Hi guys,

I've got a funding application underway, it's an internal uni one rather than research council. It now looks unlikely that I'll be able to start in October - to be honest because I'm not sure its for me, although I could cite more practical reasons as well.

The funding can't be deferred, and I think I'd rather not know if I would have got it or not. I'm wondering, though, whether you think it would reflect badly on me to pull out? Especially since there's a chance of coming back to it in the future. I don't want to be remembered as the one that didn't go through with it the first time, either by the department or the funding committee.

Do you think they're likely to remember stuff like this in years to come?