tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8964719845369935777.post20740588862397489..comments2024-03-27T21:23:40.339-04:00Comments on Chemjobber: How hard is it to get a NSERC postdoc these days?Chemjobberhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15932113680515602275noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8964719845369935777.post-87264570018429369162018-12-23T08:36:24.037-05:002018-12-23T08:36:24.037-05:00Well, if you did your PhD in the States and plan o...Well, if you did your PhD in the States and plan on doing your postdoc outside the borders of the frozen wastes as well, then your success rate is guaranteed to be 0% according to eligibility rules. I think they are worried that if you are away for longer than five years, you will stop missing the snow (or rain if in BC). It is a legitimate worry I suppose, although not a perfect experiment since you might breed resentment against ever coming back and I did suggest an extremely small cohort study to see if it holds up, but it got rejected by the human experiment review board. It does save a lot of time on the application though.uncle samnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8964719845369935777.post-65944905456414175512018-12-18T07:16:28.336-05:002018-12-18T07:16:28.336-05:00My application for a chemistry PDF was unsuccessfu...My application for a chemistry PDF was unsuccessful in 2017. However, I received a percentile ranking that was significantly higher than the cutoff listed in the stats by Anon 8:50. I therefore suspect the success rates vary strongly by field. canuckanonnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8964719845369935777.post-24309255626803237972018-12-18T06:07:30.040-05:002018-12-18T06:07:30.040-05:00Thanks for the data, kind anon. A big problem with...Thanks for the data, kind anon. A big problem with the one-shot approach is that it encourages second postdocs, while disadvantaging fresh grads who have fewer papers to their name.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8964719845369935777.post-80542630500679659072018-12-17T20:50:16.334-05:002018-12-17T20:50:16.334-05:00Most recent success rate was 34% (199 from 594 app...Most recent success rate was 34% (199 from 594 applications). Applicants may only apply once. This decreases the pool size. In 2011, when applicants could apply twice, the success rate was 9% (133/1431). Chemistry rates are similar to these averages.<br /><br />Data:<br />http://www.nserc-crsng.gc.ca/_doc/Students-Etudiants/2017StatsScholarships_e.pdf<br />http://www.nserc-crsng.gc.ca/_doc/Students-Etudiants/CompStat-StatConcours_eng.pdfAnonymousnoreply@blogger.com