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This is far more specific than the "before the end of March". Given that there were several complaints on Social Media, first for the delay, and then for the vagueness of the "before the end of March", I believe that they are confident that the results will be announced next week. So, in 5-9 days si...

Your case is more proof that the whole magic link speculation is totally unreliable. Normally, submission phase remains until it goes to the vice-chairs. Though, the status of yours may not been updated at all. The magic link is like we try to draw conclusions out of thin air. We speculate that they...

I refer to the phase in Magic Link. Submission is before evaluation. Submission? The upload include a huge number of proposals, and it may happen until the very end before the announcements. Ranking means that the proposal's score was above the threshold 70, and it was uploaded to the system, nothin...

The upload include a huge number of proposals, and it may happen until the very end before the announcements. Ranking means that the proposal's score was above the threshold 70, and it was uploaded to the system, nothing more, nothing less than that. The evaluation may mean that either the proposal...

REPOSTING THE 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 a...

In the email they sent, it says: "with a view to complete an additional screening on a number of proposals." It is highly probable that they have several proposals that their evaluation was not approved by the quality check, and they were sent back. Also, this pinpoints that the number of evaluator...

Not exactly in Italics is the email that they received from Brussels. I saw that other NCPs have provided the same info,
so the email with the excuse was sent to every NCP.

UPDATE from central NCP of France: Good afternoon, Please find below the last mail we have just received about the results : Please be informed that we have had to delay the announcement of the results of the MSCA Postdoctoral Fellowships with a view to complete an additional screening on a number ...

The good news is that the "pressure" on Twitter was fruitful.
The bad news is that "before the end of March" is vague as a Kafkaesque hell.

CONTACT with the central NCP of France:
"Good morning,
Unfortunately, we do not have more information about the publication of the results.
But we will inform you if we get more information about it.
Best regards,"

Apparently they haven't been informed either. The whole situation is just a mess.