Call for PhD Research Studentships 2021 opened

Today, March 1, FCT opened the application period for the 2021Call for Doctoral Research Studentships , which will award 1,450 Studentships. The deadline for submitting applications is March 31, until 5pm (Lisbon time).

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

The Doctoral Research Studentships funded by the FCT are grants awarded competitively to support advanced training in all areas of knowledge leading to the academic degree of Doctor. 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 the Studentships to be awarded in this Call can be developed in any environment for the production and dissemination of knowledge, whether national or international. Host institutions can be higher education institutions, R&D Units, Associate Laboratories, Collaborative Laboratories, Technology Interface Centres, 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 can 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, thus promoting collaboration, as well as transdisciplinarity and interdisciplinarity.

All Call procedures - application, evaluation, dissemination 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 how to fill it in should be addressed to Studentships always identifying the reference to "Call Studentships 2021" in the subject line. Before contacting FCT, we recommend that applicants carefully read all the 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 at the time of the Call implies a heavy workload and can lead to delays in dealing with questions, possibly delaying the application process. 

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