stud007 Posted April 3, 2012 Share Posted April 3, 2012 Your stats are good. I am afraid I have to accept the same fate tomorrow. By the way, which dept. in engineering are you from, if you don't mind? Your stats are good. I am afraid I have to accept the same fate tomorrow. By the way, which dept. in engineering are you from, if you don't mind? Electrical and Computer Engineering... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
stud007 Posted April 3, 2012 Share Posted April 3, 2012 CGS-M at UofA here... Department just emailed me. Results are in! CGS-M at UofA here... Department just emailed me. Results are in! Congrats! Can u tell me which department are u in? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
uofa-guy Posted April 3, 2012 Share Posted April 3, 2012 Congrats! Can u tell me which department are u in? ECE (elec and comp eng) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MTL18 Posted April 3, 2012 Share Posted April 3, 2012 CGS-M at UofA here... Department just emailed me. Results are in! Congrats! And congrats to your department administrative staff for staying after 4! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
uofa-guy Posted April 3, 2012 Share Posted April 3, 2012 Congrats! And congrats to your department administrative staff for staying after 4! Email came at 3:56 PM Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
eliasg Posted April 3, 2012 Share Posted April 3, 2012 Contacted by the department...I got a reject for NSERC PGS/CGS.... :( I m soo disappointed!. I strted PhD in 2011 (transfer frm Master)... had 8 publs, 5 conf, 1 journal 2 as a chapters in book... Impossible. wowwwwwwwww dont believe it Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
marmoor Posted April 3, 2012 Share Posted April 3, 2012 I think the funding was low this year Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
eliasg Posted April 3, 2012 Share Posted April 3, 2012 My supervisor is in the committte in NSERC and told me that conference paper do not mean a lot. To have a a PGS-D, you must have at least 1 paper as first author unless your grades in bachelor are eceptionnal (more than 3.9/4) with good leadership and communication skills. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
eliasg Posted April 3, 2012 Share Posted April 3, 2012 My supervisor is in the committte in NSERC and told me that conference paper do not mean a lot. To have a a PGS-D, you must have at least 1 paper as first author unless your grades in bachelor are eceptionnal (more than 3.9/4) with good leadership and communication skills. The girl in the department show me the letter sent by NSERC to them; This year only 270 CGS-D were awarded Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Clarrien Posted April 3, 2012 Share Posted April 3, 2012 PGS-D in British Columbia. I think I'll turn it down for the Vanier offer I got this morning... what do you guys think Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
eliasg Posted April 3, 2012 Share Posted April 3, 2012 PGS-D in British Columbia. I think I'll turn it down for the Vanier offer I got this morning... what do you guys think Very strange. You win Vanier and you have PGS and not CGS ??? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mattboud Posted April 3, 2012 Share Posted April 3, 2012 PGS-D in British Columbia. I think I'll turn it down for the Vanier offer I got this morning... what do you guys think Haha congrats! You just made a waitlisted applicant very happy! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GradStd Posted April 3, 2012 Share Posted April 3, 2012 The girl in the department show me the letter sent by NSERC to them; This year only 270 CGS-D were awarded Last year there were 291 CGS-Ds, it means almost ~7% cut, definitely it is gonna hurt some of us:(( Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tomj Posted April 3, 2012 Share Posted April 3, 2012 (edited) Last year there were 291 CGS-Ds, it means almost ~7% cut, definitely it is gonna hurt some of us:(( To be precise, I see 285 here (5% drop). http://www.nserc-crsng.gc.ca/_doc/Students-Etudiants/CompStat-StatConcours_eng.pdf Edited April 3, 2012 by tomj Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ironmonkey66 Posted April 3, 2012 Share Posted April 3, 2012 The girl in the department show me the letter sent by NSERC to them; This year only 270 CGS-D were awarded This is about the same number offered in 2010 and 2011. So I guess we might expect similar results for other awards such as PDF. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mattboud Posted April 3, 2012 Share Posted April 3, 2012 The girl in the department show me the letter sent by NSERC to them; This year only 270 CGS-D were awarded Last year 285 CGS-Ds were awarded, so it's not a significant decrease. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
marmoor Posted April 3, 2012 Share Posted April 3, 2012 hehehe so 9% PDFs last years is going to be 2%, cooool its like winning the lottery. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MichalK Posted April 3, 2012 Share Posted April 3, 2012 I don't know why I keep reading this forum, it makes me so nervous... haha jnoel12 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Clarrien Posted April 3, 2012 Share Posted April 3, 2012 Very strange. You win Vanier and you have PGS and not CGS ??? I'm not surprised actually - I think it is because of the weighting of the categories. Research is more heavily weighted for PGS/CGS D than Vanier, and I am weaker in research than leadership. I had no first author publications accepted at the time of application, only 2 with co-authors, and some collaborations with government and international researchers, but my manuscripts are just on their way now. I think if I had been applying a year later, I would have gotten CGS instead. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
eliasg Posted April 3, 2012 Share Posted April 3, 2012 I'm not surprised actually - I think it is because of the weighting of the categories. Research is more heavily weighted for PGS/CGS D than Vanier, and I am weaker in research than leadership. I had no first author publications accepted at the time of application, only 2 with co-authors, and some collaborations with government and international researchers, but my manuscripts are just on their way now. I think if I had been applying a year later, I would have gotten CGS instead. Congratulation ! Clarrien ? You deserve it . Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GradStd Posted April 3, 2012 Share Posted April 3, 2012 To be precise, I see 285 here (5% drop). http://www.nserc-crs...oncours_eng.pdf http://www.nserc-crsng.gc.ca/NSERC-CRSNG/FundingDecisions-DecisionsFinancement/ScholarshipsAndFellowships-ConcoursDeBourses/index_eng.asp Please follow this link, Tab-2011. 285 may be final standing after declined/all sorts of things. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
eliasg Posted April 3, 2012 Share Posted April 3, 2012 http://www.nserc-crs...s/index_eng.asp Please follow this link, Tab-2011. 285 may be final standing after declined/all sorts of things. Suggestion : Tomorrow, everyone go to the department office and boycott them until they give results Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MTL18 Posted April 3, 2012 Share Posted April 3, 2012 My supervisor is in the committte in NSERC and told me that conference paper do not mean a lot. To have a a PGS-D, you must have at least 1 paper as first author unless your grades in bachelor are eceptionnal (more than 3.9/4) with good leadership and communication skills. I'd personally be shocked if it were that simple....Especially because colleagues of mine at McGill were awarded a PGS-D without having a 1st author paper in years past. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
eliasg Posted April 3, 2012 Share Posted April 3, 2012 I think this forum will explose tonight ! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Clarrien Posted April 3, 2012 Share Posted April 3, 2012 Eliasg, you have to let us know the result tomorrow! I am crossing my fingers for you! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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