
Finally got my funding application in today. Three months hard bloody work and 33 pages of carefully edited and optimisitc bravado. 1/10 chance of getting the funding from it...
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Wed 18 May 2011, 14:21,
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Bad year for applying. Almost everyone is eligible and so much rule bending has gone on. 200 positions and at least 2,000 applicants. Even projects that would pass in a normal year have a ~1/3 chance of getting through.
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Wed 18 May 2011, 14:31,
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