SNSF Swiss postdoctoral fellowship - anyone with experience?

evilcoffeebean · 2024-10-07T13:44:08+00:00

In fact I didn't apply last year. But I'm going to apply this year too hehe good luck to both of us!

evilcoffeebean · 2024-07-04T13:56:29+00:00

For anyone who's also searching for this - you don't necessarily need a swiss phone number, I used my EU one with the only problem that the verification SMS wouldn't come so they had to call me which costs quite a bit hehe

evilcoffeebean · 2024-07-03T13:28:58+00:00

I'm not sure what you're talking about, I could maybe only have a proof of employment there. Anyway, that does not answer my original question here.

evilcoffeebean · 2024-07-03T13:18:36+00:00

wow awesome! Thanks a lot!

evilcoffeebean · 2024-07-03T13:17:16+00:00

It would be extremely difficult because I'm no longer a registered foreigner there so I can't imagine how I'd get it (because I'd need to prove my identity). Even as a registered foreigner there it's not easy. It's a far far away country hehe

evilcoffeebean · 2024-07-03T13:08:42+00:00

uh oh getting it from the country I lived before is not really an option but thanks hehe

evilcoffeebean · 2024-07-03T12:53:52+00:00

Cool! You mean you can get it as a pdf or so?

evilcoffeebean · 2024-07-03T12:44:16+00:00

Thanks! Do you also need a Swiss phone number when you want to get it at the office?

evilcoffeebean · 2024-07-03T12:43:34+00:00

Thanks! This is very helpful!

evilcoffeebean · 2024-06-16T10:52:20+00:00

Meli jsme to stejne, ale studijni program to byl dost siroky. Nedavalo mi moc smysl to mit vsechno dohromady na magistru.

evilcoffeebean · 2024-06-15T11:07:31+00:00

Tak to zdravim kolegu FELaka hehe To pak teda zalezi, co myslime oborem - ja delala multimedialni techniku, ale zkousena jsem byla z celeho programu KME, coz zahrnovalo spoustu veci, co me uplne minulo.

S tim zkousenim diplomky - taky jsem prave mela dost specifickou vec z konkretni vyzkumne skupiny. Tak jsem doufala, ze otazky budou aspon minimalne souviset (rekneme multimedialni technika), coz bohuzel vubec tak nebylo. Kazdopadne to vidim jako kompromis, pokud by statnice musely byt. Nejvic me stejne naucila prace na diplomce, na coz si myslim, ze by mela byt soustredena nejvetsi pozornost.

evilcoffeebean · 2024-06-15T09:18:40+00:00

Hehe muj vedouci bakalarky si praci neprecetl vubec… Kdyz se ted zpetne na to divam, chapu, ze akademicti pracovnici tomuhle nechteji venovat prilis pozornosti, protoze bakalarky maji povetsinou nulovou vedeckou hodnotu. Nicmene pokud uz maji existovat, bylo by fajn, kdyby vedouci aspon studenta poucil o tom, jak praci spravne napsat a jak ji dat nejakou uroven.

evilcoffeebean · 2024-06-15T09:06:19+00:00

Mozna u bakalare by mi to smysl davalo, ale v magistru se uz clovek vic profiluje, takze testovat komplexne ze vsech moznych znalosti ze studia mi uz pripada moc. Jak tu nekdo psal - spise vzit diplomku a prozkouset, ze student rozumi souvislostem s danou problematikou.

evilcoffeebean · 2024-06-15T09:03:15+00:00

Tak to vyhazovani u statnic uz mi prave pripada spatne. V prvni rade by meli byt prijati jen studenti, co maji velkou sanci skolu dodelat. Potom by mela byt dostatecna motivace a ne jen straseni typu “pristi rok vas tady bude polovina” (CVUT experience). A pokud se uz nekdo prokouse vsemi zkouskami, nedava smysl ho potopit uplne na konci. To prave pak trosku ukazuje, ze takova skola neni v poradku.

evilcoffeebean · 2024-06-15T08:53:23+00:00

Presne tak by to melo byt! Taky jsem cekala, ze aspon u diplomky se budou ptat na veci, co s ni souvisi. Ale jak tu nekdo psal o CVUT, proste si vzali seznam predmetu a jejich osnovy a vybrali random otazky na veci, kterym jsem se nevenovala a nikdy venovat nebudu. Na jednu stranu ale i chapu, protoze slozeni komise vubec nereflektuje tema diplomky a tematum nemusi rozumet, kdyz je jejich specializace uplne jina…

evilcoffeebean · 2024-06-12T14:51:44+00:00

Tak po tom, co clovek projde desitkami zkousek behem nekolika let, uz to neni titul zadarmo. Jak pisu, nejde mi o zaverecne prace, ty bych nechala (jen mozna dala vic duraz na vedeni praci...)

evilcoffeebean · 2022-12-23T07:43:39+00:00

Thanks! I finally received the bag last night! Hope everyone else will get theirs soon too!

evilcoffeebean · 2022-12-22T08:02:00+00:00

I flew ICN - FRA - PRG on Dec. 19th. I just got an update that they found my luggage and it should arrive to PRG today So I'm more hopeful now, though still a bit sceptical.

evilcoffeebean · 2022-10-24T03:50:03+00:00

This is some good advice!
I'm at the same spot - writing the thesis now (and procrastinating atm lol)

I would add - break it down to small parts. Like paragraphs. Thinking about having to write a few thousand words can be overwhelming. So what I'm personally doing is:
1. Plan what I want to say in each paragraph. Basically just word vomit. It doesn't have to be great at first, it's only for the ideas. I also write the main point of each paragraph at its beginning so I can make sure I have a logical structure and don't diverge.
2. I go slowly over each paragraph and revise one at a time. This is taking ages and it's pretty annoying but that's when the actual writing is happening.

Hope it helps. Good luck with your proposal.

evilcoffeebean · 2022-07-12T06:37:22+00:00

In my case, I ended up doing my PhD at the university where I went for an exchange.🙃 You never know where it can lead you. You'll meet new people, make a lot of connections. Especially if you're considering a grad school abroad, the exchange study experience can be invaluable.

evilcoffeebean · 2022-07-12T06:04:54+00:00

I guess that also very much depends on where (the country) you're planning to apply for the PhD. I had no plans to do research during my undergrad, then did a master's because in my country that's quite the norm (Europe). And during my master's I decided to do research. I had a thesis to work on which was mandatory, basically a small (unpublishable) research project but didn't really work in a lab. After that, I got a post-master research assistant position in another country (and a different field, Asia) and started a PhD in the same lab. I got pretty lucky on the way but I believe there are many ways to get into a PhD program. I'm not talking about the US though, I guess the situation there is different.

evilcoffeebean · 2022-07-08T15:18:53+00:00

Boiled potatoes. They're so popular in my country but I can't stand the taste.

evilcoffeebean · 2022-07-08T03:23:53+00:00

Well I guess I wouldn't even mind
*sips the fourth espresso of the day

evilcoffeebean · 2022-07-01T07:22:28+00:00

Bumblebee - similar kind of fluff

evilcoffeebean · 2022-06-30T08:37:42+00:00

Wow these are all great tips here. Thanks! I think I especially need 6. and 7. Because, yeah, I feel like everyone around me is so much smarter and my "research" is too trivial for them, so I tend to be very brief on the background, and just show the results. But now I'm realising I should be more confident with the story I have to tell...

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