Hi, I'm a postdoc, doing random videos on anything that catches my eye on my life journey. Postdoc lifestyle is basically a surfer lifestyle.
For the most part, I will be focusing on the two main topics: - Applying for grants, particularly for the MSCA PF (summer time). All products can be found on my Gumroad: socialdatascientist.gumroad.com - Web-development and DevOps
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Do you mean the upload_bucket.py? Here it is: import boto3 import os import click session = boto3.session.Session() s3 = session.client('s3', region_name='nyc3', endpoint_url='nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com', aws_access_key_id=os.getenv('SPACES_KEY'), aws_secret_access_key=os.getenv('SPACES_SECRET')) @click.command() @click.option('--bucket', default='your-bucket-name', help='The name of the S3 bucket to upload to') @click.option('--prefix', default='media/', help='The prefix (folder) to upload to inside the bucket') @click.option('--local-dir', default='./media', help='The local directory to upload from') def upload_folder_to_s3(bucket: str, prefix: str, local_dir: str): """Upload a folder from local machine to an S3 bucket or DigitalOcean Space""" if not os.path.exists(local_dir): raise Exception(f"The local directory {local_dir} does not exist") for root, dirs, files in os.walk(local_dir): for file in files: local_file_path = os.path.join(root, file) relative_path = os.path.relpath(local_file_path, local_dir) s3_key = os.path.join(prefix, relative_path).replace("\\", "/") print(f"Uploading {local_file_path} to {s3_key} in bucket {bucket}") s3.upload_file(local_file_path, bucket, s3_key) if __name__ == '__main__': upload_folder_to_s3()
Please tell me how much this Marie Curie fellowship will be given to a postdoc in Italy. Also tell me if one earns around 7000 Euros in Italy, then is this taxable?
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Many thanks! I have just send you some tips for a nice drink. This list works great with chatGPT. Previously I have asked to access proposals basing on the evaluation guideline + MSCA handbook. But your list is much more details and directs the AI to provide very detailed advice on improving proposals. Thanks!
Thanks a lot Milan for the valuable material. Should the references be cited only in the footnotes? Or they can be added at the end of the proposal? Your suggestions on which would be better?
Thanks a lot for the very essential info... What's the font size used in the 1st Gantt chart that you showed ( which u mentioned as presented in landscape). Is it the same font size as the main proposal text? Also are the ERC Gantt charts example you showed later presented in landscape or Portrait mode?
Thank you very much Milan for your valuable self assessment information. Thank you again for your valuable time and dedication for preparing MSCA PF short videos 🤝👍
First of all, thank you so much for your videos. I am trying to apply for a MSCA PF and this is gold. Having said that, I would like to ask you a question: is there any place or website where I can take a look at actual examples of applications?
no, I haven't seen many. There are bits and parts from an application in 2016 here: shannonchance.net/blog-posts/, but overall, I think it will be difficult to find a free sample online. Try your friends who got MSCA PF before and the research services of the host institution -- they usually do have examples they can share with their incoming applicants.
The example is good, yet even more details would be great. Be smart and write even shorter sentences than in the given example. For example, instead of mentioning departments better add references to articles or webpages.
I agree on more details and sentence structure. As to references to articles in this part of the applications -- I'm not sure about it. They belong in part 1 "Excellence." Also, do not add references to webpages -- evaluators are instructed not to access any external links on the application -- it's not useful.
@@PostdocLife Sure, reviewers do not have to access webpages. Similarly there is no obligation to check articles. Any reference is just proof that your statement has a base. In that case it is better to add a weblink, for example, for an existing course than writing its code.
Writing that you plan to publish in Nature is a bad idea as it does to match with the MSCA scope. On the opposite, it sounds like a risky promise, which might downgrade the evaluation.
There is a rule that they don't evaluate journals based on Impact Factor, goes both ways (high or low as long as it is a reputable journal). Nature is just a stand-in for a "reputable journal in your area." But in general, I don't think that they will downgrade you for ambition. MSCA PFs should be ambitious. My two cents.
@@PostdocLife I was downgraded exactly for being too ambitious. First, promising to publish too many papers. Second, for aiming at high impact journals. Even without MSCA I managed to publish all desired papers in Q1 journals, but with limited resources (thus limited methods, mobility, etc) reached high impact journals much later. Anyway, Nature is not the kind of ambition that is expected from an applicant.
Thank you so much. Its really helpful. However, it is really hard to place the chart in a portrait A4 page and maintain the font type/size requirements. Do you have any idea on how we can fit the gantt chart on A4 portrait page? For instance, upon preparing the gantt chart in XL file or doc table, and then converted to image format, so that it will fit in proposal page. But the problem is the font size will be reduced. I highly appreciate your attention!!
I used a landscape page for the gantt chart. Sometimes, people manage to fit it into the portrait page, too, but make sure that you're not using a small font to do so.
mostly, I think it's two-fold. Sometimes, your project hypotheses might be interesting by themselves for dissemination/communication activities. But more likely, you need to think given that you confirm your hypothesis, what problems (for target audiences) it will solve? I guess that would be a more interesting message. Here is a video that gives a great idea how this part will be evaluated: ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-7tFiOCiVZJg.html
what if you applied at the 8th of the PhD year as last chance and if it does not get through at first application ,then can you resubmitted with based on the reviewers comment if it gets more than 70%? or you lost the chance forever after 8years of PhD
I think unless there are career interruptions within those 8 years (parental leave, sickness, unemployment, etc.), or you are a EU citizen coming back from a life-long career abroad, it might not be possible.
@@PostdocLife thanks for fast reply and yes , the career breaks due to pandemic as happened to most of us and following with unemployments in due time plus the recent unprecedented global financial issues happening or whatever you can call that makes not allowing to secure any jobs in that time. hence, not sure if it really make sense to try that as a last chance after 8years at first time application cause not sure anyone got it at the first time application tho. also I have read some posts in talkacademia about the cv sections that not having published papers within the last 3 years is a red flag?
@@username42 not necessarily a red flag, but still might not be helping your application. It is up to you to decide about whether it's worth applying, the application is tough and will require a lot of time, which in all fairness might be better spent doing something else. But it depends on each person's situation.
@@PostdocLife yeah it depends on the how much commitment left to stay in academia but also still could be better than being unemployed and searching for a job, so applying in any case afaik from the posts in forums, it is a roll of a dice or a pure luck , some says cv issues, some supervisors issues, or getting less score in second time application , in any case depends on the human review evaluation.
saludos lo único que falto configurar es con GITHUB ACTIONS, para al subir desde el git, docker tome los cambios y se suban al servidor viendo los cambios en producción, del resto todo esta funcionando, voy por el minuto 7:36, si puede sube un video haciendo lo que te digo me serviría de ayuda
Saludos, con "github actions"se puede conectar a docker y hacer que docker tome los cambios, cuando se sube un cambio en github, con "github actions" esto hace que el código que se sube a github este actualizado, y este lo envía al servidor, eso lo hace docker, eso fue la configuración que te falto y estoy buscando como lograrlo @@PostdocLife
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