SSHRC Postdoc 2024-2025

[jiko1]

Hello! What was the reason for declining if I may ask? Did you find another postdoc? 

 

 

[jiko1]

3 hours ago, slc4a3 said:

I had to decline the grant so if there is a waitlist there might still be some hope for someone in 4b!

Sorry i forgot to quote you in the previous post

[slc4a3]

yes! i accepted a more generous grant from a nonprofit

[jiko1]

9 hours ago, slc4a3 said:

yes! i accepted a more generous grant from a nonprofit

Thats amazing! Congrats

[jiko1]

Hello everyone. I got confirmation from a sshrc worker that there is indeed a waitlist, and that if someone declines, the offer goes to the next in rank. The offer stays within the committee. If anyone knows about declines please post it here for those who are on the waitlist

[jiko1]

Hello everyone, the deadline to decline/accept was yesterday. Did anyone hear of a decline? There has been declines in 2B and in 6.

 

[JK3223]

Hey everyone, I came back to say that I whiffed on all five postdoctoral fellowships I applied to (including this one), but received multiple tenure track offers at schools I hold in high regard. Don't lose hope! The Canadian funding system is exceptionally fickle and opaque.

[jiko1]

13 hours ago, JK3223 said:

Hey everyone, I came back to say that I whiffed on all five postdoctoral fellowships I applied to (including this one), but received multiple tenure track offers at schools I hold in high regard. Don't lose hope! The Canadian funding system is exceptionally fickle and opaque.

That's amazing! Did you find out which rank you were here? There's still the possibility to get an alternate, but taking a full time position would be way better. 

[JK3223]

2 hours ago, jiko1 said:

That's amazing! Did you find out which rank you were here? There's still the possibility to get an alternate, but taking a full time position would be way better. 

I am not sure where I ranked. I was about half a point over the "approved for funding" cutoff in a group that had a cutoff around 15.00. I imagine I was close, but I am not sure. 

I only applied to TT positions for practice and to get into the habit--and landed a US R1 and a Canadian dream school ABD! Of course, I would be turning the SSHRC money down if it were offered to me and instead making the postdoc project my inaugural research plan.

Edit: I should say I was committee 6. 

Edited April 1 by JK3223

[jiko1]

52 minutes ago, JK3223 said:

I am not sure where I ranked. I was about half a point over the "approved for funding" cutoff in a group that had a cutoff around 15.00. I imagine I was close, but I am not sure. 

I only applied to TT positions for practice and to get into the habit--and landed a US R1 and a Canadian dream school ABD! Of course, I would be turning the SSHRC money down if it were offered to me and instead making the postdoc project my inaugural research plan.

Edit: I should say I was committee 6. 

That's amazing congrats! I am still looking but I am bound to Toronto because of family. It decreases my chances to find a job tremendously. 

There has been 1 decline in committee 6 that I know of, if you are next in line you might get it, if you do get it let us know here please! 

[waitlistchump]

Hey Jiko,

I was wondering how you knew that "There has been declines in 2B and in 6."

Also, do you know if they have reached out to anyone on the waitlist yet?  I was told that I was ranked #14 in committee 2B.  Fellowships were offered to 12 applicants in 2B, so, I would guess that means that I'm second on the waitlist?

All of my other postdoc apps have failed this year, so I'm really hoping that there's a chance that they reach out to me...

[jiko1]

4 hours ago, waitlistchump said:

Hey Jiko,

I was wondering how you knew that "There has been declines in 2B and in 6."

Also, do you know if they have reached out to anyone on the waitlist yet?  I was told that I was ranked #14 in committee 2B.  Fellowships were offered to 12 applicants in 2B, so, I would guess that means that I'm second on the waitlist?

All of my other postdoc apps have failed this year, so I'm really hoping that there's a chance that they reach out to me...

Hey!

Ive been asking here on gradcafe and on reddit, if anybody knew about declines. Someone here on gradcafe who won a banting said they knew someone who declined on 2B. Someone here in this post said they declined in 4B. 

Yes, you are second. 

There is a waitlist, and it is committee specific. The next in line gets the alternate. However, the timeline is weird. Alternate can be given at any time, like it could be in may or september, even though declines all happened in march. I still don't understand the logic here. If you find info on this it would be really helpful.

This is from a supervisor: 

'Alternates are possible. SSHRC officers do not want to raise the expectations of any candidates as that would be unfair to them, but you have a reasonable shot at receiving the award. If you are first alternate you will receive it if anyone ahead of you declines theirs. The two most likely reasons someone would decline are if they receive a tenure track job, a Banting post-doc, or simply decide to leave the field. 

The number of SSHRC Banting winners is very small and many of the winners have previously or currently hold a SSHRC postdoc, so the odds of one of the winners being from your committee aren't great. Your best hope is that someone gets a job!

Good luck. You might not hear until June or even later. I supervised a SSHRC funded postdoc who didn't hear until late summer the year she got it and came off the alternate list'

 

Updated .message: 

I'm in a similar situation. I am first in committee 3 and I cannot find a job or a postdoc .. however I think we should forget about the sshrc postdoc, we don't even know when the alternates will happen. Some received alternates in september, there's a whole lot of time from now to september, we can't sit there and wait.. Its definitely better to forget about it than be reminded of it constantly.

 

I did send an appeal too but I am not hoping much from it. 

Edited April 8 by jiko1
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[ArkyBarky]

How do you know you're the first alternate in committee 3? I don't see how this can be deduced from the info we are given?

[jiko1]

1 hour ago, ArkyBarky said:

How do you know you're the first alternate in committee 3? I don't see how this can be deduced from the info we are given?

It is not! You have to keep asking them until they tell you. I kept emailing them for 2 weeks until someone finally answered and told me I am at rank 18. They are secretive and lack transparancy.. but it is our right to know our rank. 

[waitlistchump]

Yeah, that's how I found out my ranking was #14 in 2B. I had to badger them until they finally relented.  In past years they told you right on the application how you ranked. I'm not sure why they changed that. 

I've had a really unlucky year of being ranked as a top contender for numerous postdocs and tenure-track jobs but just couldn't land anything.  Even with a lot of interviews, I only got one campus visit which turned into an offer, but then the had to cancel the line because the university didn't have the funds...  It's like I'm cursed to always be one or two percentage points away from landing anything - infinitely close but never quite making it.   The waitlist for the SSHRC is basically the end of the line for me here, career-wise.

[jiko1]

8 hours ago, waitlistchump said:

Yeah, that's how I found out my ranking was #14 in 2B. I had to badger them until they finally relented.  In past years they told you right on the application how you ranked. I'm not sure why they changed that. 

I've had a really unlucky year of being ranked as a top contender for numerous postdocs and tenure-track jobs but just couldn't land anything.  Even with a lot of interviews, I only got one campus visit which turned into an offer, but then the had to cancel the line because the university didn't have the funds...  It's like I'm cursed to always be one or two percentage points away from landing anything - infinitely close but never quite making it.   The waitlist for the SSHRC is basically the end of the line for me here, career-wise.

Don't give up. Publications are the most important thing in academia. Even more important than postdocs or grants. 

[jiko1]

Btw, for the sshrc waitlist, it would be helpful to know (also for future applicants) when the waitlist period begins and finishes.

Edited April 12 by jiko1
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[waitlistchump]

If I hear anything, I'll post it here. Fingers crossed...

[jiko1]

Hey everyone! 

This is from the 2024 budget report released yesterday : 

 

"To increase core research grant funding and support Canadian researchers, Budget 2024 proposes to provide $1.8 billion over five years, starting in 2024-25, with $748.3 million per year ongoing to SSHRC, NSERC, and CIHR." 

 

 

Edited April 17 by jiko1