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

The Foundation for Science and Technology (FCT) has published the list of provisional results of the fifth evaluation phase of the FCT Mobility program. Sixty-two applications (out of a total of 63 eligible proposals) were proposed for funding, corresponding to €315,198.50 in support for the international mobility of researchers.

This fifth evaluation round considered applications submitted between July 11 and September 10, 2025. Since its inception, FCT Mobility has received 384 applications, with 304 grants awarded (approval rate of 79.16%). The total funding allocated was €1,359,095.

In the incoming modality, Portugal welcomes 110 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 194 Portuguese researchers in transit, mainly to European Union countries (Ireland, Italy, Iceland, Switzerland, Spain, Sweden, the United Kingdom, Poland, Germany, France, Austria, the Netherlands, Belgium, Greece, Croatia, Slovenia, and Romania), and less than a third to countries outside Europe (USA, China, Brazil, Chile, Canada, Argentina, South Africa, Mexico, Vietnam, Laos, Singapore, Japan, Mozambique, and Angola).

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).

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.