The 2017 Call for PhD Scholarships is now open

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The Call for Applications for Doctoral Studentships 2017 is open from March 1st to 31st. 900 Studentships will be awarded in all areas under this Call .

The opening of the Call during the month of March aims to allow candidates to be aware of the results before the start of the academic year, in order to be able to better plan their research. The FCT intends that the opening of the Call for the assignment of Studentships doctorate to always occur in the first quarter of the year.

To the Studentships Doctoral grants are a subsidy granted to researchers in training to carry out activities of a scientific and technological nature on an exclusive basis, with a view to obtaining the title of doctor. Research carried out by PhD researchers, in accordance with Decree-Law 57/2016, must assume hiring as the normal link, so that the attribution of Studentships postdoctoral fellowship in this Call . The recruitment of PhDs is a priority for the FCT and will be reflected in the Call for Projects in all scientific fields, the notice for which was published on February 24, in the implementation of DL 57/2016, under which the opening of another thousand is expected. Calls hiring of doctors to be financed by the FCT, and other scientific employment opportunities that the FCT will promote in 2017.