FCT Mobility: publication of provisional results of the fourth evaluation round

The Foundation for Science and Technology (FCT) has published the list of provisional results of the fourth evaluation phase of the FCT Mobility program. Fifty-eight applications (out of a total of 58 eligible proposals) were proposed for funding, corresponding to €373,110.50 in support for the international mobility of researchers.

This fourth evaluation round considered applications submitted between May 11 and July 10, 2025. Since its inception, FCT Mobility has received 318 applications, with an approval rate of 79.24%. The total funding awarded was €1,132,193.50.

FCT Mobility funds medium- and long-term stays for Portuguese PhD researchers at foreign institutions and foreign PhD researchers at Portuguese institutions, with a view to carrying out research and/or fieldwork. It has a budget of five million euros from the Recovery and Resilience Plan – PRR (Measure RE-C06-i06 – Science Plus Training).

There are 252 researchers participating in international mobility under this program. In the incoming modality, Portugal welcomes 88 researchers affiliated with foreign institutions, coming from both European countries (Italy, Spain, the United Kingdom, France, Poland, and Ireland) and countries outside Europe (Benin, Uzbekistan, Brazil, Colombia, Mexico, Australia, China, and the USA).

In the outgoing category, there are 164 Portuguese researchers in transit, mainly to European Union countries (Germany, Austria, Belgium, Croatia, Slovenia, Spain, France, Greece, Ireland, Iceland, Italy, the Netherlands, Poland, the United Kingdom, Romania, Sweden, and Switzerland), and less than a third to countries outside Europe (South Africa, Angola, Argentina, Brazil, Canada, Chile, China, USA, Laos, Mexico, Mozambique, Singapore, and Vietnam).

This program is open on a rolling basis and applications may be submitted until December 31, 2025, for mobility starting until March 31, 2026.

For more information, please refer to the Call page.