad news.

Just called another department of the NSERC. Been told that they might send out the results by the end of the week. So,I guess yeah the results are not ready yet. Sit back and do your theses.

eliasg, do you think the piece of information that you provided earlier regarding your department knowing the results is trustworthy? if so, why did the NSERC staff told me that the results have not be sent out?

That's what I have been told. Not sure if I can trust it.

Just called NSERC and they told me that they have not sent out the results yet becuase of the delay in the budget announcement. They told me that they will send them out late this week or early next week.

You are talking about being polite. Would it be polite if in a group of friends where every one is listening, you talk in a language that most of them do not understand?

It is extremely impolite to write in French in a forum where most of people do not know French. If you want to talk in French, why don't you go and create a forum for it and enjoy it?

Guys, have you noticed that in this forum ONLY a couple of people from "Ottawa University" with the mailing address in Ottawa have received their results and nobody else from elsewhere has received anything. I believe some thing fishy is going on here. Just to be sure that my hypothesis is correct: has any one from any other canadian city or university received any type of notice for PDF, PGS, CGS, ... (rejection or acceptance) from NSERC or the university? If so, please let us know.