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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.

We're up to 17! And I'm still waiting for PDF results, too.

Yeah, I was worried it would be even lower. this year. I'm worried enough as it is, no one from my university (NO ONE) has gotten a PDF in the past couple years.

Who ISN'T interested in entomologists!?

The person that administers the NSERC scholarships at U of G is on vacation. *facepalm*

My department chair (who I just emailed) says our department hasn't gotten access yet, though they did get the discovery grant information today. I'm at U of G.

I'm with you, Yellowtulip. I'm waiting on PDF results but I'm supposed to be starting a position in the States. Lucky for me, I'm not defending till later this month, and have managed to put my supervisor there off for a couple months after that to get my affairs in order here, get relevant visas, etc, but I'm actually leaving for a lab visit at my new position tomorrow. I'm supposed to be negotiating the particulars of my position on this trip, and I thought for SURE I'd know my fellowship status before arranging it. *melodramatic sigh* The position isn't contingent on me getting the fellowship, but it sure would put me in a better position for negotiating things.

There was that one guy, apparently at Waterloo (not from this forum) reporting he got a CGS on twitter on the 26th, and it was retweeted by NSERC. So that seems legit. But otherwise, we might be being trolled. Damnit. Trolling naturally high strung, control freaky grad students about potentially life-changing information. It's like shooting fish in a barrel.

I just talked to my department chair- she hasn't heard anything about NSERC- neither the fellowships nor the discovery grants, and kind of scratched her head, and remarked. "Hmm, they're pretty late this year, aren't they?" She was surprised when I told her there were a few people who had reported getting their letters in other cities already because almost always, the department is emailed a few days before the letters start arriving.

Quick question for everyone who's heard- did the mail arrive to your "current mailing address" or your 'permanent' address? I put my university mailbox for the former and my home for the latter- so I need to figure out which mail room I should camp out by today!

Sylvat, you're my application clone- I have almost the exact same specs, and am in the same field and everything, exact same publication record, except instead of a book chapter I have two peer reviewed government reports. I haven't heard yet (in Guelph) but your positive result gives me hope!