CEEC Institutional final results - Associate Laboratories

On 16 August, the Foundation for Science and Technology (FCT) published the final results of the Scientific Employment Stimulus - Institutional - (CEEC Institutional - Associate Laboratories) Were approved for funding 36 of the 39 applications submitted by the Laboratories and 120 contract positions for doctoral graduates were awarded for a period of 6 years, corresponding to a total financial investment of 41.3 million euros.

The distribution of positions to be funded by type and level of contract was as follows: 39 contracts under Decree-Law no. 57/2016 of August 29, for Junior Researchers (16) and Assistant Researchers (23); and 81 contracts for research careers concluded without a fixed term or for an indefinite period, in all categories.

The CEECInst-LA aims to finance the hiring of PhD holders by Associated Laboratories (ALs), through financial support for scientific employment and career development plans, as part of the strategy to strengthen the critical mass needed to pursue specific national science and technology policy, and considering the scientific challenges framed in the United Nations 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development. It is also intended to strengthen institutional cooperation network, in order to contribute to increasing the competitiveness of the productive and social fabric, as well as strengthening the conditions for innovation. This call for proposals takes place under the Scientific Employment Regulation (REC), under the institutional Calls to support scientific employment.