2020 Marie Curie Individual Fellowship (H2020-MSCA-IF-2020)

[nino]

Thanks for the information, very helpful

Talking to a friend now, the really bad part of this is that it's certainly not easy to recycle this proposal to other calls, given the format is so specific and it doesn't share much similarities with other calls (to my knowledge). Any thoughts on this?? Curious to see your opinions/comments/suggestions

Hi!

There are some fellowships to do research in Japan (https://www.jsps.go.jp/english/e-fellow/index.html). There are two calls every year. They are as competitive as MSCA (in general 9-11% of success) but the number of people applying is, in general, around 1200.
Even though it is also a lottery, the most important thing they value is the project, same as MSCA. However, the project in this Japanese fellowship is only 2 pages.
In this case, I think you can recycle the proposal. Actually, I did something similar. This is my first time applying for the MSCA (I didn't get it, below the threshold), but I got the Japanese fellowship this last December.

My point is that I attended lots of seminars, I had a lot of help from the host supervisor and institution and they gave me a lot of tips to write a good proposal for MSCA during the summer. I used the same style, same structure, a slight similar project but very different at the same time in the Japanese fellowship, which I submitted in late September, and I got it!! So...if you summarize it, you can recycle it for this fellowship.

[Esbesp]

Thanks for sharing man, wonderful post indeed. Congrats on your Japanese succed!!

Talking to a friend now, the really bad part of this is that it's certainly not easy to recycle this proposal to other calls, given the format is so specific and it doesn't share much similarities with other calls (to my knowledge). Any thoughts on this?? Curious to see your opinions/comments/suggestions

Hi!

There are some fellowships to do research in Japan (https://www.jsps.go.jp/english/e-fellow/index.html). There are two calls every year. They are as competitive as MSCA (in general 9-11% of success) but the number of people applying is, in general, around 1200.
Even though it is also a lottery, the most important thing they value is the project, same as MSCA. However, the project in this Japanese fellowship is only 2 pages.
In this case, I think you can recycle the proposal. Actually, I did something similar. This is my first time applying for the MSCA (I didn't get it, below the threshold), but I got the Japanese fellowship this last December.

My point is that I attended lots of seminars, I had a lot of help from the host supervisor and institution and they gave me a lot of tips to write a good proposal for MSCA during the summer. I used the same style, same structure, a slight similar project but very different at the same time in the Japanese fellowship, which I submitted in late September, and I got it!! So...if you summarize it, you can recycle it for this fellowship.

[Mary_dramaqueen]

30 minutes until midnight...hoping that something happen after it. Surely, nothing LOL
MSCA results are the new happy new year.

[NoPanic42]

30 minutes until midnight...hoping that something happen after it. Surely, nothing LOL
MSCA results are the new happy new year.

HAPPY NEW FEAR

[MSCA_ENG20]

30 minutes until midnight...hoping that something happen after it. Surely, nothing LOL
MSCA results are the new happy new year.

HAPPY NEW FEAR

[NoPanic42]

30 minutes until midnight...hoping that something happen after it. Surely, nothing LOL
MSCA results are the new happy new year.

HAPPY NEW FEAR

Last year I received the email on 4th Feb at 00:53

[no42]

Btw, someone commented about the results discussion on FB again.

Really? scree shot?

It looks like the admin removed it. I cant find it anymore.

[Mary_dramaqueen]

HAPPY NEW FEAR

Last year I received the email on 4th Feb at 00:53

LOOL at 00.53? It is like when we program an email, because we all do but I found it so hilarious this time selected by MSCA. "Let's send it on 8.00 am, uhm, maybe it is better on 00.53"

[Starlight]

Last year I received the email on 4th Feb at 00:53

LOOL at 00.53? It is like when we program an email, because we all do but I found it so hilarious this time selected by MSCA. "Let's send it on 8.00 am, uhm, maybe it is better on 00.53"

Well, it's thousands of emails. I assume they use some sort of loop to prevent their servers from crashing, no?

[Mary_dramaqueen]

90 guests online. Everyone is looking for that first guy who will yell: LAAAAAAND