Opened the Call for Assignment of Studentships PhD Research Program 2021

Today, March 1st, FCT opened the application submission period for the 2021 Call for Doctoral Research Studentships , for the award of 1450 Studentships . The deadline for submitting applications is March 31st, until 5 pm (Lisbon time).

The financing of Studentships The doctoral program constitutes one of the pillars of FCT's activity, playing an important role in advanced qualification and scientific development. The FCT currently finances around 5 thousand Studentships from research to doctorate in all scientific domains.

To the Studentships Doctoral Research Grants funded by the FCT are competitively awarded grants to support advanced training in all areas of knowledge leading to the academic degree of Doctor. To the Studentships allow doctoral students to dedicate themselves exclusively to their research activity. 

The research activities to be carried out by the candidates within the scope of Studentships to be assigned in this Call can be developed in any environment of production and dissemination of knowledge, national or international. Host institutions can be higher education institutions, R&D Units, Associate Laboratories , Collaborative Laboratories, Technological Interface Centers, State Laboratories and other public research institutions, hospitals and health care units, other entities integrated into the Public Administration where R&D activities are developed, private non-profit institutions whose main purpose is R&D activities, companies whose activity has been recognized as being of scientific interest or consortia in which any of these entities participate.

Research activities can also be carried out in more than one host institution, making it possible to combine different host institutions, both public and private, including companies and public administration, thus promoting collaboration, as well as transdisciplinarity and interdisciplinarity.

All procedures of the Call – application, evaluation, publication of results, prior hearing, complaint/appeal and contracting – take place entirely on the myFCT electronic platform. All information related to the Call is available on the FCT website .

Questions related to the application, the form or its completion should be addressed to info. Studentships @fct.pt , always identifying in the subject the reference to “ Call Studentships 2021”. Before contacting FCT, we recommend that candidates carefully read all documents related to the Call , including the FAQs , where you will find clear, systematic and up-to-date information on the applicable rules and procedures.

The intensive use of FCT services on the occasion of Call involves a great deal of overhead and can lead to delays in handling issues, eventually delaying the application process. 

The FCT welcomes the opening of this incentive for Advanced Training and wishes all candidates the best of luck.