2018 Marie Curie Individual Fellowship (H2020-MSCA-IF-2018)

[SOC-2018]

No limitation

Does anybody know if there is any limitation in terms of the number of times an applicant could submit an MSCA proposal (eg. maximum 3 or 4 times)?

Great! thanks! It is my second try and I was thinking of reapplying if I failed again!

[danGFSOC]

Well B-2 is important but I can't imagine a "fatal error" in the B-2 part, even a formal one. Maybe, for GF, only forgetting the letter of commitment can make your application not eligible. But it is good to have a so strong support from your research centre.

Hello everyone again

I personally think it's good that we know we should not extent results soon (thanks Bren and others who posted about if before). This constant wait and forum-refreshing state of mind does not seem very good.

I'm not very optimistic because I made a formal mistake in Form B-2 (without exceeding the maximum page numbers). I know what you are going to say: if I was not careful enough, I probably do not deserve the grant! The truth is that I spent a lot of time on the application but I misunderstood something all along, and only noticed after submission. Please have some understanding and don't trash me yet!

This formal mistake would suggest I should not even pass the 70% threshold! And still, I appeared on Ranking. Paradoxically, I need to have the rejection ASAP because my host organisation told me that, if that were the case, we could prepare alternative ways for me to join the research centre.

[kassiek]

That sounds painful! I may reapply a second time but I can’t imagine torturing myself a third time!

Good luck I hope you get it this time and don’t need to apply again!

[evolved]

Either the information is the same in the two links or not. Subdividing the sample into more and more subcategories doesn’t help. Your assertion would need a much higher sample to validate. Mine needs only a single observation being different between the two links, which is what you also saw.

They're the same for everyone with RANKING.

You just proved that the information on the two links was not the same (with 1 exception out of 4 people,as you say).
How did you come to the conclusion that the two links are the same.

Also, regarding the difference between the first link (now deleted) and the OutOfDate link (the one we had): It appears that there isn't any of those who got RANKING and reported their status on both links.

Last year, those with Ranking in one reported also having ranking in the other (ST-LIF, Soc-2018, AK_MSCA). One person (Project798132) had SUBMISSION in the OutOfDate link and EVALUATION in the first link.

So whether or not we use the same link as last year wouldn't make a difference.

[SOC-2018]

That sounds painful! I may reapply a second time but I can’t imagine torturing myself a third time!

Good luck I hope you get it this time and don’t need to apply again!

perseverance and patience are the key to success in academia! (and of course a bit of luck! )

[fr489]

I completely agree with this. I think the rest of the proposal was decent, especially for a first timer, but I assume one cannot afford minor errors like these.

If you are all curious, I exceeded the one-page limit for the participating organisation, in a very silly way (changing the font size would have been enough to keep it at one page). I misread the instructions and remained convinced all along that the one-page limit applied to something else. Mea culpa. Thus I expected (even wanted) a very early rejection that would allow me to find alternatives with the host organisation.

Hello everyone again

I personally think it's good that we know we should not extent results soon (thanks Bren and others who posted about if before). This constant wait and forum-refreshing state of mind does not seem very good.

I'm not very optimistic because I made a formal mistake in Form B-2 (without exceeding the maximum page numbers). I know what you are going to say: if I was not careful enough, I probably do not deserve the grant! The truth is that I spent a lot of time on the application but I misunderstood something all along, and only noticed after submission. Please have some understanding and don't trash me yet!

This formal mistake would suggest I should not even pass the 70% threshold! And still, I appeared on Ranking. Paradoxically, I need to have the rejection ASAP because my host organisation told me that, if that were the case, we could prepare alternative ways for me to join the research centre.

As the evaluators' assessment is essentially based on the first section of the proposal, I think it is not so surprising if your proposal reaches the threshold of 70 (provided that the first section is really well-written)! However, I'm afraid your mistake may cost you the fellowship because it is too competitive! but who knows?! keep your fingers crossed!

[evolved]

You were tortured with this? No way they are going to reject you based on this insignificant error. Most likely they will not even notice.

I completely agree with this. I think the rest of the proposal was decent, especially for a first timer, but I assume one cannot afford minor errors like these.

If you are all curious, I exceeded the one-page limit for the participating organisation, in a very silly way (changing the font size would have been enough to keep it at one page). I misread the instructions and remained convinced all along that the one-page limit applied to something else. Mea culpa. Thus I expected (even wanted) a very early rejection that would allow me to find alternatives with the host organisation.

Hello everyone again

I personally think it's good that we know we should not extent results soon (thanks Bren and others who posted about if before). This constant wait and forum-refreshing state of mind does not seem very good.

I'm not very optimistic because I made a formal mistake in Form B-2 (without exceeding the maximum page numbers). I know what you are going to say: if I was not careful enough, I probably do not deserve the grant! The truth is that I spent a lot of time on the application but I misunderstood something all along, and only noticed after submission. Please have some understanding and don't trash me yet!

This formal mistake would suggest I should not even pass the 70% threshold! And still, I appeared on Ranking. Paradoxically, I need to have the rejection ASAP because my host organisation told me that, if that were the case, we could prepare alternative ways for me to join the research centre.

As the evaluators' assessment is essentially based on the first section of the proposal, I think it is not so surprising if your proposal reaches the threshold of 70 (provided that the first section is really well-written)! However, I'm afraid your mistake may cost you the fellowship because it is too competitive! but who knows?! keep your fingers crossed!

[fr489]

I think they are instructed to notice, precisely because it is so competitive. In any case I will report my score here so that we all learn from it and avoid similar future mistakes

[ATBGF2017]

Relax. They won't even notice...

You were tortured with this? No way they are going to reject you based on this insignificant error. Most likely they will not even notice.

I completely agree with this. I think the rest of the proposal was decent, especially for a first timer, but I assume one cannot afford minor errors like these.

If you are all curious, I exceeded the one-page limit for the participating organisation, in a very silly way (changing the font size would have been enough to keep it at one page). I misread the instructions and remained convinced all along that the one-page limit applied to something else. Mea culpa. Thus I expected (even wanted) a very early rejection that would allow me to find alternatives with the host organisation.

As the evaluators' assessment is essentially based on the first section of the proposal, I think it is not so surprising if your proposal reaches the threshold of 70 (provided that the first section is really well-written)! However, I'm afraid your mistake may cost you the fellowship because it is too competitive! but who knows?! keep your fingers crossed!

[evolved]

I am not sure I would even want to "win" a fellowship that an excellent proposal would be rejected because I had 1.5 page for my institution instead of 1 page. AT WORSE they will disregard what you have written in the extra half of the page as they do for the part B-1. As simple as that.

I think they are instructed to notice, precisely because it is so competitive. In any case I will report my score here so that we all learn from it and avoid similar future mistakes