"... it is full of stars!" (cf. 2001 A Space Odissey)

&

"... some of us are looking at the stars" (O. Wilde) 

&

"Remember to look up at the stars and not down at your feet. Try to make sense of what you see and wonder about what makes the universe exist. Be curious. And however difficult life may seem, there is always something you can do and succeed at.

It matters that you don't just give up.

Stephen Hawking "

FCT Estímulo ao Emprego Científico - 8.ª Edição *** FCT call for the Scientific Employment Stimulus - 8th Edition

Caros/as Colegas

(Coloquei texto também em inglês para facilitar o vosso contacto com potenciais candidatos; o concurso abre em breve e decorre até 29 de janeiro).

O concurso da FCT para o Estímulo ao Emprego Científico - 8.ª Edição abre a 15 de dezembro e decorre até 29 de janeiro de 2026. Consultem https://www.fct.pt/en/concursos/concurso-estimulo-ao-emprego-cientifico-individual-8-edicao. Mais detalhes estão no site indicado. 

Contactem e convidem potenciais candidatos a manifestarem o seu interesse na próxima abertura de bolsa da FCT e realizarem investigação no CMA.

O CMA pode apoiar candidaturas e, por isso, pedimos a candidatos interessados que vos enviem um cv, lista de publicações e declaração de investigação, com o assunto “FCT-Application-2025”, na maior brevidade possível, até 15 de dezembro de 2025, data em que o concurso abre, cf. https://www.fct.pt/en/concursos/concurso-estimulo-ao-emprego-cientifico-individual-8-edicao.

A bolsa em si oferece um contrato de até três anos em dois níveis, dependendo da experiência. Prevê-se que as candidaturas bem-sucedidas comecem na primavera de 2027, com alguma flexibilidade.

Por favor, partilhem e contactem quem entendam que possa estar interessado. 

Melhores cumprimentos

Agradecimentos

Votos de boa saúde

PMoniz

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Dear Colleagues

The FCT call for the Scientific Employment Stimulus - 8th Edition opens on December 15th and runs until January 29th, 2026. Please check https://www.fct.pt/en/concursos/concurso-estimulo-ao-emprego-cientifico-individual-8-edicao.

Please get in touch with potential candidates and invite them to express (to you) their interest in the upcoming FCT grant opening to conduct research at CMA.

CMA can support applications, and we therefore ask interested candidates to send a CV, publication list, and research statement with the subject “FCT-Application-2025” as soon as possible, by December 15th, 2025, the date when the call itself opens, cf. https://www.fct.pt/en/concursos/concurso-estimulo-ao-emprego-cientifico-individual-8-edicao.

The grant itself offers a contract of up to three years at two levels, depending on experience. Successful applications are expected to start in Spring 2027, with some flexibility.

Please share and contact anyone you think might be interested.

Best regards, Wishing you good health, PMoniz

doctorate....

Artigo interessante, https://www.nature.com/articles/d41586-025-01855-w, sobre "How many PhDs does the world

need? Doctoral graduates vastly

outnumber jobs in academia

PhD programmes need to better prepare students for careers outside

universities, researchers warn." Mais interessante ainda por incluir e citar Cláudia Sarrico, the

Secretary of State for Higher Education in Portugal, who previously worked at the

Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development(OECD)in Paris (cf. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10734-022-00946-1; Higher Education (2022) 84:1299–1315;  The expansion of doctoral education and the changing

nature and purpose of the doctorate

Cláudia S. Sarrico)

Talvez o iniciado e certamente progredido (mais se terão ''juntado'') desde o estabelecido em https://rned.pt/ possa ajudar. 

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Interesting article, https://www.nature.com/articles/d41586-025-01855-w, titled "How many PhDs does the world need? Doctoral graduates vastly outnumber jobs in academia. PhD programmes need to better prepare students for careers outside universities, researchers warn."

Even more interesting for including and quoting Cláudia Sarrico, the Secretary of State for Higher Education in Portugal, who previously worked at the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD) in Paris (cf. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10734-022-00946-1; Higher Education (2022) 84:1299–1315; The expansion of doctoral education and the changing nature and purpose of the doctorate, Cláudia S. Sarrico).

Perhaps what was initiated — and certainly progressed (with more having likely “joined in”) — since the establishment of https://rned.pt/ could help.

Claus Kiefer's new and 4th edition

The Honourable Schoolboy 

Claus Kiefer's book: new and 4th edition

New Edition

Quantum Gravity

Fourth Edition

Fourth Edition

Claus Kiefer

International Series of Monographs on Physics

• Introductory, unbiased, and accessible
• The only monograph that describes all major approaches to quantum gravity
• Suitable to accompany lectures on this field
• Significantly updated fourth edition of a successful book

New to this Edition:

• Includes updated content throughout
• Features further explorations of the holographic principle, unimodular gravity, and quantum-gravitational correction terms
• Contains material on possible observations, which have experienced important developments since the last edition

Likewise...

The Honourable Schoolboy 

eclipse

Global Event:	Partial Solar Eclipse
Local Type:	Partial Solar Eclipse, in Portugal
Start of Partial:	Sab, 29 de Mar de 2025, 9:16 WET
End of Partial:	Sab, 29 de Mar de 2025, 11:36 WET

fct phd grants

https://www.fct.pt/en/fct-publicou-o-aviso-de-abertura-do-concurso-de-bolsas-de-doutoramento-de-2025/

FCT 2025

"FCT Mobility" program supports international mobility of researchers:

EN: https://www.fct.pt/en/novo-programa-fct-mobility-apoia-a-mobilidade-internacional-de-investigadores-as/

 

2025 Call for PhD Studentships – Regular Line of Application

https://www.fct.pt/en/concursos/concurso-bolsas-de-doutoramento-2025-linha-de-candidatura-geral

 

2025 Call for PhD Studentships – Specific Line of Application in a Non-academic Environment

https://www.fct.pt/en/concursos/concurso-bolsas-de-doutoramento-2025-linha-de-candidatura-especifica-em-ambiente-nao-academico

 

FCT Calendar 2025

https://www.fct.pt/en/calendario-fct-2025/