Results of Call 2nd Call Scientific Employment Incentives – Individual

Today (November 27), FCT announced the results of Call 2018 Call to Stimulate Scientific Employment – Individual (CEEC Individual) to applicants. This Call 300 employment contracts to PhD researchers in all scientific areas and in four contractual categories: 158 Junior Researcher contracts, 104 Assistant Researcher contracts, 37 Principal Researcher contracts, and 1 Coordinating Researcher contract. The distribution by major scientific areas shows 97 contracts in Natural Sciences, 57 in Engineering and Technology, 51 in Humanities and Arts, 43 in Social Sciences, 33 in Medical and Health Sciences, and 19 in Agricultural and Veterinary Sciences.

Candidates were selected through an evaluation and ranking process carried out by 25 international panels, coordinated by José Carlos Marques dos Santos. The distribution of contracts by category and scientific panel is proportional to the respective number of candidates evaluated.

Of the 300 researchers selected, 51% are women. Portugal's attractiveness on the international science scene has grown, with foreign researchers accounting for 32% of all candidates selected for contracts, compared to 25% in Call . The main countries of origin of the foreign researchers selected are Spain (23 researchers), Italy (18), France (10), and Germany (9).

Following the announcement of the results, a preliminary hearing period will begin, during which unsuccessful candidates may contest their evaluation. Employment contracts must be signed between researchers and host institutions within 90 days of the signing of program contracts between the latter and the FCT.

The Individual CEEC is one of the instruments for financing the hiring of researchers defined by the Scientific Employment Regulation, launched in 2017 by the FCT, following the publication of Decree-Law No. 57/2016. The next edition of Call until the end of this year, as provided for in Decree-Law No. 60/2018 and announced in the Calls calendar for 2019.