Applications for the 6th edition of CEEC Individual open today

Today, April 4, the Foundation for Science and Technology (FCT) opens the application period for the 6th edition of Call Individual Scientific Employment Call (CEEC Individual), which will run until May 8, 2023, at 5:00 p.m., Lisbon time. With this Call that an additional 400 PhD researchers will be hired under the Scientific Employment Regulation (REC).

The CEEC Individual is one of the tools created by FCT in 2017, following the publication of Decree-Law No. 57/2016, with the aim of stimulating scientific and technological employment in all areas of knowledge by financing the hiring of researchers. It consists of Call , which directly supports the hiring of PhD researchers in all scientific areas who wish to carry out their scientific research or technological development activities in Portugal, at institutions that are part of the National Science and Technology System (SNCT).

CEEC Individual contracts have a duration of up to 6 years and, in this edition, are awarded according to three categories:
-Junior researcher – PhDs for 5 years or less, counted from the closing date of the application period, with limited postdoctoral research experience in the scientific area to which they are applying;
-Assistant researcher – PhDs for more than 5 years and less than 12 years, inclusive, counted on the closing date of the application submission period, with a relevant curriculum in the scientific area to which they are applying;
-Principal investigator – PhDs for more than 12 years, counted from the closing date of the application submission period, with a relevant curriculum in the scientific area to which they are applying, demonstrating some scientific independence in the last 3 years.

This Call also Call changes from previous editions in order to continue to strengthen more comprehensive and inclusive evaluation processes that reflect the diversity of national researchers' backgrounds and contributions. With the RESTART program, FCT has adopted a pilot initiative that includes a set of changes to the evaluation processes it intends to implement in the future. As part of this process, and considering the scope of this Call, the FCT has sought to ensure continuity with previous Calls , while also signaling the path it will take next year in the different funding instruments. Changes have also been included as part of the current effort to simplify procedures for the submission and evaluation of applications.

In the five editions of CEEC Individual already completed, FCT has awarded a total of 1,900 contracts to PhD researchers, which will rise to 2,300 after the conclusion of this new Call, which is now beginning.

More information in the 6th edition of Call for Individual Scientific Employment Call .