FCT releases results of the 2nd edition of the Institutional CEEC

FCT announced today the provisional results of the 2nd edition of the Call Stimulate Institutional Scientific Employment (CEEC Institucional). 60 of the 87 applications submitted were approved for funding, and 305 contract positions for doctoral graduates were awarded for a period of 6 years, corresponding to a total financial investment of 97.7 million euros. 

The applications were assessed by an international evaluation panel which assigned a merit rating and distributed the available vacancies for each application based on the merit rating and the institutional characterization represented by the total number of doctoral graduates and the number of Calls to be opened by the institutions in the next five years for career positions. 

The distribution of positions to be funded by type and level of contract was as follows: 183 fixed-term researcher contracts; 92 contracts for scientific research careers and 30 contracts for university and polytechnic teaching careers. 

After the provisional results are released, the prior hearing period begins. 

The Institutional CEEC is one of the funding instruments for hiring researchers defined by the Scientific Employment Regulation launched in 2017 by the FCT, following the publication of Decree-Law 57/2016. In the 1st edition of the Institutional CEEC, 412 contract positions were awarded.

The CEEC Institutional Call is held every two years and is part of the FCT's major structuring Calls , the timetable for which is set out until 2022 and published here. 

As part of the policy of stimulating the hiring of doctoral graduates and strengthening the contribution of R&D to public science policies, the FCT is preparing an additional specific scientific employment stimulus Call , aimed exclusively at Associate Laboratories, to be launched in 2021.