Scientific employment Stimulus is an incentive for the hiring of researchers and the development of scientific employment plans and scientific careers by public or private institutions.
This financial support strengthens the national scientific and technological system and promotes employment opportunities for doctors, facilitating the formalisation 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 facilitating a framework that stimulates the mobility of researchers.
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2552
running contracts
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122 M€
investment in 2021
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21%
of the total FCT investment
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For contacts with FCT about Scientific Employment use e-mail, forwarding your question to one of the following addresses, depending on the subject.
Employment Scientific Funding
Requests for information on the management and monitoring of funding allocated under the doctoral employment programmes.
Individual Scientific Employment
For information under the Call Stimulus for Scientific Employment - Individual Support Modality
Institutional Scientific Employment
For information under the Call of Stimulus to Scientific Employment - Institutional Support Modality
Transitory Rule
For information on the hiring of PhD holders under the transitory Rule - art. 23 - of Decree-Law 57/2016.
Updated on November 28, 2023