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Many thanks Qube! It's true that MSCA is more prestigious and may open many doors for my future career. However, after discussion with my PI and the grant office, I've decided to refuse MSCA. FWO is offering me more time and additional bench fees for my research, which will increase my chances to pu...

Thanks St_Remy for your input! I must say I am still torn in my decision (mostly because of arguments you just wrote) .. I am in contact with FWO and the grant office in my host institution, I need to clarify some things before making the final call about which fellowship I will accept. Declining th...

Thank you FairEnough! MSCA is offering better salary and some extra money for the trainings/conferences etc. But FWO MSCA program is also giving good conditions to their fellows (I believe that the exact salary depends on your seniority). I think I will decline MSCA after all and keep the FWO senior...

I got it as well!! I've got 94,2 in EF-LIF

Don't loose hope!!!

Hi FairEnough, Yes, I can confirm what vivelasociologie already said: you got it, congrats!!! You still need to fill an application which is super confusing but don't worry: the grant is yours! From my part, I refused the FWO MSCA at the end because I got the FWO senior one which is three years inst...

Many thanks for sharing this Qube and good luck for your application! You had the amazing score, you should get funded! I am not sure if I understand correctly the system to re-distribute the funding... If they will try to reach the same success rate in each individual panel, it means that people wh...

I have always assumed that the return phase involves the country of residence but it's true that if you're not coming back to the UK at the end of your fellowship it makes the situation even more complicated...I would say that in this case you should be funded by EC because the host of your return p...

Hi pjwmx, UKRI offers to fund the candidates who were granted the global fellowship this year: Global Fellowships This type of MSCA fellowship lasts between 2 to 3 years, of which the first 1 to 2 years will be spent in a non-associated Third Country, followed by a mandatory return phase of 1 year t...

I share trina’s point of view. The budget this year was 25,6% smaller than last year (partially due to the UK association issue) meaning that many of us who are high on the reserve list would have been funded from the main list in the previous call. Instead, we are facing the disappointment and the ...

Even if EC won't fund people with a UK host, there is still a chance that UKRI will contact people from the reserve list as well..
Good luck with your funding and don't lose hope!

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Wed May 18, 2022 8:41 am

My hope is gone if they do like this as my host is in UK.