I'm a second year industrial PhD student in Europe. PhD contract is 3yrs.

Due to certain reasons, our strategic partners have left the project. As a consequence, we are not able to smoothly continue with the current prototype tests and validation.

I have been discussing with supervisor and her suggestion is to build a new prototype. That would be OK if I was offered contract extension (just to compensate for the fact that partners have abandoned us). To make the new prototype it takes approx 1 year. Basically, I'm not able to perform any research before such prototype is in place. For this reason I'm thinking to abandon the program and apply to other PhD position. It is hard to give 100% if thing look gray and mentor is not flexible.

I'm not afraid to start from scratch. However, I wonder if new prospective groups will understand my situation and give me new chance or my application is going to be rejected. What kind of perception i might expect?

I'm a second year industrial PhD student in Europe with a PhD contract of 3yrs.

Due to certain reasons, our strategic partners have left the project. As a consequence, we are not able to smoothly continue with the current prototype tests and validation.

I have been discussing this with my supervisor and her suggestion is to build a new prototype. That would be OK if I was offered a contract extension (just to compensate for the fact that the partners have abandoned us). To make the new prototype will take approx 1 year. Basically, I'm not able to perform any research before such prototype is in place. For this reason I'm thinking of abandoning the program and applying to another PhD position. It is hard to give 100% if thing look gray and mentor is not flexible.

I'm not afraid to start from scratch. However, I'm wonder if new prospective groups will understand my situation and give me a new chance or will my application be rejected? What kind of perception might I expect?