FCT increases by 30% Studentships Research for Doctorates for PALOP + East Timor

FCT has finished evaluating the applications received under the Call de Studentships de Investigação para Doutoramento para PALOP + Timor-Leste and the final results have now been published.

390 applications were submitted, of which 319 (around 82%) met the admissibility requirements. In view of the very high number of applications, the decision was taken to increase the number of Studentships to be awarded under this Call, from 30 to 39 Studentships doctoral research grants. This additional number was allocated to Angola, Cape Verde and Mozambique, which accounted for around 88% of the total number of applications. Of the applications proposed for funding, 25 were from male applicants and 14 from female applicants.

This Call privileges research in the candidates' country of origin, combining attendance at doctoral programs at Portuguese higher education institutions with research practices outside Portugal. This type of work plan, together with an increase in the amount of money available for travel to the country of origin and the obligation for the candidate to prove residence in the country of origin, help to consolidate the knowledge developed in doctoral research in the candidates' countries, qualifying their staff.

The selection of candidates took into account the merit of the candidate, the merit of the work plan and the merit of the host conditions. The evaluation process for this edition of Call involved the participation of 37 evaluators, divided into three evaluation panels that analyzed, classified and ranked the applications in each panel.

The three panels had the following distribution of applications analyzed: Social Sciences, Humanities and Arts -161; Natural Sciences and Engineering - 110; Health and Life Sciences - 48.