FCT has updated the value of Research Studentships for 2022

All research Studentships covered by the FCT Research Studentships Regulations have been updated for 2022 with a €40.00 increase in the monthly maintenance allowance. This update is effective as of January 1, 2022, so grantees directly funded by the FCT will receive the amounts retroactively in the March payment.

This annual update of the monthly maintenance allowances for research Studentships is the result of the FCT's Research Studentships Regulations, taking into account changes in the value of the guaranteed minimum monthly salary (minimum wage) each year.

For 2022, the value of the minimum wage was set at €705.00, corresponding to an increase of €40.00 compared to the amount for 2021. At its meeting on January 31, 2022, the FCT Board of Directors decided to set this value for updating Studentships, also deciding to apply it to all scholarship holders covered by types of Studentships provided for in previous regulations, whose Studentships are still running in 2022.

The new table of fees for research Studentships can be found here.