The Stimulus to Scientific Employment program is an incentive for public or private institutions to hire researchers and develop scientific employment plans and scientific careers.
This financial support strengthens the national scientific and technological system and promotes employment opportunities for doctors, facilitating the formalization of scientific employment and contributing to greater national attractiveness for highly qualified young people. They also contribute to the rejuvenation of scientific institutions, attracting more and better scientists, and to facilitating a framework that stimulates the mobility of researchers.
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2552
contracts in progress
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122 M€
investment in 2021
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21%
of FCT's total investment
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To contact FCT about scientific employment, use e-mail and direct your question to one of the following addresses, depending on the topic.
Scientific Employment Funding
Requests for information on the management and monitoring of funding allocated under the programs for hiring doctoral graduates.
Individual Scientific Employment
For information on the Call Encourage Scientific Employment - Individual Support Modality
Institutional Scientific Employment
For information on the Call Encourage Scientific Employment - Institutional Support Modality
Transitional rule
For information on hiring PhDs under the Transitional Rule - art. 23 - of Decree-Law 57/2016.
Updated on November 28, 2023