Call for PhD Studentships 2017 is now open

The Call for PhD Studentships 2017 is open from March 1 to 31. 900 Studentships will be awarded in all areas within the scope of this Call.

The purpose of opening the Call during the month of March is to allow candidates to be aware of the results before the start of the academic year, so that they can better plan their research. The FCT intends to open the Call for PhD Studentships in the first quarter of the year.

Doctoral Studentships are a subsidy awarded to researchers in training to carry out scientific and technological activities on an exclusive basis, with a view to obtaining a doctoral degree. Research carried out by doctoral researchers, in line with Decree-Law 57/2016, must be contracted out as the normal relationship, which is why the award of post-doctoral Studentships is not foreseen in this Call. Hiring PhDs is a priority for FCT and will be reflected in the Call for Projects in all scientific fields, the notice of which was published on February 24, in the implementation of Decree-Law 57/2016, under which it is planned to open another thousand Calls PhDs to be funded by FCT, and in other scientific employment opportunities that FCT will promote in 2017.