Results of the 3rd Call Scientific Employment Stimulation – Individual

The FCT communicated today (October 29) to candidates the results of the Call to Stimulate Scientific Employment – Individual – 3rd Edition (CEEC Individual), in which 300 employment contracts are awarded to PhD researchers in all scientific areas and which represents a financial investment of 89,983,533 euros. In all 3 editions held, CEEC Individual has already granted a total of 1100 contracts to PhD researchers.

The 300 selected researchers are distributed across four contractual categories: 157 Junior Researcher contracts, 114 Assistant Researcher contracts, 27 Principal Researcher contracts and 2 Coordinating Researcher contracts. Women represent 58% of the selected candidates and researchers of foreign nationality represent 27% of the total, with the countries with the greatest representation being: Spain (33 researchers), Italy (16), France (7) and Germany (6).

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

After the results are announced, the preliminary hearing period begins, during which unsuccessful candidates can contest their assessment. Employment contracts must be signed between researchers and host institutions within 90 days after the signing of program contracts between them and the FCT.

The CEEC Individual is one of the financing instruments for 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 the Call will take place until the end of this year, as provided for in Decree-Law No. 60/2018 and published in the FCT Calls calendar for 2020.