FCT Tenure - 1st Edition

No. The FCT-Tenure program does not discriminate between types of non-permanent contracts. Its aim is to contribute to solutions for integrating researchers into career positions, including postdoctoral fellows, researchers hired under the Transitional Rule, researchers with contracts awarded under European projects, researchers with contracts under individual or institutional CEEC programs, or researchers with other fixed-term contracts, whether or not funded by the FCT. It is considered that any measure to encourage permanent hiring should not restrict the eligibility of potential beneficiaries to those who have a particular type of fixed-term contract.

Yes, competitive procedures that began after July 31, 2023 are eligible, with no retroactive payments for the period between August 1, 2023 and the start of the program contract with FCT. However, the same co-financing period will remain in place.

No. However, the institution may open a new Call the same potential for co-financing by the FCT as described above until December 31, 2025. In other words, in these cases, the institution will not lose access to the position assigned under the FCT-Tenure program.

No. Although we recognize that the problem of scientific precariousness has a significant impact beyond borders, one of the objectives of the FCT-Tenure program is to promote the integration into career positions of researchers who have or have had fixed-term positions as PhD students in Portugal.

No. However, strategies may be indicated for implementation at the level of advanced master's and doctoral training, where the researcher to be hired and their Research Unit may play a relevant role, with a view to greater integration between research strategies and the curriculum.