SSHRC 2017-2018

This page is for tracking SSHRC awards to be held during the 2017-2018 academic year.

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SSHRC Postdoctoral Fellowships support the most promising Canadian new scholars in the social sciences and humanities and assist them in establishing a research base at an important time in their research careers.

SSHRC Postdoctoral Fellowships provide stipendiary support to recent PhD graduates who are: undertaking original research; publishing research findings; developing and expanding personal research networks; broadening their teaching experience; preparing for research-intensive careers within and beyond academia; and preparing to become competitive in national research grants competitions.

Fellowships will normally be awarded to candidates affiliated with a university other than that which awarded the PhD.

SSHRC Postdoctoral Fellowship awards are tenable at Canadian or foreign universities and research institutions.

SSHRC welcomes applications involving Aboriginal research, as well as those involving research-creation.

Value: $40,500 per year

Duration: 12 to 24 months

Application deadline: (8 p.m. eastern) September 21, 2016

Results announced: February 2017

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Stats
Applying as an ABD: 14

Applying with a PhD (0-1 years out): 13

Applying with a PhD (2-3 years out):2

Total: 29

Applying to hold at a Canadian institution: 24

Applying to hold at a non-Canadian institution: 5

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SEE ALSO: Humanities and Social Sciences Postdocs 2016-17

Acknowledgement of application received

 * Received email from SSHRC September 23rd at 3:08pm acknowledging confirmation of my application (applying from Canada).
 * Email from SSHRC on Sept 26
 * Email from SSHRC on Sept 30
 * Email from SSHRC on Sept 27

DISCUSSION / Q&A
Jan 2017 - Anyone else counting down the days? Can't wait to check my mailbox twice a day throughout Feb!


 * - Oh yes! Can't wait. Pretty nerve wracking.
 * - Jan 21st - I can relate, no clue what I am doing if I don't get this.
 * -23 Jan - Nor me. Put too much stock in this, currently trying to rebalance my expectations and I'm applying for other jobs and postdocs now too, it helos with the anxiety.
 * -Jan 25 - Whoa, February? Really? I thought I got my waitlist (/rejection) in March or April last year. Oh well. My memory is kinda crappy. Feb suits me! At this point, SSHRC is pretty much my only academic hope this year. My jobs spreadsheet is all red.
 * - Jan 25 - Yea, I got my waitlist (/rejection) in mid-February last year. I think they were mailed on Feb 12th. Imagine they got them done early this year? That would be a-m-a-z-i-n-g.
 * -Jan. 26- Hi, team. Thought it might help to know that I contacted SSHRC this week to verify my address, and they confirmed that letters will be sent out in February. They said the competition is still ongoing, and didn't say when in Feb.
 * - Jan. 28 - Thanks for the info. Hopefully they put us out of our misery sooner rather than later!
 * - Jan 31 - It will definitely be mid-Feb, I checked the previous GradCafeForum threads and this is when the applicants were notified in the last several years. Good luck all! I created a thread on GCF a few months back for the 2017-18 competition, feel free to check it/post on it :) http://forum.thegradcafe.com/topic/83150-sshrc-postdoctoral-fellowships-2017-2018/


 * Jan 31: this impending decision is making me so scatter-brained. Trying to focus/write/finish the diss is a painful process right now


 * - Feb 1 - Best option is to expect/plan for failure. Not saying it to be a d***. The odds are against us, and it is far more productive to channel your energy towards other things (publishing, applying for jobs, etc) than thinking/hoping for this. Also, if you figure out how to do this, let all of us know!


 * - Feb 4th - Has anyone received a letter for the Banting PDF yet?


 * -Feb 3 - No still anxiously waiting.  Some resources said that we were supposed to hear yesterday but others just say "Early February".  Sigh looks like it will be next week.
 * - Thanks! I saw also February 2nd and I was not sure if all applicants receive letters at the same time (i.e. later in case of rejection...). But you are right, most of sources just say "Early February"
 * -I actually just chatted with someone who won last year and he said that they mail all the letters at the same time.  So you will just get a letter that says how you ranked out the the X number of applicants and how many were awarded.  So they might have been mailed yesterday?  Who knows!  Best of luck to you!
 * -Thank you very much for your input...I will sleep better this week-end. So, they are mailing letters or just post it on recherche.net? Perhaps both?
 * -He made it seem like it was just a letter.  I'm not quite sure about researchnet!
 * - OK, thanks again, In any case, we will probably be fixed next week!


 * - Feb 6 - The Banting website says that "Following approval by the Tri-agency programs steering committee, the Vanier-Banting Secretariat will notify applicants of the results of their application by posting a decision letter to their ResearchNet account." I do hope we don't have to wait for it come in the mail - online results are much more convenient.
 * Oh I really hope so!!!  I'm assuming we would get an email notification if the status changed on researchnet.  I don't want to start obsessively checking my account.


 * - Feb 5. - Just wanted to send a little love out to everybody stressing out about this pending decision. The eventual outcome of this does not reflect your intelligence or worth as a researcher. Life will go on after this, either way. Keep your head up. Keep grinding, and good things will follow.
 * - so true- look no further than the list of bright and accomplished people who didn't get the SSHRC (on last year's page) to see that receiving the SSHRC is not a good measure of your worth
 * -6 Feb - That is very kind! A bit of perspective is always appreciated.

- Feb 6 - Emailed SSHRC today about the mailing of results. No date set yet. They estimate results wont be sent until late this month.
 * On the bright side, Feb only has 28 days, right? ;-)

-Feb 6 - One thing I am wondering this yes is if they access the waitlist. So far as I can tell (as someone only 2 spots off the winning list, and as a follower of this wiki) they didn't give any awards out on the list, whereas in previous years, they did. I also wonder how many winners there will be this year. There was a fairly big drop in total awards last year vs. the year prior.
 * Feb. 6. Yes I wonder about this too. Last year I was 1st on the waiting list in my section. Everyone seemed sure an award would come through given the norms of previous years. But in the end, nothing. What's going on at SSHRC? Why even bother with a waiting list if it just creates false hope?
 * Traditionally, wait list movement was driven  by people getting TT jobs. Those individuals would decline the post-doc and the next 'person up' would benefit. The scarcity of jobs has put a dent on movement. Some people are also negotiating to have start dates for TT jobs delayed so that they can do a year on the post-doc. It is a perfect way to build up your pipeline before jumping into a TT. At the end of the day, there are too many of us... and too few opportunities.

Feb.7 -- Has anyone heard anything about the Banting Fellowship yet? It's the end of the business day and I still haven't received any kind of notification.
 * Nope! Status is still in peer review (x2).  Emailed and no release date was given.
 * Do we know finally if the decision will be mailed or posted on recherchenet?
 * From what I was told we should be able to access directly from researchnet!

Feb 8 - Any Banting updates?
 * Not yet...and I am starting to be a little frustrated...
 * Me too.  I wonder what the hold up is!
 * My guess would be that due to conflicting schedules they have been unable to time the necessary meetings.

Feb. 10 -- End of the day and STILL no word on the Banting. Thanks, Ottawa, for dragging this out into next week!!
 * another week down, another ounce of my sanity and patience depleted