Just wondering if any of you final year (of PhD funding) people are applying or thinking about applying for your own funding for a post doc.

Or are you all just scowering findapostdoc.com and other sites for existing RA/post doc positions?

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Sneaks my 2 p - I'm already planning my own and absolutely will go for my own apps and funding rather than advertised posts..planning to stay on wiht current mentor, which she is happy with

I think KeenBean will come by as well to say similar - funding can be 'created' for new projects this way, which is what I and also I think KB have in mind.

Ah Bug, you know me too well! Indeed, the plan is for me and my current supervisor to come up with a project proposal together and apply for funding for it. I do have a nosy round at current post-docs now and again and can honestly not see anything that appeals even slightly really. I had exactly the same problem with the PhD- I simply couldn't find an advertised one that was close enough to what I wanted to do. I'm not even halfway through my PhD yet but my supervisor and I have talked a lot about me staying on and applying for funding for a post-doc, and will hopefully be discussing it in a bit more detail in supervision next week. It seems so early to be thinking about it but funding can take so long to come through, and that's if we manage to get any! I think the advantages of coming up with your own project are endless and I have been really happy to have the freedom and control that I have had with my PhD, but as usual, it's all about getting the funding...so we shall see! Best, KB

To reiterate all that KB said below.