[Master's SSHRC 2012]

Saw this on the UVic website...It seems to reinforce the notion that almost all masters applicants who are forwarded to the national competition are ultimately given awards...

Evaluation process

1) Applications are ranked within each department;

2) Applications are ranked by the Faculty of Graduate Studies adjudication committee;

3) Applications are ranked by the SSHRC jury

• MA: this is pro forma; the decisions made at UVic almost always stand;
  
• PhD: UVic forwards an “A” list of recommended applications.
  

UVic recieves a quota for the MA and PhD SSHRC scholarships each year.

Here's the link if you want to see it for yourself: http://web.uvic.ca/h.../grad_sshrc.php

This is what I've heard too, but my questions revolve around the fact that there appear to have been cuts to the PhD sshrc program this year and that we should expect cuts too. What we don't know is if our schools received a lower quota or if the cuts will be enacted at the federal committee, in which case the competition is no longer pro forma.