Provisional results of the Call for PhD Research Studentships 2020

The FCT has announced the provisional results of the Call for the Allocation of Doctoral Research Studentships 2020 , which foresee the allocation of 1,350 Studentships . The Call This year, 3,797 applications were received, 400 more than in 2019. The approval rate was 41.6% of the total number of applications eligible for funding (with a score equal to or higher than 3.00 points). The total investment approved for this Call totals R$101,682,000.00 (one hundred and one million, six hundred and eighty-two thousand reais).

THE Call This year involved the participation of 407 evaluators, distributed in 36 scientific panels, who analyzed and classified the applications and ranked them in the panel. The Scientific Coordination team of the Call defined the number of Studentships to be financed in each panel, taking into account the respective demand and the scientific policy guidelines for Portugal in the European context ( Higher Education, Research and Innovation in Portugal – Perspectives for 2030 ).

A brief analysis of the provisional results of the Call 2020 shows that women represented 58.1% of the candidates who achieved funding priority and men 41.9%. Studentships that will be carried out entirely in Portugal correspond to 80.1%, while 17.0% will be mixed (part in Portugal and part abroad) and 2.9% will be carried out entirely abroad. Of the selected candidates, 80.8% have Portuguese nationality. In total, candidates from 43 countries, including Portugal, are proposed for funding, with the most prominent among foreign candidates (19.2% of the total), those of Brazilian nationality (115 Studentships ), Italian (41 Studentships ), Iranian (15 Studentships ) Spanish (12 Studentships ) and German (10 Studentships ).

The FCT Doctoral Research Studentships are merit Studentships awarded in all scientific areas and are intended for the development of research work plans to obtain a doctoral degree, through doctoral programs at Portuguese or foreign universities. The selection of candidates takes into account the merit of the candidate, the merit of the work plan and the merit of the host institution and supervisors.

The provisional results of this Call have been communicated to all applicants, who will now have access to the comments justifying the classification given to their application by the evaluation panel. In the event of disagreement with the proposed decision, applicants can present arguments at the prior hearing of interested parties, which will be analyzed by the evaluation panel.

The final results of the Call will be released by the FCT on November 30, after the period for analyzing the preliminary hearings filed. The contracting process for the Studentships starts from this date, in accordance with the Regulation of Studentships FCT Research Center. As in previous years, it is the scholarship holder who indicates, when contracting the Studentship , what is the date for the start of financing for your Studentship , which may be between September 1, 2020 and August 1, 2021, with retroactive payment of the Studentships , where applicable.