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Ha, you replied before I submitted! Great job! congrats!

I've got my fingers crossed for you! And also, if you get it, TELL ME HOW PLEASE

Nah, I'm 10 months into a fabulous postdoc with its own funding, but I proposed this neat new project extending my current work. Oh well, fingers crossed for NSERC PDF, but I'm not holding my breath.

Well, are you running around celebrating, or just enjoy keeping me in suspense?

180, so more competition than I would have liked!

Heh. I just got my Banting result and I also ranked 69, with 23 awards for NSERC.

Just to let you know, the Banting results were just posted to Researchnet- so I expect the Vaniers are probably up there as well. I din't get the Banting Ranked 69 out of 180, with 23 awards given, so at least I can console myself that I was above average

How many applicants do they get for the Banting? I'm assuming that there are fewer applicants for it- and now, with a similar number of awardees- are the odds of getting a Banting actually *better* than getting a PDF?

You'll be getting my application package in the mail. (it will be the one accompanied by the bag of delicious candy. Pick me! Pick me! )

I was a bit shocked about mine, to be perfectly honest, but my mind is BLOWN by FailedNSERC's rejection. I know publications aren't everything in the rating scheme, but they ARE a convenient metric for measuring academic productivity and potential- and I'd say it's likely publication number and journal impact factors are fairly highly correlated with the quality of the proposal on the application. Not a hard and fast rule, but correlated. It's shocking when someone as clearly qualified as Failed NSERC doesn't get a fellowship but I suppose that it's just a reality- the shrinking pool of funds for a large pool of perfectly qualified applicants and all that. Things that seem subtle on our side end up being very important for ranking. I am a bit annoyed with the system right now. The lack of government support for something that has become a de facto step on an academic career path in most fields is just depressing.

I thought my letters were pretty strong- I chose my two co-advisors and they think a lot of me. And I think the proposal was pretty strong- in fact, my proposed supervisor has offered me a position in his lab to do exactly what I proposed. The NSERC wasn't strictly needed, but it would have been nice to be able to bring my own funds to the table.

Nothing about the waitlist.

Well, it finally came. Meritorious but unable to fund for a PDF in ecology/evolution, pre-approved for an IRDF. 9 papers (6 first author), 2 submitted, two refereed reports, loads of conference presentations, heavy involvement in scientific societies (I'm actually on the board of directors of one), good number of previous awards, including a PGSD3, reference letters that make me blush. *sigh*

Ahh! I can't believe this! Nothing today from NSERC about my PDF app in my mailbox, not on campus or at home, in Guelph. NSERC's online submission system says they *did* receive my app. I think someone at Canada post has it in for me!

Need is relative. I'm in the US right now, I just negotiated a postdoc position yesterday, I just assumed I didn't have the fellowship for negotiation, now of I get it, it just sweetens the deal.