Transitional rule for Scientific Employment

(available only in Portuguese)

Within the scope of the Scientific Employment Stimulus Program and following the conclusion of the regulatory process of the amendments to DL No. 57/2016 introduced by Law No. 57/2017, institutions have the necessary elements to open Calls for the recruitment of PhD researchers under the new legal regime, in particular those referring to the transitional rule. In this context, the FCT will finance the hiring costs arising from competition procedures for the functions performed by PhD scholarship holders with Studentships in force on September 1, 2016, financed directly or indirectly by the FCT for more than three consecutive or interspersed years (until December 31, 2017 or August 31, 2018).

This financing will be provided through the conclusion of program contracts with host institutions to cover the costs of such employment contracts. The FCT therefore publishes guidelines for the conclusion of program contracts .

Each scholarship holder covered by the transitional rule will give rise to a position, to be opened by the host institution. The FCT will finance the contract of the selected researcher, provided that the scholarship holder who originated the Call has applied. FCT will fund a single contract per eligible scholarship holder.

You Calls must be opened by the scholarship holders’ host institutions and do not require authorization or validation from the FCT.