Talk Academia

Yes, time to start speculating whether this is now the "next week" or is it still the previous one. :D I'm putting my hopes on Monday, and meanwhile, just try to keep myself occupied with other things... (and obviously that is not going very well as I'm here writing this) :? Wait till tomorrow night...

Also asked from my NCP - no info whatsoever... I've just called to the spanish NCP, and Brussels haven't told them the date. He told me not to loose hope about today, but just like he did on Monday, so it's just his personal guess... May be another NCP has more info... Thanks for sharing your info, ...

Probably just so many users checking the status of their application at the same time? Seems to affect speed but not functionality. Wondering why there are so many technical issues in the potral, this is not the first time. If they can not solve the problem soon, I am afraid we might not get our res...

Yes, whatabout that indeed! And Trumpism, Yemen, the situation in Hungary, climate change and what not. Oh, wait – I think there are actually other forums for discussing those issues, right? :) Save the cat pictures for after the next terrorist attack. I've no idea how we would cope if lovely libera...

Yeah I guess by now, everyone has refreshed their portal page and the backdoor link at least a few times. No white smoke from Brussels.

xman25 wrote: ↑

Fri Feb 01, 2019 5:04 am

Today seems also not the day.

There should be the service break now, but at least I can access everything as usual. I wish this waiting would just end, even if I won't make it...

"Grant Management Services will be unavailable TODAY, 31.01.2019, between 18:00 and 18:10 CET. We apologise for any inconvenience this may cause."

Well it is clearly connected to the MSCA-IF-2018 database. The folder name OUTOFDATE can refer to an extension they no longer use at the website or a million other things, but the database connection is clearly there. ;) So this link was useless, as it is OUTOFDATE, and as some of us kept reminding ...

It does tell something about how crazy the academic funding system is that first we all spent days or weeks polishing our proposals (including the time spent by grant advisors and supervisors) and now it's difficult to get any work done while anticipating the results... All of this time would have c...

My guess is that many of the people who find their way into this forum are also among those who have put most time and effort in their applications. At least if I was just trying my luck with less effort I may not have ended up here. If this is true it could make sense that the acceptance percentage...