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

Yes. If you have ties to another type of institution in Portugal, whether public or private, you can join an R&D unit team as an integrated researcher or collaborator. If you do not have professional ties or a contract with an institution in the country, you can only join a team as a collaborator.

Yes, you can remain as a researcher in the R&D unit. If you devote at least 20% of your normal working time to research activities in the R&D unit, you can be an integrated researcher.

Yes, if the individual has a Studentship an employment contract with one of the management institutions receiving FCT funding for the R&D unit, if the respective expenditure meets the eligibility conditions for funding, and if there is budget availability under the human resources heading.

The question "Do you have a professional relationship/contract?" should be answered "Yes," and the question "Is the contract funded?" should be answered "No," since FCT funding is not granted within the scope of the R&D unit, but is granted directly by the FCT to the scholarship recipient. The "Employing institution/contracting party" to be selected should be the Foundation for Science and Technology, I.P..

If you do not have a professional/contractual relationship with a Portuguese institution, select “No” to the question “Do you have a professional/contractual relationship?” and then select the option “Researcher at a foreign institution.”

The list provided corresponds to institutions registered with the FCT with a NIPC (Tax Identification Number). To register an institution with a NIPC in the FCT's information systems, you must do the following:

1. Go to the Science and Technology Portal and log in with a user previously registered in the FCT systems.
2. Select the Institution Registration option,
3. Fill in the institution's details and click SAVE to submit the data.

The FCT will validate the data and the institution will be available on the platform.

Studentship contracts Studentship employment contracts wholly or partially funded by the 2020-2023 multi-year funding (basic and programmatic) granted by the FCT to the R&D unit, or employment contracts wholly or partially funded by the Associate Laboratory, are considered "Funded Contracts." Other contracts also funded by FCT under the Scientific Employment Program, research or infrastructure projects, and Studentship contracts Studentship funded by FCT should not be marked as "Funded contracts."

The information in question was provided by DGEEC within the scope of the Scientific and Teaching Employment Observatory (OECD) and cannot be changed directly on this platform, with the exception of the "End date of employment/contract" field, when the end date of the employment or contract is extended. Updates/corrections made within the OECD are automatically transferred to the FCT platform even if the information has been submitted and the item is in "Confirmed" status.