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Are the prospective PIs just being nice when they say they don't have postdoc funding?

I've been looking for a postdoc in material science/semiconductor devices for a few months now (predominantly east coast) and the only responses I have received so far is a variant of "good CV but I have no funding, if you can get funds, we can work something out". This has been 7-8 responses out of 60-70 applications. Is something on my CV driving them away or are they really short on funds? 

\- Some of these are profs who have announced openings on their pages 

\- Some recently received NSF grants

I'm not able to gauge their responses, please help!

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Me: PhD from a top university in India + 1 yr of postphd industry experience in a relevant field.
gpt
It is an easy way to turn someone down if you aren't interested. But you also might not have funding. Postdocs are expensive (not just salary- all the fringe costs too). Put those together and maybe they have one opening but you aren't the top pick. You have sent out A LOT of applications. Are these actually personalized, or mass spamming? A lot of postdocs are through networking, which has been more difficult with COVID. Can your current/past supervisors help reach out to their network?