FCT publishes Notice of the Call of the 6th edition of the CEEC Individual

The Foundation for Science and Technology (FCT) has published the Notice of the Call of the 6th edition of Call Estímulo ao Emprego Científico Individual (CEEC Individual), whose applications will run from April 4, 2023 until 17:00 (Lisbon time) on May 3, 2023. This Call provides for the hiring of 400 more doctoral researchers under the Scientific Employment Regulation (REC).

The Individual CEEC is an annual Call that directly supports the hiring of researchers with doctorates, in all scientific areas, who intend to carry out their scientific research or technological development activities in Portugal, in the institutions of the National System of Science and Technology (SNCT).

Individual CEEC contracts last up to 6 years and are awarded, in this edition, according to three categories: Junior Researcher, Assistant Researcher and Principal Researcher.

The Individual CEEC and the Institutional CEEC are funding instruments for hiring researchers created by FCT in 2017, following the publication of Decree-Law No. 57/2016 and with the aim of stimulating scientific and technological employment in all areas of knowledge.

The Incentive Program for Scientific Employment - FCT, through the Individual CEEC and Institutional CEEC editions, has so far opened 3,120 vacancies for contracts with Ph.