Hi Nasrine, all - 

Yes, I was very sad to see this. Still, I was pleased to see that we were above threshold on everything. The criticisms seem addressable and are (I think) useful feedback. 

Of course, as you noted, these are always going to be fiercely competitive bids. If there is an opportunity to improve and resubmit to a future call, then it would be worth doing!

Regards,

Ray    

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Subject: [DIVERSE] Decision about the DIVERSE MSCA application
 

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Dear all,

 

As many of you would have seen, we have a decision about our application, but unfortunately not the positive outcome that we had hoped for.

 

I attach both the Decision and the Evaluation Summary Report documents. There are a mix of comments, with the best score awarded to the implementation criteria.  

 

With 920 applications sent to the same call (see below) I had actually anticipated a high risk for rejection, but I had hoped for a higher score. Still, it is encouraging that we have received some very positive comments. Very interested to hear about your thoughts about any potential next steps, should we improve and resubmit, or not? What do you think?

 

Regardless, for me the idea was great and timely, I have thoroughly enjoyed collaborating with you, and we have formed a wonderful consortium. I also like to add that I personally learned a lot through this process, Thank You Everyone! and specially Nicola and Tara for generously sharing your knowledge and experiences about MSCA applications with us.

 

Best regards,

 

Nasrine

 

 

Submission statistics

Nov 29, 2023 11:57:26 AM

A total of 1,066 proposals were submitted in response to this call. The number of proposals for each topic is shown below:

- Doctoral Networks (standard DN): 920 proposals (86.3% of total)
- Industrial Doctorates (DN-ID): 64 proposals (6.0% of total)
- Joint Doctorates (DN-JD): 82 proposals (7.7% of total)