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Question for those who are on their 2nd+ time applying- can I ask what you have been up to in the interim time? I would love to work with my host supervisor and sponsor and have applied for several grants, which I’m scared of the results for. I’m still a PhD student, graduating soon. Curious what others have done while they wait for grants like this one to work out.

MSCA2018ABC wrote: ↑

Sat Feb 09, 2019 3:48 pm

Shocked
I just got my result by phone from the host institution in UK.
IF ENG, scored 92.6; however sadly it was still not funded. Although its my first attempt, I was quite disappointed. I have very strong CV (20 IEEE journals in Telecom, with 2 JSAC), top supervisor at host, and very potential proposal. I spent about 7 months for this with very much of hopes.

At the very beginning I was very confident to get the fellowship, but not. Academic life is so uncertainty.
Good luck to everyone

That's a shame that you are not funded even after 92.6, the cut-off is way to high. I am sure you will be reserve list and if you are in the top 3 -5 in reserve list you have a good chance. Good luck!

lolome wrote: ↑

Sat Feb 09, 2019 4:29 pm

A total lottery or, instead, the better your proposal the more tickets for the lottery?

That would make sense in a perfect world. However, the variation in evaluation meters between reviewers is the problem. It may seem (to you or me etc) that the next proposal is flawless or much better than the previous one. The problem is that your evaluators have to agree with you and score high enough. I think we all know, when submitting papers, that the opinions of reviewer no1 and no3 can be completely opposite

I had a high score (but not funded) last year and I disagree with the evaluators on most points. For instance, they said, too little time for fieldwork for one of my case countries. I have two decades of experience doing fieldwork on similar projects and I know exactly how much time I need per case. They also said "interdisciplinary AND gender aspects of the proposal have not been sufficiently addressed". The instructions clearly said that gender aspects should only be addressed if relevant (they weren't for me) but the evaluation feedback suggested that they may be assessing those two aspects together (I believed interdisciplinary aspects of my proposal had been sufficiently addressed). A few other similarly dubious points. This time around I did as instructed - added more time for fieldwork, added gender aspects, etc. Was the revised version an improvement? Not so sure, the original proposal was tighter and, imho, better. So, "bettering" the proposal is relative .

lolome wrote: ↑

Sat Feb 09, 2019 4:29 pm

A total lottery or, instead, the better your proposal the more tickets for the lottery?

MSCA2018ABC wrote: ↑

Sat Feb 09, 2019 3:48 pm

Shocked
I just got my result by phone from the host institution in UK.
IF ENG, scored 92.6; however sadly it was still not funded. Although its my first attempt, I was quite disappointed. I have very strong CV (20 IEEE journals in Telecom, with 2 JSAC), top supervisor at host, and very potential proposal. I spent about 7 months for this with very much of hopes.

At the very beginning I was very confident to get the fellowship, but not. Academic life is so uncertainty.
Good luck to everyone

So sorry! I also got a 92 mark (one point below funding) in GF-ENG last year and I was put on the reserve list. Two weeks ago I got the rejection letter. Let's see what it's going to happen this year. It depends on reviewers. Results are almost there!

This is my first post here. I am in RANKING!

Good luck to everyone!

My proposal was GF -ENG. Cut off is 90 and reserve list 88 point for this year.

danGFSOC wrote: ↑

Sat Feb 09, 2019 1:57 pm

I am not good at number but definitely a success rate of 17-18% for gf is a pessimistic calculation. There was an increase of 33% of the budget and 0% increase of applications... and lst year success rate was 16-17

Well, so as I thought cut off for gf are lower than last year and 2016. Let s see what will happen

gerdogan wrote: ↑

Sat Feb 09, 2019 5:38 pm

My proposal was GF -ENG. Cut off is 90 and reserve list 88 point for this year.

danGFSOC wrote: ↑

Sat Feb 09, 2019 1:57 pm

I am not good at number but definitely a success rate of 17-18% for gf is a pessimistic calculation. There was an increase of 33% of the budget and 0% increase of applications... and lst year success rate was 16-17

gerdogan wrote: ↑

Sat Feb 09, 2019 5:38 pm

My proposal was GF -ENG. Cut off is 90 and reserve list 88 point for this year.

Hey guys. I didn't resist and here is my 1st post. How do you know the threshold values for this year? Good luck to everyone for any case.

I second the question.

PS. I held out for 4 full days before signing up (and then downloading the damn extension .

MC_IRL wrote: ↑

Sat Feb 09, 2019 6:10 pm

gerdogan wrote: ↑

Sat Feb 09, 2019 5:38 pm

My proposal was GF -ENG. Cut off is 90 and reserve list 88 point for this year.

Hey guys. I didn't resist and here is my 1st post. How do you know the threshold values for this year? Good luck to everyone for any case.

Hey did anyone hear yet by email? or do we assume the system is still not working