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

[sonaglia]

Hi all!

Unfortunately, I was quite late in discovering this forum, it might have saved me somewhat from being a nervous wreck these past weeks! Just wanted to say to all those who were not funded to not give up and keep at it. I think a lot of the evaluation process with this grant simply boils down to the luck of the draw. Last year I worked diligently all summer in preparing my application (for GF-LIF) and did not even meet the threshold (I got 69.7). This year, I didn't have as much time to prepare and basically sent in the same proposal with only a few modifications and some preliminary results, nothing major, and was funded. I do not doubt that most referees strive to be as fair as possible, but this extreme deviation in my case just shows that different referees have different standards. So while I agree that a proposal needs to meet a certain level, but after that, the deciding factor in who gets funded or not may simply just be luck.

Best of luck to all of you who will be reapplying next year!

[janas]

I’m in reserve 93.0. And there is another guy who scored 91.8. Do you know how many people do usually go to reserve?

Hi for me LIF-ST-IF 92.6, reserve list (4.5, 4.8, 4.7) .....ID 842xxx
can anyone provide some information about minimum score who are in the main list of ST-LIF panel till now.

Hi SBM thanks for the information.
Generally in chemistry they put 15-20 candidates in the reserved list. but in an average first 2-3 candidates get offer. I dont have any idea in LIF. It should be more, but you are almost near the cut off till now as we knew (93.6).

[Dajm]

Thanks for writing this out, a lot of us are gonna need to hear this today.
And huge congrats!

Hi all!

Unfortunately, I was quite late in discovering this forum, it might have saved me somewhat from being a nervous wreck these past weeks! Just wanted to say to all those who were not funded to not give up and keep at it. I think a lot of the evaluation process with this grant simply boils down to the luck of the draw. Last year I worked diligently all summer in preparing my application (for GF-LIF) and did not even meet the threshold (I got 69.7). This year, I didn't have as much time to prepare and basically sent in the same proposal with only a few modifications and some preliminary results, nothing major, and was funded. I do not doubt that most referees strive to be as fair as possible, but this extreme deviation in my case just shows that different referees have different standards. So while I agree that a proposal needs to meet a certain level, but after that, the deciding factor in who gets funded or not may simply just be luck.

Best of luck to all of you who will be reapplying next year!

[CAR-2018]

Hi all!

Unfortunately, I was quite late in discovering this forum, it might have saved me somewhat from being a nervous wreck these past weeks! Just wanted to say to all those who were not funded to not give up and keep at it. I think a lot of the evaluation process with this grant simply boils down to the luck of the draw. Last year I worked diligently all summer in preparing my application (for GF-LIF) and did not even meet the threshold (I got 69.7). This year, I didn't have as much time to prepare and basically sent in the same proposal with only a few modifications and some preliminary results, nothing major, and was funded. I do not doubt that most referees strive to be as fair as possible, but this extreme deviation in my case just shows that different referees have different standards. So while I agree that a proposal needs to meet a certain level, but after that, the deciding factor in who gets funded or not may simply just be luck.

Best of luck to all of you who will be reapplying next year!

Thanks lot for sharing your case with us. I got 74 today and very pessimistic, but your case gives me a bit of optimism to try next year again.

[AdinaBabesh]

Did anyone above 8445** receive any message? I cannot access the follow-up ...

[Dort]

Has anyone got any news for the past half hour? Servers' down and I'm going to bed or I'm going crazy...

[Frydendahl]

Hi, just discovered this forum.

I got my results this morning, a score of 90/100 for an IF-EF in PHYS, so I'm on the reserve list. Does anybody know realistically what my chances are, and how quickly I can expect the result?

Secondly, the same project in my proposal is already partially funded via another grant I got late last year, but I don't see any way to inform the commission that I effectively need less money? Is it even possible to split the fellowship with another source of funding like this? I can't seem to find any policy on it?

[sbm]

I have asked my NCP about my position on the waiting list.. Lets see. Not much hope to be honest..

I’m in reserve 93.0. And there is another guy who scored 91.8. Do you know how many people do usually go to reserve?

Hi for me LIF-ST-IF 92.6, reserve list (4.5, 4.8, 4.7) .....ID 842xxx
can anyone provide some information about minimum score who are in the main list of ST-LIF panel till now.

Hi SBM thanks for the information.
Generally in chemistry they put 15-20 candidates in the reserved list. but in an average first 2-3 candidates get offer. I dont have any idea in LIF. It should be more, but you are almost near the cut off till now as we knew (93.6).

[buk]

Has anyone got any news for the past half hour? Servers' down and I'm going to bed or I'm going crazy...

No access. Not able to see anything.
I have 846xxx - last round.

[IF ST LIF]

Waw, that is crazy!

How is that possible?????!!!!!!

Congratulations to those who got it!!

Rejected here. I resubmitted an improved application, I was on the reserve list with 92.6%. My score this year is 77%, I don’t understand a shit. Total lottery.

No idea how. But to me, this is a total lottery. Evaluation process is nothing but subjective.