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Maybe, in coming years whoever succeeds to get grants also should come here and discuss their experience.. which will help to reduce applicants' anxiety, to spread hope and improve self confidence.. But I also guess, this is because in this forum only new applicants or re submissions share their opi...

But I also guess, this is because in this forum only new applicants or re submissions share their opinions and experience.. there are so many re submissions who got funding and not share their experience here.. So we don't hear success stories :D A while ago, I found some MSCA IF statistics (officia...

I submitted my first application in 2016. My score was 89.6% and I submitted the same proposal with a different host addressing all weaknesses and got 73%. Even though hosts were different, both of them were excellent.. I scored 4.8 each in impact and implementation in 2016 which later reduced to 3....

I am not sure if any of these conclusions can be true. As in 2017 the story was different... all proposals that were in Ranking since the beginning (from Jan 12th) were either got a rejection or went to reserve list.. And the proposals that went to Ranking just few days before won the fellowship.. ...

I am not sure if any of these conclusions can be true. As in 2017 the story was different... all proposals that were in Ranking since the beginning (from Jan 12th) were either got a rejection or went to reserve list.. And the proposals that went to Ranking just few days before won the fellowship.. I...

Well, I was :lol: :lol: But you never know. Last year I was so confident I was going to get it and I got 76.4 So for this year I don't pronounce myself Such a lottery... this totally freaks me out. I read somewhere that there have been even 20 points difference in resubmissions. Doesn't make any se...