Stimulus of Scientific Employment – Individual Support
Strengthening scientific employment in Portugal is central to the evolution of the Portuguese science based innovation and growth strategy, and requires specific stimulus in the form of a financial support to encourage hiring new researchers and promoting scientific and academic employment, thereby providing institutional rejuvenation while providing an appropriate professional context for scientists.
The Stimulus of Scientific Employment - individual support call is aimed at providing individual support for contracting researchers holding a PhD degree in any scientific area, for a period of 6 years. The candidates can be of any nationality and should correspond to highly motivated scientists seeking to develop, carry out and coordinate research in Portuguese research units financed by FCT – host institutions of their choice.
Who Can apply
Researchers of any nationality and any age may apply to one of four categories:
• Junior researcher: Ph.D. holders with limited post-doctoral experience in the scientific area of application;
• Assistant researcher: Ph.D. holders with more than 5 years of post-doctoral research, with relevant experience in the scientific area of application and limited scientific independence;
• Principal researcher: Ph.D. holders with more than 5 years of post-doctoral research, with relevant experience in the scientific area of application and demonstrating scientific independence for the last 3 years;
• Coordinating researcher: Ph.D. holders with more than 5 years of post-doctoral research, holders of a title of agregação or habilitação, with relevant experience and demonstrating scientific independence and recognized leadership in the scientific area of application.
• Junior researcher: Ph.D. holders with limited post-doctoral experience in the scientific area of application;
• Assistant researcher: Ph.D. holders with more than 5 years of post-doctoral research, with relevant experience in the scientific area of application and limited scientific independence;
• Principal researcher: Ph.D. holders with more than 5 years of post-doctoral research, with relevant experience in the scientific area of application and demonstrating scientific independence for the last 3 years;
• Coordinating researcher: Ph.D. holders with more than 5 years of post-doctoral research, holders of a title of agregação or habilitação, with relevant experience and demonstrating scientific independence and recognized leadership in the scientific area of application.
Information may be requested via email to info.ec@fct.pt
Dates and deadlines
Call 2017
- Call for applicants: 19 January – 16 February 2018 (5pm. Lisbon time)
- Association of host institution to application: 17 February - 02 March 2018 (5 pm. Lisbon time)
Additional resources
Please find below a list of important documents:
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