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

The Foundation for Science and Technology (FCT) has published the Notice of the Call forthe 6th edition of Call Individual Scientific Employment Call (CEEC Individual), for which applications will be accepted from April 4, 2023, until 5:00 p.m. (Lisbon time) on May 8, 2023. This Call the hiring of an additional 400 PhD researchers under the Scientific Employment Regulation (REC).

CEEC Individual is an Call that directly supports the hiring of PhD researchers in all scientific fields who wish to carry out their scientific research or technological development activities in Portugal, at institutions that are part of the National Science and Technology System (SNCT).

CEEC Individual contracts have a duration of up to 6 years and are awarded, in this edition, according to three categories: Junior Researcher, Assistant Researcher, and Principal Investigator.

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

The Scientific Employment Stimulus Program – FCT, through the CEEC Individual and CEEC Institutional editions, has so far opened up 3,120 positions for contracts with PhD researchers.