Session “25 years of FCT in Science: Scientific Employment and Scientific Careers”

Today, March 31st, the Foundation for Science and Technology (FCT) is holding in Coimbra the 3rd scientific conference of the FCT's 25th anniversary celebrations program under the theme “Scientific Employment and Scientific Careers” (see program ). The session will be held in the Auditorium of the Faculty of Science and Technology of the University of Coimbra, between 2:15 pm and 6:00 pm, and will be attended by the Minister of Science, Technology and Higher Education, Elvira Fortunato. The session will be broadcast live on the FCT 25th Anniversary Celebrations page .

The session will open with speeches by the President of the FCT Board of Directors, Helena Pereira, and the Rector of the University of Coimbra, Amílcar Falcão. Various perspectives on the topic of Scientific Employment in Portugal, as well as in other countries, will be addressed, with room for a discussion panel dedicated to the topic “Scientific Careers”. The session will be closed by the Minister of Science, Technology and Higher Education.

In 2018, the FCT implemented the Scientific Employment Stimulus program with the aim of strengthening the National Science and Technology System (SNCT) and promoting employment opportunities for PhDs. This program is executed through the Calls Stimulus to Scientific Employment – Individual (CEEC Individual) and Stimulus to Scientific Employment – Institutional (CEEC Institutional).

These Calls they function as instruments for financing the hiring of researchers and are defined by the Scientific Employment Regulation published in 2017 by the FCT, following the publication of Decree-Law No. 57/2016. They are intended for researchers with doctorates of any nationality, in all areas of knowledge, who intend to carry out their scientific research or technological development activities in the institutions that make up the SNCT.

With four editions completed, the Call annual CEEC Individual has so far awarded a total of 1536 contracts, with this Call making the continuous and systematic integration of new doctors more accessible, who previously identify the host institution where they will develop their research plan. The Institutional CEEC has already enabled the granting of 717 contracts to PhD researchers and is aimed at institutions or networks composed of several entities, aiming to support Scientific Employment and Scientific Career Development plans by Higher Education Institutions, State Laboratories and other scientific institutions, public or private.

More information on the 25 years of FCT page .