Ongoing updating of R&D unit research teams (2021)

All personnel directly involved in the research and development activities of the R&D unit, whether they hold a doctorate or not, such as researchers and persons providing services directly related to R&D activities, namely R&D managers, technical personnel in R&D activities, and other personnel supporting R&D activities.

You can consult here the concept and examples of R&D activities that correspond to those adopted in the 2020 National Scientific and Technological Potential Survey by the Directorate-General for Education and Science Statistics.

Data is requested on the employee, including their level of education, participation in the team, and professional status. The data requested on professional status will be more detailed if the member has a contract financed through funding allocated by the FCT to the R&D unit. In these cases, the contract and the Call notice must also be uploaded. All fields in the member's registration are mandatory except those marked as optional.

When registering a team member, data such as educational level and professional status are automatically filled in whenever there is a match with the public registry of the Scientific and Teaching Employment Observatory (OECD) developed by the Directorate-General for Education and Science Statistics.

No, team member data is recorded by R&D unit users on the permanent team update platform, including team entry and exit dates.

According to Article 5 of the Research Scholarship Statute (EBI), scholarship holders must perform their duties on a full-time basis. A fellow belongs to the R&D unit team listed in the respective approved work plan, or to which the Studentship supervisor belongs, except when there are collaborations authorized by the Studentship funding entity Studentship R&D units under Article 5(4) of the EBI.

Yes, you can, as a contributor.

The ETI is based on a full calendar year and is calculated for team members based on the information entered in the platform fields "% of dedication to this team" and "date of % of dedication."

The Frascati Manual definition of ETI is as follows:

“The full-time equivalent (FTE) of R&D personnel is defined as the proportion of working hours actually spent on R&D during a specific reference period (usually a calendar year) divided by the total number of hours conventionally worked during the same period by an individual or group.”

The teams assigned to Associate Laboratories funding Associate Laboratories automatically updated based on the updates made on the platform by the teams of the units that comprise them. The FCT considers the teams of Associate Laboratories be Associate Laboratories PhD researchers indicated by the respective R&D units on the platform.