2019 Call for PhD Scholarships

The Notice of the Call Call for PhD Studentships 2019 has been published. Applications are open from February 28 to 5pm on March 28, 2019. 950 Studentships will be awarded, the same number as last year and more than in previous years. 

This year, applications can now be submitted using the new CIÊNCIAVITAEcurriculum platform, a single, personalized, simple, harmonized and structured curriculum, which will soon replace platforms such as FCT|SIG CV and DeGóis. Along the same lines of administrative simplification, the presentation of bachelor's and master's degrees at the time of application is no longer required as an admissibility criterion. Only students who want to benefit from the points awarded according to their bachelor's and/or master's degree will have to present the documentation when applying.

Doctoral Studentships are grants awarded competitively to support the training of scientists in all areas of knowledge to obtain a doctoral degree. They allow young researchers to devote themselves exclusively to their research, thus contributing to the country's scientific and technological development. FCT currently supports around 5,000 doctoral Studentships .

The research work to be carried out by candidates under this Call may be developed in any knowledge-intensive environment, namely in collaboration with companies and other public and private institutions, including the Public Administration. Host institutions may be R&D Units, State Laboratories, Associate Laboratories, Collaborative Laboratories or Interface Centers.