Talk Academia

Another rejection here Congrats to the "winners." I'm done with MSCA and their host of brain-dead experts for good. You kids have fun playing the reviewer lottery in the years to come. Remember to check the magic link

I don't want to burst anyone's bubble or anything, but why do you expect the EC to publish anything a day early? Genuine question.

2 years ago they (the EC) first contacted the winners, then announced it on twitter without informing those who didn't get it, which in turn meant that effectively 10 000 people found out they didn't get funded via a tweet. :roll: Naturally this didn't fly well with those 10 000 people. :lol: So, ne...

No worries. And for anyone who want to try and crack the code https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1j0p219T-KlCEcJClR13lG-sKmchTKk7dNgZhmdqZe6o/edit?resourcekey#gid=782972678 This sheet was made from last year's call, and as you can see, despite the small sample size is that any and all interpreta...

Sorry to burst everyone's bubble, but ranking/evaluation doesn't mean much. I've done this dance 3 times now. Was close every time (seal of excellence/participation trophy). Last year there were a couple really dedicated members who quite diligently noted the changes, and it turned out the ranking/e...

https://ec.europa.eu/info/sites/default ... europe.pdf

Can we stop with the UK narrative?

UPDATE for Magic Link: NCP replied to my question regarding the phase on the magic link. Note that the institution has a long history in MSCA (approx. 5 IF/PF per year). The proposals that go through the Evaluation and the Quality Check (there are 3 like quality managers who need to approve the eva...

A quick reminder for those "across the pond" that daylight savings time is still very much a thing, but it's on a different date than you cross-oceanic weirdos
So you don't pull any additional hairs (if here are any left at this point).

Fresh from the EC's website: The Grant Management Services will be experiencing issues on Wednesday, 09.03.2022, between 07:00 and 08:00 CET and might also experience issues later in the day. This may be nothing, but I'd expect they are getting ready for loads of people logging on and checking the p...

This is my first time application. What does it mean when still in evaluation phase? Can someone clarify pls Short answer: nobody knows. Long (and dubious) answer: there's a theory (with some correlational data) on this forum that an early change in the phase of the application signifies a higher s...