angrycrustacean Posted February 28 Posted February 28 12 hours ago, AWD said: Hello everyone, I am wishing all of you the best luck. This is my first time applying and I am newly in research without publications. Although I think my research proposal is good, but based on my impression, I am not going to score very high for the SSHRC system. I applied SSHRC doctoral scholarships and didn’t even pass the faculty level of evaluations. Based on my impression, the chances of winning this scholarship are higher for those who had succeeded in SSHRC doctoral level scholarships with many publications. I know everyone is patiently waiting for the results these days, and I have to be honest that my application this time will determine whether I stay in Canada or go back to my home country. Saying I have no expectations is just untrue, but based on my years of experiences living and studying in Canada, I am really not confident (disappointed to be honest). I am not having much luck here in my studies and I hope people in my field have better learning experiences. We all know the hot research topics are having the highest chances. And this is very much the last chance that I have here in Canada. Last year, I was determined to apply this scholarship many times, but I am not that ambitious now. Wishing you all the best and keep going for the research you love and care. Sleep well too. Hopping on here to say that, although SSHRC does look at things like publications and previous SSHRC awards, those are not prerequisites and, at least in theory, reviewers should be assessing each application more holistically. Reviewers do vary, and the more cynical ones may attempt to use quantity of publications as an "easy" way to assess an application without much further thought – but a strong, compelling proposal should still get their attention and, if you have good reviewers, their fair consideration. ...still stressing about my own application, of course! Since finishing my doctorate I took a position as a research grants officer in a small university, where I review and submit professors' SSHRC applications. This job has given me two great insights: 1) even tenured, exceptionally well-published, previous SSHRC awardee professors strike out with SSHRC reviewers all the time, and 2) SSHRC doesn't tell research offices anything useful, so even from my semi-insider perspective I have no clue when we'll hear about this.😅 ArkyBarky 1
utistmtl Posted February 28 Posted February 28 If accepted for the SSHRC postdoctoral fellowship, do we have to start our postdoc on the exact date marked on our application?
ArkyBarky Posted February 28 Posted February 28 I'm not sure what the process is but you can defer for up to a year, sometimes longer in special medical circumstances.
Kamzee Posted February 29 Posted February 29 4 hours ago, utistmtl said: If accepted for the SSHRC postdoctoral fellowship, do we have to start our postdoc on the exact date marked on our application? I think you can as long as it fits within the dates they say you can start. So if you said September then the latest you can defer without exceptional circumstances is January 2025. But I haven’t verified this information with anyone or the website. It’s a good question that I’d like to know the answer to as well!
angrycrustacean Posted February 29 Posted February 29 (edited) I got the email. Successful! Committee 1 - Literature and Fine Arts. Score of 15.61/18, last application recommended for funding in my committee was 13.55. Just as data points for future folks, I previously held CGS-M, OGS, and CGS-D (with Michael Smith Foreign Study Supplement). Not a ton of traditional publications, but a strong portfolio of research-creation/performances. Edited February 29 by angrycrustacean AWD and msfinley 2
AWD Posted February 29 Posted February 29 Congratulations! Very happy for your success! I checked my email and there’s nothing. msfinley 1
ArkyBarky Posted February 29 Posted February 29 Is anyone having problems signing on? I've never signed onto Extranet this is a different site than the one we applied for. Do not have a password that works, and my email is invalid when I click forgot password. Anyone know what I'm doing wrong? AWD 1
msfinley Posted February 29 Posted February 29 Hi everyone, I got the email 10 mins ago. I was asleep and my phone’s email notification sound woke me up. But anyway, I was funded!!!! Committee 3, total score 16.05/18, score of the last application 14.01. Data for those interested: I had applied for a CIHR postdoc last year and a SSHRC postdoc the year prior and wasn’t funded either time. In my PhD, I held a Vanier, and in my Master’s I held a SSHRC. I’ve been working as a postdoc on a large SSHRC-funded project for a year now. Not a huge amount of publications (one book chapter, seven journal articles, and an additional four articles under review at the time of submission), though I do have a book being published with a large Canadian publisher, not sure if that helped. Co-I on three projects—two received SSHRC funding, one is under review. AWD 1
AWD Posted February 29 Posted February 29 I didn't receive any email and I found a way to enter the sshrc extranet for applicants login. The PDF of the results was posted 16 hours ago and it is not a success for me. My total is 14.28/18 Applications: 68 Fellowships Offered: 15 Fellowships Not Offered: 53 Score of the last application recommended for funding: 15.56 msfinley 1
AWD Posted February 29 Posted February 29 I did not receive any email notification and I was curious to use the forget password function on the SSHRC Extranet for Applicants page. I have never registered the SSHRC Extranet account and when I "found" my password, the result PDF was there, posted 16 hours ago with a folder that has a selection procedure and results letter in. I have done what I can and congratulations to those who are successful!
msfinley Posted February 29 Posted February 29 58 minutes ago, ArkyBarky said: Is anyone having problems signing on? I've never signed onto Extranet this is a different site than the one we applied for. Do not have a password that works, and my email is invalid when I click forgot password. Anyone know what I'm doing wrong? Hi ArkyBarky, were you able to get it to work? I’m so sorry, that is so frustrating!!! In my case, I had an account from when I applied two years ago, and that password was still valid. Is there any chance they have a different email on file for you to log in with? Terrible that they do this so late at night when you can’t access technical support.
Kamzee Posted February 29 Posted February 29 I too wasn’t successful. 15.17 was my score. The committee recommended but because of lack of available funds I didn’t get an offer. Hoping enough people drop so they can offer it to me but that’s a long shot! lol For those of you that can’t access the site, have you tried the forgot password button? I did that and got access. Congrats to those who were offered funding! bookmouse and msfinley 2
AWD Posted February 29 Posted February 29 It would be really really helpful to receive an email even saying: your results are out, go to xxx to find your results. According to the page, the results will be only saved for 90 days. What if there’s someone who didn’t know how to “find” their results? What if they learned how to find their results after the 90 days? I hope I am not sounding bitter, but, Wow.
torontonian27 Posted February 29 Posted February 29 Funded in 2A, with a score of 15.58/18. Last funded score was 14.06. Wrapping up the PhD now, had one article and one book chapter both forthcoming, and one article submitted, and that's about it! I have held the Joseph-Bombardier SSHRC and multiple OGS before this. msfinley 1
bookmouse Posted February 29 Posted February 29 No luck this year. I scored 13.55 for Committee 1, and was told the "Score of the last application recommended for funding: 13.55." So this is frustrating, as I tied to receive funding, but they gave it to the other person(s) who had the same score as me. The letter also said I was recommended for funding, but not enough funds to give out. For those interested, I received a 4-year SSHRC for PhD, two book chapters, and one article (all peer-reviewed). Has anyone heard about someone receiving funding after the initial rejection in a situation like this? Congratulations to everyone (funded or not!), it was a lot of work and a long wait. msfinley 1
bookmouse Posted February 29 Posted February 29 Hello! I have a quick question: I noticed on last year's forum page people said they were told their "rank" (meaning, out of the number of applicants in their committee #). Can anyone see that on their results this year? I cannot, and am wondering why they have removed this, as it would give me a bit of clarity on my chances of getting someone's declined funding. Thank you !
cndougherty Posted February 29 Posted February 29 Still no email for me and when I try the "forgot password" thing, I get an error saying that the page hasn't been shared with me.
cndougherty Posted February 29 Posted February 29 So, within 10 minutes of posting this I got my email and access to the results. I'm funded from Committee 5 for a proposal hosted at a foreign institution. My score: 15.49 / 18 There were 78 applications to the committee, 17 were funded, 61 were not. The score of the last application recommended for funding was 14.00. My profile at the time of application was ABD (last year of program), 4 year SSHRC doctoral fellowship, 4 journal articles, one book chapter, and 20 conference presentations.
JK3223 Posted February 29 Posted February 29 I scored mid 15, and the cutoff was a low 15. However I was not funded. Has anyone ever seen that before? I'm incredibly confused how I could score over .4 higher than the lowest funded application and not receive an award.
sparrow123 Posted February 29 Posted February 29 7 minutes ago, JK3223 said: I scored mid 15, and the cutoff was a low 15. However I was not funded. Has anyone ever seen that before? I'm incredibly confused how I could score over .4 higher than the lowest funded application and not receive an award. I was going to post about the same thing. My husband scored in the mid 15s as well and the letter says his application was recommended for funding, but there weren't enough funds available. The last application funded scored 15.07/18. I interpreted this as they recommended more applications for funding than they had funding for. So the 15.07/18 represents the "lowest" score of someone recommended for funding, but the person who scored 15.07 also didn't actually get the funding. Anyone know if this interpretation is correct?
PolTheorist Posted February 29 Posted February 29 2 minutes ago, sparrow123 said: I was going to post about the same thing. My husband scored in the mid 15s as well and the letter says his application was recommended for funding, but there weren't enough funds available. The last application funded scored 15.07/18. I interpreted this as they recommended more applications for funding than they had funding for. So the 15.07/18 represents the "lowest" score of someone recommended for funding, but the person who scored 15.07 also didn't actually get the funding. Anyone know if this interpretation is correct? Yeah so I think for some reason the information on this years results is different (at least that's what it seems like, this is my first time). From what I can tell, it used to include the last application score that was funded. But now it seems to include the last application score that was recommended, which I take to be very different. More than that, they no longer seem to include the ranking.
ArkyBarky Posted February 29 Posted February 29 11 hours ago, msfinley said: Hi ArkyBarky, were you able to get it to work? I’m so sorry, that is so frustrating!!! In my case, I had an account from when I applied two years ago, and that password was still valid. Is there any chance they have a different email on file for you to log in with? Terrible that they do this so late at night when you can’t access technical support. Thanks for checking in. I did! After multiple work around attempts haha. All to find out I didn't get it I scored 14.83/18, in Committee 3. Last score recommended for funding 14.01. 17/78 fellowships offered. This seems low compared to data from previous years, I guess that's to be expected given the state of things, though. Happy to all of you who got it! You're all deserving and will do great things with it I'm sure ❤️
Prettyflyforpolisci Posted February 29 Posted February 29 Received an email at 9:30am this morning, and I am funded, hosted at a foreign institution. Scored 16.14/18, committee 5. Score of the last app recommended for funding was 14. My profile: ABD, 3 articles, 1 book chapter, 10 conference papers, 7 public facing/community oriented publications. To those who didn't get it - it's a crap shoot, and a lot of luck. Remember this doesn't define the importance of your work or your worth. ❤️
ArkyBarky Posted February 29 Posted February 29 11 hours ago, Kamzee said: I too wasn’t successful. 15.17 was my score. The committee recommended but because of lack of available funds I didn’t get an offer. Hoping enough people drop so they can offer it to me but that’s a long shot! lol For those of you that can’t access the site, have you tried the forgot password button? I did that and got access. Congrats to those who were offered funding! For bookkeeping, what committee were you? Your score seems high
secretmongoose Posted February 29 Posted February 29 Committee 2B (Score of the last application recommended for funding: 15.07) I was Recommended for Funding but it was, unfortunately, Not Offered. My score was 15.58/18 , which I thought was pretty darn high to be passed over. Oh well.
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