2021 Marie Curie Postdoctoral Fellowship (HE-MSCA-PF-2021)

[anonymous_insider]

All,
I've been lurking all day, and eventually I have decided to register, because I felt compelled of reassuring to please take your time off from this OCD deep-digging into things. I am myself an applicant of several EU calls, I've been awarded an MSCA-IF twice in a row, and I've also served as remote evaluator (hence, my username). I am now longing for this call's results (like all of you are), because I have submitted a fellowship as prospective supervisor (primary host) of a very promising post-doc.
I have checked the famous magic link with my former accepted and rejected proposals, and I can tell you that the 'ranking' keyword means nothing but 'the IERs have been collected, we are now ranking the proposals'. Nothing more than that. Hence, it's not a reason to hope nor fear that the proposal is funded or rejected, respectively.
Just to clarify, one of my rejected proposals (another call type) is now in 'informed' status. So, unless we can get the user ID and pw of the evaluators of our proposals or even of some 'higher entity', I'm afraid there is no way to get to know in advance. Unless of a leak... Actually, in my experience, the ESR will arrive when you least expect it... Maybe while having your s**t in the morning...

Hey there, real OCD person here!
Can´t wait to get to a position in my career when I forget about all the stress and sleepless nights that led to that point so that I can´t tell poor grantless postdocs, hanging for a thread in their scientific life, just to chill out!!! Oh, that must feel goooood

And in the process brag about the number of awards you have got before us

I'm not bragging about anything, just sharing my experience. I got so many proposals rejected And every time I saw that European Commission email I though I was having a heart attack and couldn't find the courage to read it.

[triad_Mon]

I really do not know why they always prefer to announce the results in the beginning of the week and EXTREME early while we have FRIDAY. It is super hard to handle a rejection before your breakfast, on a tuesday morning, especially if you have experiments to be done or supposed to have an important meeting.

That is the most accurate thing I have read until now

[UKR]

Friday is the starting day. Now we are so close. Only two Fridays are left.

Results will come at weekends mostly.

Amen sis

Never happened for MSCA?

[2021]

Mostly confirmation email on Monday or Tuesday since last 3 yrs.

[Steminist]

Friday is the starting day. Now we are so close. Only two Fridays are left.

Results will come at weekends mostly.

Never happened for MSCA?

Dude, I really do not get your logic but ok, whatever you say. Don't push yourself so much to give a response to everybody And leave me out of it, I am already at my limit. Best wishes ¡adiós!

[UKR]

143 days we waited, then 10 more days can go as well.

Mostly confirmation email on Monday or Tuesday since last 3 yrs.

[UKR]

No one can bring the results before they dont push the send. Even if we go out of limit nothing will happen.

Friday is the starting day. Now we are so close. Only two Fridays are left.

Never happened for MSCA?

Dude, I really do not get your logic but ok, whatever you say. Don't push yourself so much to give a response to everybody And leave me out of it, I am already at my limit. Best wishes ¡adiós!

[Cr@zyChem]

Good morning my people,
You know I am the mayor of crazyville and I like to speculate (it's my coping mechanism). But I woke up to a msg from my host saying results should not be expected before de set date!
I'll try to enjoy my Weeknd and get some things done!
But of course, I will stop here from time to time to check things up!
Sending you all the best wishes!

[horizon]

Folks, please. I believe it doesn't make any sense guessing from some random clues. Let's try to don't speculate on that and wait. We'll receive the results soon.

I like your username and also like the fact that its diametrically opposite to what you are suggesting to do . Just trying to find the funny side of all this.

[AnotherCandidate]

My heart stopped for a second this morning as I received a mail with [Horizon Europe]

But it was a mail from my lab to indicate this year calendar for Horizon Europe grants...