Provisional Results of the 6th Call Scientific Employment Stimulus – Individual

Today, November 28, FCT published the provisional results ofCall Scientific Employment Stimulus – Individual – 6th Edition (CEEC Individual), in which 400 new employment contracts are awarded to researchers with doctorates in all scientific areas, representing a financial investment of around €126 million. Over the six editions held, CEEC Individual has already awarded a total of 2,300 contracts to researchers with doctorates.

In this 6th edition of CEEC Individual, 2,746 applications were evaluated. The 400 researchers selected are divided into three contract categories: 193 Junior contracts, 158 Assistant contracts, and 49 Principal contracts. Of the 400 applications selected, 13 refer to applications approved via Decree-Law No. 29/2001, of February 3, with the remaining 387 contracts distributed proportionally by category and evaluation panel, according to the number of applications evaluated.

In this sixth edition, in order to assess the merit of the applications qualitatively, candidates were asked to present their scientific and curricular background in narrative form, describing their research trajectory.

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

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

Following the announcement of provisional results, a ten-working-day preliminary hearing period begins, during which unsuccessful candidates may contest their assessment.

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

The Individual CEEC is one of the instruments for financing the hiring of 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 six editions that have already been completed.