Sylvat

Authorship is field specific, so this comment only refers to ecology/evolution. I think reviewers know what is going on if they see a pub list with 6+ authors on every pub and you are only the 1st author on one or two. Being the 3rd or 4th author on a pub with 8 authors doesn't count as much as second author on the 3 author pub. Not that total pub count matters anyway, two pubs in top ranked journals means a lot more than four in low ranked journals. It is a balence between number and quality.

Currently I am wrapping up a PhD in Ecology/Evolution. Applied to NSERC-PDF. At the time of application 6 first author and 3 second author peer-reviewed journal pubs published or accepted, and 2 first author submitted. Plus, 1 book chapter and ~15 conference presentations at the national or international level. There are more conferences but I couldn't fit them all in page allowances. Others are starting to find out, congrats to those who were successful all and good luck to those who have not heard.

Yup . Good luck to you and everyone else!

I just got my NSERC-PDF award letter this afternoon! I am in the Ottawa area, so I am guessing everyone will be finding out shortly.

It looks like NSERC may not really know (big surprise) when they are going to mail the answers. I just called and received a reply email. Both said mailing will begin late this week or early next week. Other than Marmoor, has anyone else received a different response?