FCT Mobility: publication of provisional results of the seventh and final evaluation stage

The Foundation for Science and Technology (FCT) has published the list of provisional results for the seventh (and final) evaluation stage of the FCT Mobility program. A total of 143 applications (out of a total of 147 eligible proposals) were proposed for funding, corresponding to an estimated €878,376.50 in support for the international mobility of researchers. This seventh evaluation phase considered applications submitted between November 11 and December 31, 2025.

Since its inception, FCT Mobility has received a total of 604 applications, of which 495 were considered eligible, with 476 grants recommended for funding, representing an approval rate of 96.16%. To date, €1,900,230.00 has been transferred to beneficiaries, with the contracting and payment processes for the remaining grants still ongoing.

In the incoming modality, Portugal hosts 186 researchers affiliated with foreign institutions, coming from both European countries (Italy, Spain, the United Kingdom, France, Poland, Czech Republic, Croatia, and Ireland), as well as from countries outside Europe (Benin, Uzbekistan, Brazil, Colombia, Mexico, Australia, China, USA, Nigeria, Iran, India, Thailand, Latvia, Kenya, Turkey, Russia, Serbia, Slovakia, Argentina, Mauritania, Japan, Philippines, Colombia, and Israel).

In the outgoing modality, there are 290 Portuguese researchers in transit, mainly to European countries (Ireland, Italy, Iceland, Switzerland, Spain, Sweden, the United Kingdom, Poland, Germany, France, Austria, the Netherlands, Belgium, Greece, Croatia, Slovenia, Hungary, 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, São Tomé and Príncipe, Egypt, New Zealand, Puerto Rico, Botswana, and Angola).

FCT Mobility funded 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 ended on December 31, 2025, and the mobility periods supported under this notice must overlap with the PRR implementation period, i.e., mobility must begin by March 31, 2026, as stipulated by the program rules.

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