Marie Curie Postdoc Fellowships: Avoid these 10 Repeat Mistakes!

Описание: When you apply for this year's Marie Curie Fellowship, there are tons of mistakes that you want to avoid! So, when writing your application, ensure the following:

1. Answer the question that is asked
2. Answer ONLY what is asked
3. Be SPECIFIC
4. Know your innovative aspects
5. Use a "funnel" introduction
6. Connect the dots for the reader
7. Eliminate the irrelevant/unnecessary
8. Make your points clear, but avoid excessive repetition
9. Make sure figures are understandable at a glace
10. Have a visually appealing layout

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Timecodes:
00:00 Intro
00:48 Mistake 1 - Not answering the question that was asked
03:48 Mistake 2 - Not sticking to only what is asked for in each essay
04:29 Mistake 3 - Writing that is vague or not specific
07:22 Mistake 4 - Not directly stating innovations or innovative aspects of your proposal
09:33 Mistake 5 - A scattered or unorganized introduction
12:56 Mistake 6 - Not connecting the dots for your reader
15:21 Mistake 7 - Including too much irrelevant information
17:54 Mistake 8 - Excessive repetition
21:12 Mistake 9 - Figures that require study
25:14 Mistake 10 - Pages of uninterrupted text
30:42 Think about your reviewer!
31:15 Grant writing mindset
31:31 Outro


What I noticed from previous batches of Marie Curie applications:

1) Answer the question that is asked
Read the template – it lists everything you need for each essay in detail.
Answer every single one of the trigger questions asked in the template to help you address the overall essay.

2) Answer ONLY what is asked
Just because you have extra space in an essay does not mean an aside about your previous research successes is appropriate.

3) Be SPECIFIC
When discussing any aspect of your project, vagueness is a killer.
Therefore, remove any vague terms in your application and replace them with specific words or descriptions that will better capture what you wanted to say anyways.
You never need terms like “very” and “a lot”. Just delete them and save the space!

4) Know your innovative aspects
If you aren’t clear on your innovative aspects, they most certainly won’t come across to the reader.

5) Use a “funnel” introduction
Instead, work out from your proposal to the overall problem in the field to decide how much you need to introduce to the reader. By working backwards, you can start at your proposal and add what the reader needs to understand it and how it fits into the overall problem you are addressing (the highest point).

6) Connect the dots for the reader
Even though something seems obvious to you, it might not be for your reader, so you always need to be connecting the dots. Never leave a fact hanging! Always integrate it with the rest of what the reader already knows by that point in the proposal.

7) Eliminate the irrelevant/unnecessary
Be very stringent in what is included in your proposal.

8) Make your points clearly, but avoid excessive repetition
Remove the extraneous information, including any repetitions of previously discussed details. In MC applications, I see this often between the different essays – if you discuss a point clearly in one essay, there is no need to bring it up again in a different one.

9) Make sure figures are understandable at a glance
Figures that are hugely complex with lots of moving parts will require the reviewer to take extra time to try to figure out what the point of the figure is, and most reviewers don’t have the extra time to try to discern what you are trying to convey.

10) Have a visually appealing layout
Nothing will feel worse than opening up your proposal to see unending blocks of solid text.
Be nice to your reviewer and make it easier for them to find the information they need in your proposal, using organization and an appealing layout.

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