New FAQs about Studentships funded by FCT

The Foundation for Science and Technology (FCT), recognizing the need to clarify the status of scholarship recipients and how they can effectively exercise their rights, has compiled a new set of FAQs (Frequently Asked Questions) to answer the questions most frequently asked by directly funded research scholarship recipients.

The questions and answers have been organized by topic: full-time commitment, changes to Studentship conditions, parenthood, and general questions. This set of new FAQs brings together answers to the most common questions asked by scholarship recipients, as identified by FCT services in the contacts they have received. The purpose of the FAQs is to help scholarship recipients obtain answers to their questions more quickly and directly. Scholarship recipients should therefore always check first whether their question or query has already been answered in these FAQs and follow the instructions given, especially with regard to the information they should gather and include in their requests or questions sent by email, so that their request is clearly and properly explained, contributing to a more efficient management of the Studentship processes.

Direct link to the FAQs for Studentships funded by FCT, by topic:
1. General Questions
2. Changes to the conditions set out in the application
3. Full-time Commitment Regime
4. Parenting

These FAQs will be updated whenever necessary, so we recommend consulting them periodically if you have any new questions. The FAQs are intended to be a fundamental tool for facilitating communication and promoting the efficient management of Studentship processes Studentship the research work of scholarship recipients.

Please note that consulting the FAQs does not exempt you from reading the Research Fellow Statute and the FCT Studentships Regulations beforehand.