I& #39;m working on postdoc fellowship apps and one of the things that& #39;s absolutely crippling me is this:

What if - big, BIG, IF - I get a postdoc fellowship to do research I want to do and then absolutely fail at my proposed research?

Academic Twitter, thoughts? @AcademicChatter

That is, those of you who have experience with this, could you share your experience?

Thank you everyone for your thoughts, encouraging words, and for sharing your experiences. It& #39;s been super helpful!

Oh for context, I& #39;m a theoretical/computational physical/complexity scientist, so my worry is more about oh-how-will-i figure-out-how-to-solve-or-stimulate-this-system, rather than getting negative results.