Call Applications for 2021 PhD Studentships is now open

Today, March 1, FCT opened the application period for Call 2021Call PhD Studentships , for the award of 1,450 Studentships. The deadline for applications is March 31, at 5 p.m. (Lisbon time).

The funding of Studentships is one of the pillars of FCT's activity, playing an important role in advanced qualification and scientific development. FCT currently funds around 5,000 Studentships for doctoral studies in all scientific fields.

The FCT-funded PhD Studentships are competitively awarded grants to support advanced training in all areas of knowledge leading to the academic degree of Doctor. Studentships PhD students to devote themselves exclusively to their research activity. 

The research activities to be carried out by candidates under the Studentships be awarded in this Call be developed in any national or international environment for the production and dissemination of knowledge. Host institutions may be higher education institutions, R&D units, Associate Laboratories, collaborative laboratories, technology interface centers, state laboratories, and other public research institutions, hospitals, and healthcare units, other entities integrated into the Public Administration where R&D activities are carried out, 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 may also be carried out in more than one host institution, with the possibility of combining different host institutions, both public and private, including companies and public administration, thereby promoting collaboration, as well as transdisciplinarity and interdisciplinarity.

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

Questions regarding the application, the form, or how to fill it out should be sent to Studentships, always identifying the subject line with the reference "Call Studentships ." Before contacting FCT, we recommend that applicants carefully read all documents related to the Call, including the FAQs, where they will find clear, systematic, and up-to-date information on the applicable rules and procedures.

The intensive use of FCT services during the Call period Call a heavy burden on the organization and may lead to delays in processing issues, potentially delaying the application process. 

FCT welcomes this initiative to promote advanced training and wishes all candidates the best of luck.