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== '''Results received (successful''') == REMEMBER TO POST YOUR SCORES, DISCIPLINE AND QUALIFICATIONS. (Can you mention if you are ABD or finished. Also whether you applied to do the postdoc at an institution different than your PhD). Score: Discipline: Location: (eg, Canada, US) Status: (eg, ABD, 1yr, 2yr) Qualifications: (eg, pubs, presentations) *Sucessful (Montreal, letter received tonight). Score: '''25.4. '''Discipline: '''Political Science'''. Location: award to be held in Toronto and U.S. Status: ABD (4th year). Qualification: 1 single author peer review journal article, 2 multiple authors peer review publications, 1 R&R. + 20 conference presentations (2/3 in competitive & international conference), organized workshops and conferences, 2 reserch reports for government. [posted 2/25] **Congrats!! Where did you list the R&R in your application? **Great news. How do you hold a postdoc in Toronto and the US? *Successful Toronto (26/2). '''27.4.''' Discipline: '''History'''. ABD when I applied. An article and a chapter published. 2 articles and one chapter under review at the time of application. Several scholarships and conferences. *Successful Toronto (26/2). Score '''27'''; '''Literature'''. ABD. Award to be held in US. Three published articles in field; several scholarships (including past SSHRC funding); conferences. **Congrats! I don't recall a place to list R&R papers in the application. I know you can only list a pub under Research Contributions if it's been accept (i.e., forthcoming). Can someone clarify? *Successful Toronto (26/2). Score '''29'''. '''Fine Arts'''. PhD in hand. Award to be held in UK. One book, three peer-reviewed articles, two book chapters, SSHRC doc funding, several conferences. (Third time's a charm. Don't despair!) **Congrats! What do the successful envelopes look like? Thick or thin? **Congrats! I'm curious about what your post-doc will be focusing on in the UK, if your comfortable sharing? I've also applied for a post-doc in the UK in Fine Arts (haven't heard the results yet, but am still curious) *Successful Toronto (26/2). Score '''28.5'''. '''Medieval Studies'''. ABD. Award to be held at Oxford. Two peer-reviewed articles (one co-authored). Lots of conferences. Previous CGS at MA and Ph. D level. The envelope has three pieces of paper so it was fairly thick. *Successful Peterborough (26/2) Score '''23.9''' (just under the line? hm) '''History''', ABD. Three articles, CGS for my doctorate. This was my second year applying. **I don't get how people can be ABD and on their second or third postdoc applications. How does one just sit on an almost finalized dissertation for three years?! ***(note I'm not the OP) Disciplines vary widely in what ABD means then! In History, at least at my institution, ABD status is granted after comprehensive exams and a successful dissertation proposal, before any of the dissertation is undertaken. It essentially means that course-work and readings fields are completed and you are considered sufficiently prepared to UNDERTAKE your dissertation. Average time to completion in History is 8-9 years, so, ABD is not "sitting on an almost finalized dissertation," it's "dissertation in progress," which can means many different things. FYI :) ****People apply for a postdoc after submitting a dissertation proposal? ****There are lots of reasons people can THINK they're almost done one year, and still not be done the following year. Preganancy, illness, illness of a spouse or dependent, can all happen and really slow things down. Also candidates and committees can disagree on whether the work is ready, or what direction revisions should take. Most common, though, is people running out of funding and having to take jobs (teaching or non-teaching) that take time away from the dissertation. It's very, very common. Consider that the average completion time is 6.5 years. No one aims to finish in 6.5 (or more) but it happens. *****Or much more simply - if the post-doc works out, you hurry to graduate on time. If it doesn't you take the funding / teaching offered at your home institution for another year & keep working on the dissertation along with other pubs, conferences etc to beef up your CV for the next year's round of application. *Successful Toronto (26/2). Score '''28.5.''' '''Philosophy'''. PhD in hand. Award to be held in the U.S. Two peer-reviewed articles. Previous CGS at MA and PhD levels. (Second time applying; last year was waitlisted with a score around 23.6, before the publications.) **This gives me hope :) I'm also in Philosophy, PhD in hand, and I submitted with 4 publications (though I have more now). Congrats! *Sucessful (Montreal, letter received tonight 26/2). Score: '''24.4. '''Discipline: '''History'''. Status: 4 year after PhD - with carreer interrupted -. Qualification: one book, 7 articles in peer reviews and several books chapters (third time applying). *Stunned and successful. London (Feb. 27th). Score: '''23.6'''. Breakdown: Track record: 10.8; Programme of work: 12.8. First time applying. Programme: '''Socio-cultural anthropology'''. I defended my dissertation late last August. Award to be held at Cambridge. Two OGS's (one declined, one accepted); and a SSHRC CGS Doctoral. Previous successful grant-writing experience. I've got 5 articles in total (5 of which are single author); 4 submitted; 1 multi-authored book chapter; 1 book review; 1 government report; and one newsletter; two kids (sort of an academic contritbution--genetic at the very least) and a cat (a freeloader). I have only one conference presentation (my field research didn't work out until my second last year) so I had nothing really to present. **I have no idea who you are but you seem awesome and I'm super glad that you were successful. Congrats! *Got successful letter this morning in Vancouver. Score '''27.5.''' ABD Psychology, applied to hold in the US. 7 peer-reviewed, 3 book chapters, 2 commentaries. Lots of conferences I guess, but I'm not sure they ever matter. *Received successful letter in London Ontario. Score of '''25.1''', to be held in Canada, phd in hand. Interdisciplinary scholar (Panel was Literary Theory, phd in '''interdisciplinary program'''). Prior SSRC and 2 OGS. 3 peer reviewed articles, 2 of which are in top tier journals. 4 book chapters. I book review. 4 co-authored monographs. Numerous research reports. Numerous conferences, including international. *Sucessful (Kitchener-Waterloo Feb 27th). Score: '''25.6/30''' (12.5 and 13.1), to be held in Canada. PhD in hand (1yr out) in '''Philosophy'''. At time of application: 4 publications, lots of conferences, grad studies provincial award (OGS). I've since added more publications and conferences, but they didn't know that. Happy news for those waitlisted: I'm probably going to turn it down since I've been offered a job (and there may be other offers). Best of luck to you all! *What do they mean when they write that the information in the letter is to be held in strict confidence? Who are we allowed to tell? ::*I wrote them that same question and they say that this means we cannot go public with our results (but SSHRC said I could tell my family, friends, and present/future supervisors) ::*When are the results 'public'? They didn't provide me with a date or anything. *(2/27) Vancouver, ABD, '''Economics 28/30''', 3 pubs *(2/27) Successful in Ontario: '''Anthropology,''' ABD; Score: '''24.5'''; to be held in Canada at different institution than PhD; 3 peer-reviewed pubs (one co-authored), 1 book review, 1 conference proceedings chapter; OGS & SSHRC M.A.; CGS Doctoral 4-years; numerous travel grants & 1 write-up fellowship; 10+ conference presentations (although I am relieved, this and other fellowships really are like a black box lottery...I can see from this year and past years' wikis how many people waitlisted for SSHRC could just as easily have been successful if different committee members had read the applications...so I like the advice above: "don't despair", just keep applying and eventually your lottery numbers can win! I hope for all of our sakes that the baby boomers finally get tired and begin to retire so we can all begin our careers...) *(2/27) Vancouver, '''History''', ABD, '''26.5/30''', 2 journal articles, MA and PhD SSHRC-CGS awards, 10+ conference presentations, to be held in Canada. *(2/27) Hamilton, ABD, '''Religious Studies'', '''''successful application, award to be held in Canada. *(2/28) Vancouver, ABD, '''Geography'''. Score '''24.9''' (Track record 13.5, Program of work 11.4). To be held in US. *(2/28) Success in the American Midwest, '''Art History''', Fine Arts Committee. Score 27.5, 14.5 record 13 program. First time applying, 5th year ABD at a big, non-fancy US public university. Four peer reviewed articles, of which 2 in top tier journals; 5 other pubs; 15+ national and international conferences; 4-year doctoral SSHRC and previous other awards, including a Joseph Armand Bombarbier. My two cents about this process: in general, SSHRC likes politically left-leaning and experimental research and may actively dislike private universities, which I think explains some of the disparity with people who get big US awards and no SSHRC. I have to say, the job market has been a hellishly stressful process for me, and the support and humor of the people on this forum has been an important source of support. Thanks so much, everyone, and good luck to next year's applicants! *(2/28) Midwest,''' Classics''' (archaeology), Classics et al. committee. '''25.9''' (13.2 track record). ABD. to be held in Canada. First time applying. *(2/28) '''Fine Arts''' (or maybe history; how do we know which discipline they put us in?), '''26/30''' (12/15 track record, 14/15 program), to be held in the USA. First time applying, a couple years out of my PhD. I knew my track record would be lower than my program, as I have only one peer-reviewed article, and a few non-referred contributions including conference presentations. But I've also organized conferences and seminars, had some other interesting (quasi-academic) projects on the go, and had an offer to have my manuscript peer-reviewed for publication as a book, from a reputable academic press. The letters must have been strong, and they were from well-known people. I just want to say to future applicants who feel nervous about their track records: it's impossible to predict how committees will look at things and how the various regional (etc.) quotas will play out, so go for it! *(1st March) '''Political Science 24.3. '''Interestingly my score is slightly lower than last year's when I was waitlisted, and even though I now have graduated and have more publications! Go figure!!! Anyhow, while I am happy to have gotten it, I will likely turn it down (so don't despair if you are on the waiting list!). After a year outside of academia, I found that I really like my work...and I am not sure I am ready to get back into that level of stress and constant 'insecurity'. *'''Anthropology 29.9. '''ABD, award to be held at the institution where I completed my PhD (UWO). 15/15 record, 14.9/15 program. 8 journal articles as 1st or sole author, 1 as co-author, 1 book chapter as co-author, 20+ conference presentations, SSHRC CGS MA and PhD. **What could possibly be the missing 0.1 on your program? A semi-colon instead of a dash? *'''Public Policy. '''26.5/30. Track record 13.7/15, program of work 12.8/15. 6 peer reviewed publications, 13 reports. 10+ conference papers. *(8th March). '''ABD Geography, 27.5/30'''. Track record 14.5/15, program of work 13/15. To be held in Canada, completing PhD in the UK, 2nd time applying (first round got 17/30). 4 Publications (of which 2 in print at time of application), many conferences, SSHRC MA award, and a series of UK based awards for the PhD. Potential for close research collaboration with the Canadian Postdoc team, which I think helped a lot on this round, and we did consider Banting before deciding on SSHRC. *'''English/ Interdisciplinary, 25.4''' (11.5;13.9). PhD in hand (2.5 years out). To be held in Canada. First time applying to anything SSHRC-related. Publications: 1 book in press, 2 articles, 1 review, several encyclopedia entries (do those even count?); Lots of conference presentations. Some previous funding from European institutions.
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