Series of Sessions on Doctorates in a Non-Academic Environment

FCT and COTEC Portugal – Business Association for Innovation are promoting a series of sessions dedicated to the topic of doctoral degrees in a non-academic environment, seeking to discuss advanced doctoral-level training carried out in a business environment. The next session, entitled “Doctorates in a Business Environment,” will take place on March 22, at 5:00 p.m., at NOVA IMS Information Management School (registration and program).

The FCT has opened, until March 31, the application period for Call the Award of Studentships for Doctorates in all Scientific Fields 2023, which will aim to award 1,450 Studentships . Of this set of Studentships, 400 will be allocated to a specific application line for work plans developed in non-academic entities. These sessions aim precisely to clarify questions from potential candidates for this line of Studentships in a non-academic environment and also from institutions that wish to become host institutions, namely companies, public administration entities, hospitals, museums, libraries, state laboratories, regulatory entities, or third sector entities. The first of these sessions took place on March 7 at the Instituto Superior Técnico and is available for viewing at this link.

In January, FCT opened a call for expressions of interest for non-academic entities to host doctoral students, which already has more than 340 registered entities, listed on the FCT website and updated on an ongoing basis. By hosting doctoral fellows, non-academic entities can benefit from a public policy that promotes science funding, strengthening synergies with the scientific and academic environment and boosting innovation and competitiveness.

Pursuing a public policy of advanced training based on socially relevant research, in 2023 the FCT will thus strengthen institutional cooperation and the link between work plans developed in academic and non-academic environments, understood in a broad sense, which includes companies, collaborative laboratories, technology and innovation centers, and other interface centers, public administration entities, or third sector entities.

More information:
2023Studentships Call Pages:
–General Application Line
–Specific Application Line in Non-Academic Environment

Call for expressions of interest for non-academic institutions
Studentships in a non-academic environment – Questions and Answers