Damn!!!
2021 Marie Curie Postdoctoral Fellowship (HE-MSCA-PF-2021)
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Re: 2021 Marie Curie Postdoctoral Fellowship (HE-MSCA-PF-2021)
Dear Cr@zyChem,Cr@zyChem wrote: ↑Fri Mar 11, 2022 4:48 pmSo this experience has me revaluating my life choices... I am in my 40s, living on rent, no car, counting pennies by the end of the month... begging for discounts on conferences... I look around and see my peers from undergrad that went into the industry with their well-organized financial lives...
So, by September I decided to give it a shot and started looking for a prospective supervisor in Europe, hoping for a change in my career and stability. I found this host, they were very gracious. I intended to apply for an international mobility fellowship from my home country. In our interview, the host asked me if I´d be interested in applying for MSCA, but they told me the deadline was very tight. At this point, I had never heard about MSCA before. I started working on my proposal in mid-September. It was very difficult, different from any other proposal I had ever written (which are not many). The hosty could not send me any successful application, but they send me an unseusscefull one, with the evaluation comments, to guide me as to what not to do. At the time, I was on vacation, so I was working around the clock, sending texts to them every two or three days, they would make comments and corrections within hours. The international office in the host was superb, helping me with the bureaucratic aspects, even reading through the whole thing and giving me pointers.
So, I have been holding to this chance as my last straw of hope to turn my career and my life around, but since joining this forum I realized what a big shot it is, and it requires a long time of preparation...
Same story here. Despite 2 independent postdocs and three collaborative major research projects (on different research capacities), I am still struggling to get tenure position in my India and have applied for the MSCA PF with the hope to move in Europe. May I know where are you from?
Re: 2021 Marie Curie Postdoctoral Fellowship (HE-MSCA-PF-2021)
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Re: 2021 Marie Curie Postdoctoral Fellowship (HE-MSCA-PF-2021)
If I get MSCA I will learn, otherwise will see the next host language.
Re: 2021 Marie Curie Postdoctoral Fellowship (HE-MSCA-PF-2021)
Yeah, I am flabbergasted hearing to all of you people, academic brilliant, and yet struggling. Academia is not fair in the great scheme of things. In other areas mediocre professionals might still succeed, while in academia brilliant people are struggling! I wish you all the best now and in your future endeavours.MSCA_Failure wrote: ↑Sat Mar 12, 2022 7:10 pmDear Cr@zyChem,Cr@zyChem wrote: ↑Fri Mar 11, 2022 4:48 pmSo this experience has me revaluating my life choices... I am in my 40s, living on rent, no car, counting pennies by the end of the month... begging for discounts on conferences... I look around and see my peers from undergrad that went into the industry with their well-organized financial lives...
So, by September I decided to give it a shot and started looking for a prospective supervisor in Europe, hoping for a change in my career and stability. I found this host, they were very gracious. I intended to apply for an international mobility fellowship from my home country. In our interview, the host asked me if I´d be interested in applying for MSCA, but they told me the deadline was very tight. At this point, I had never heard about MSCA before. I started working on my proposal in mid-September. It was very difficult, different from any other proposal I had ever written (which are not many). The hosty could not send me any successful application, but they send me an unseusscefull one, with the evaluation comments, to guide me as to what not to do. At the time, I was on vacation, so I was working around the clock, sending texts to them every two or three days, they would make comments and corrections within hours. The international office in the host was superb, helping me with the bureaucratic aspects, even reading through the whole thing and giving me pointers.
So, I have been holding to this chance as my last straw of hope to turn my career and my life around, but since joining this forum I realized what a big shot it is, and it requires a long time of preparation...
Same story here. Despite 2 independent postdocs and three collaborative major research projects (on different research capacities), I am still struggling to get tenure position in my India and have applied for the MSCA PF with the hope to move in Europe. May I know where are you from?
Btw, I am from São Paulo,Brazil (shout out to all my fellow Brazilians in the forum!)
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Re: 2021 Marie Curie Postdoctoral Fellowship (HE-MSCA-PF-2021)
Do you think Marie Curie herself would have won the MSCA scholarship named after her?
Re: 2021 Marie Curie Postdoctoral Fellowship (HE-MSCA-PF-2021)
Maybe after fifth submission.
fourtimesfailedmsca wrote: ↑Sat Mar 12, 2022 7:58 pmDo you think Marie Curie herself would have won the MSCA scholarship named after her?
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Re: 2021 Marie Curie Postdoctoral Fellowship (HE-MSCA-PF-2021)
Thank you for your reply. Keep in touchCr@zyChem wrote: ↑Sat Mar 12, 2022 7:54 pmYeah, I am flabbergasted hearing to all of you people, academic brilliant, and yet struggling. Academia is not fair in the great scheme of things. In other areas mediocre professionals might still succeed, while in academia brilliant people are struggling! I wish you all the best now and in your future endeavours.MSCA_Failure wrote: ↑Sat Mar 12, 2022 7:10 pmDear Cr@zyChem,Cr@zyChem wrote: ↑Fri Mar 11, 2022 4:48 pmSo this experience has me revaluating my life choices... I am in my 40s, living on rent, no car, counting pennies by the end of the month... begging for discounts on conferences... I look around and see my peers from undergrad that went into the industry with their well-organized financial lives...
So, by September I decided to give it a shot and started looking for a prospective supervisor in Europe, hoping for a change in my career and stability. I found this host, they were very gracious. I intended to apply for an international mobility fellowship from my home country. In our interview, the host asked me if I´d be interested in applying for MSCA, but they told me the deadline was very tight. At this point, I had never heard about MSCA before. I started working on my proposal in mid-September. It was very difficult, different from any other proposal I had ever written (which are not many). The hosty could not send me any successful application, but they send me an unseusscefull one, with the evaluation comments, to guide me as to what not to do. At the time, I was on vacation, so I was working around the clock, sending texts to them every two or three days, they would make comments and corrections within hours. The international office in the host was superb, helping me with the bureaucratic aspects, even reading through the whole thing and giving me pointers.
So, I have been holding to this chance as my last straw of hope to turn my career and my life around, but since joining this forum I realized what a big shot it is, and it requires a long time of preparation...
Same story here. Despite 2 independent postdocs and three collaborative major research projects (on different research capacities), I am still struggling to get tenure position in my India and have applied for the MSCA PF with the hope to move in Europe. May I know where are you from?
Btw, I am from São Paulo,Brazil (shout out to all my fellow Brazilians in the forum!)