The first step is done

The application to the position in Umeå was sent off, just in time for the deadline. This was the sixth application Maria sent off, others had been to labs in northern Europe (Copenhagen, Berlin, Berlin). So far only applications for announced positions have been sent, further on direct contact with specific labs will be done. Although the latter require more work to more or less write your own research idea (in the same field as the prospective research group). Finding the labs is the first step, but not always the easiest.