2021 Call for PhD Studentships
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The 2021 Call for PhD Studentships aims to support researchers, in all areas of knowledge, who wish to develop research activities leading to a PhD, enrolled in, or that comply with the requirements to enrol in PhD studies, and who wish to carry out research activities towards this degree.
Research activities may be carried out in any environment of production and dissemination of knowledge, national or international, including higher education institutions, R&D units, Associated Laboratories, Collaborative Laboratories, Technological Interface Centres, State Laboratories and other public research institutions, hospitals and healthcare units, other Public Administration entities with R&D activity, as well as private non-profit institutions developing R&D activities.
Similarly, companies acknowledged for their scientific interest or consortia that include any of the mentioned institutions will be considered as host institutions.
The work plan may be entirely or partially carried out in a national institution (national or both in Portugal and abroad studentship, respectively), or in a foreign institution (abroad studentship).
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Applicants need to:
- Be a citizen permanently and usually living in Portugal, in case the work plan will be carried out entirely or partially at foreign institutions (both in Portugal and abroad or entirely abroad); this requirement applies to both national and foreign citizens.
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Not have held any prior PhD or PhD in Industry studentship directly funded by FCT, of any duration.
- Not to hold a doctoral degree.
Before application submission, FCT recommends the careful reading of the following documents: Notice of Call and the Annex I (Evaluation Guide), Application Guide, What is new, Research Fellowship Holder Statute, the FCT Regulation for Students and Fellowships and FAQs.
The Call is open from March 1st to 5:00 pm (Lisbon time) of March 31st 2021.
Information related to the application procedure or application form may be required via email to info.bolsas@fct.pt. This will be the only communication channel for questions related to filling in the application form.
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