I have just seen a project I want to apply for. However, the deadline is the 27th so will only be advertised for 7 days and the project is due to start on the 1st June 2015.
Considering this is a top london university, and an extremely competitive/popular area of research, is it possible they already have a candidate in mind? This project was also advertised last year so I'm not sure why it has come up again.
I have had a spate of rejections and don't want to apply to projects that I don't have a hope of getting! Especially as I feel my referees are getting tired of uploading so many references for me.......