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Had an interview two weeks ago. PE panel. Many comrade souls out there? Suspense is driving me crazy

Good luck!
How was it?

Hi there,
I've done my interview in PE 2+ weeks ago. Getting a bit anxious waiting for the results. I really cannot tell how the interview went. Mixed feelings.

Looking at the stg 2023 timeline I saw that:
1) Public notification was scheduled for the End-August
2) The "informed" date in the portal was July 26
3) The actual notifications were sent on July 19.

Applying the same timeframe to CoG 2023:
1) December
2) November 3
3) October 27-ish ?

Fingers crossed.

Same mixed feelings too. Online so was very hard to see the panel/room fully and couldn't judge their reactions.
For sure the decisions have been made two weeks ago; the Commission have been very efficient in recent years so maybe the 27th!

The success ate at the interview stage is 40%, you have a high chance! Keep the spirit up It is a great accomplishment to make it to the interview anyway.

How long did it take to prepare the proposal?

I would say I spent three months on and off. I had the concept in my head in October and submitted Feb 2nd. I wasn't starting from scratch though; the B1 CV part I had a good draft to work with from previous grants. I spent a lot of December and January working solid on it. I would have spent more time on it, but had other grants to submit and my teaching/admin responsibilities with my current role.

I worked on a starting grant years ago... it didn't get past phase 1; it was a good proposal overall, but I had a weak CV for an ERC back then. I rewrote it for another competitive grant the year after. I got it and worked on it for two more years. Then, I worked on other grants and topics for three years; last October, I started working again on my original starting grant proposal and submitted it in February. Now, I passed phase 1, and from May to October, I worked 50% of my time on the interview + writing other grant proposals (of course ). It's a long run...

Any news out there?

I imagine any time now!
Portal says tomorrow Friday, and they are doing maintainance on the portal this morning and tomorrow morning! Good luck!

There is no news after the system maintenance. I guess today is the day... let's get over with this.
Anyhow, I love the vibes from this old-fashioned forum, full of spam, small emoticons, etc. At least I found this place looking for ERC-CoG news