Provisional results of the 6th Call Scientific Employment Stimulus - Individual

Today, November 28, the FCT published the provisional results of the Call Stimulate Scientific Employment - Individual - 6th Edition (CEEC Individual), in which 400 new employment contracts are awarded to researchers with doctorates in all scientific areas and which represents a financial investment of around 126 million euros. In all six editions, CEEC Individual has awarded a total of 2,300 contracts to researchers with doctorates.

In this 6th edition of CEEC Individual, 2746 applications were assessed. The 400 researchers selected fall into three contract categories: 193 Junior contracts, 158 Auxiliary contracts and 49 Principal contracts. Of the 400 applications selected, 13 refer to applications approved via Decree-Law no. 29/2001, of February 3. The remaining 387 contracts were distributed proportionally by category and by evaluation panel, according to the number of applications evaluated.

In this 6th edition, and in order to assess the merit of the applications in a qualitative way, they were asked to present their scientific and curricular career in narrative form, describing their research trajectory.

Of the applications selected, 56% are from women and 30% are from researchers of foreign nationality. The countries with the highest representation are: Spain (20 researchers), Italy (20) and Brazil (14). See the statistical summary.

The applications were selected through an evaluation and classification process carried out by 29 international panels, with a total of 342 evaluators. In this edition, there was an overall renewal of 98% of the panels, and 100% in 25 of them, compared to the previous edition. The percentage of female evaluators was 48%. See the composition of the evaluation panels.

After the provisional results have been announced, the ten-working-day prior hearing period begins, during which unsuccessful candidates can present their assessment.

Employment contracts must be signed between the researchers and the host institutions within 90 days of the signing of the program contracts between the latter and the FCT. This will happen after the final results have been announced (after the prior hearing).

The CEEC Individual is one of the funding instruments for hiring researchers defined by the Scientific Employment Regulation launched in 2017 by the FCT, following the publication of Decree-Law no. 57/2016, and recently updated (see the current version of the REC here ). The Individual CEEC has been held annually since 2018. Below is a table summarizing the 6 editions already completed.