FCT opened the 5th edition of the Individual Call to Scientific Employment Stimulus --- The call is NOW open, from 3 February 2022 until 3 March 2022, 5 p.m. (Lisbon time).

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The Individual Call is aimed at PhD holders of any nationality or stateless with a background in any scientific area who wish to develop their scientific research or technological development activity in Portugal.

Applicants should indicate the host institution where they will develop their research plan. The selected doctorates are directly hired by the identified host institution, through FCT funding.

The following reference levels are considered:

1. Junior Researcher: PhD holders for 5 or less years, with limited post-doctoral research experience in the scientific area of the application.
2. Assistant Researcher: PhD holders for over 5 years and up to 12 years, with relevant curriculum in the scientific area of the application, and with limited scientific independence.
3. Principal Researcher: PhD holders for over 12 years with relevant curriculum in the scientific area of the application, demonstrating some scientific independence for the last 3 years.
4. Coordinating Researcher: PhD holders of a title of agregação or habilitação in Portugal, with a curriculum of high merit and demonstrating scientific independence and leadership in the scientific area of the application.

The call is open from 3 February 2022 until 3 March 2022, 5 p.m. (Lisbon time).

The period for the association of the host institution to each individual application is from 4 March 2022 until 29 March 2022, 5 p.m (Lisbon time).

Applications are submitted electronically, in English, through the electronic platform to be made available in due course.

For further information about the Individual Support Call, please contact us at info.ec@fct.pt

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DOCUMENTS

• Notice of the Call (in Portuguese)
• Evaluation Guide
• Application Guide
• Ethics Guide
• CIÊNCIAVITAE Guide
• Regulation of Scientific Employment:
  - Regulation n.º 607-A / 2017
  - Regulation n.º 985-B / 2019
• Application Form

LINKS

• Transforming our world: the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development - UN
  

IMPORTANT DATES

• Applications: 3 February to 3 March 2022, 5 p.m. (Lisbon time)
  
• Period for the association of the host institutions to each individual application: 4 March to 29 March 2022, 5 p.m. (Lisbon Time)

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If interested contact us at cma@ubi.pt (http://wordpress.ubi.pt/cma/contacts/). 

The most relevant info is, however, the following [besides that in most cases funding can ONLY be provided iif you apply through FCT (see above links within this blog) or your own funding...]: 

1. [Please read carefully] 3rd Cycle of Studies | 

Doctorate

Documentation required for application:

1. Personal Identification Document/Passport

2. Curriculum Vitae

3. Course letter/Diploma or Master's completion certificate, with final grade**

4. Detailed certificate of curricular units and classification**

** The documents in paragraphs 3 and 4 must have the Hague Apostille or be certified by an Embassy or Consulate of Portugal.

 

2. {Please read carefully}  For post-doc candidates, You need to have an administrative 'equivalence certificate document, bearing a stamp that allows you to take a researcher (post-doc with salary) in the EU\PT; if you do NOT have this document, 

your 'application' will NOT even become an application for the scientific appraisal; it will be rejected by FCT  without further analysis upon administrative grounds and bylaws. Please be wise and check pages 12 and 13 in https://www.fct.pt/apoios/contratacaodoutorados/empregocientifico/docs/Guiao_Candidatura_CEEC_Individual_2018.pdf, namely read the following: 

A.9.4 Do you hold a document attesting that your PhD in recognized in Portugal? If you obtained the PhD out of Portugal it is mandatory to recognise this title in Portugal. In order to comply with what is foreseen in the applicable Portuguese legislation concerning the recognition of foreign qualifications, all the rights inherent to PhD degrees granted by foreign higher education institutions is duly recognised to the holders of these degrees, subject to the presentation of proof of recognition of PhD degrees, requested from the Vice-Chancellor of a public Portuguese University, from the Head of a public Polytechnic Institute or from the Director-General for Higher Education (process regulated by Decree Law No. 66/2018, of 16 august).

Applicants are advised to visit the website of the Direção-Geral do Ensino Superior (DGES) for further information: https://www.dges.gov.pt/pt 

A.9.5 If “yes” please upload the document If you do not hold a document attesting that your PhD is recognized in Portugal, your application will be conditionally accepted. Please notice that, if recommended for funding, you must deliver the recognition of your PhD degree in Portugal when signing the work contract with your host institution.