The Individual Call is aimed at PhD holders of any nationality or stateless with a background in any scientific area who wish to develop their scientific research or technological development activity in Portugal, integrated into R&D units funded by FCT.

 

Applicants should indicate the host institution where they will develop their research plan. The selected doctorates are directly hired by the identified host institution, through FCT funding.

Junior Researcher: PhD holders for 5 or less years, with limited experience in post-doctoral research or without a scientific curriculum after their PhDs in the scientific area to which they are applying.

Assistant Researcher: PhD holders for over 5 years, with a relevant curriculum in the scientific area to which they are applying, but with limited scientific independence.

Principal Researcher: PhD holders for over 5 years, with a relevant curriculum in the scientific area to which they are applying, demonstrating scientific independence over the past 3 years.

Coordinating Researcher: PhD holders for over 5 years, holding the title of habilitado ou agregado in Portugal, with a curriculum of elevated merit in the scientific area to which they are applying, showing scientific independence and with evidence of leadership in the scientific area to which they are applying.

 

Rating criteria:

A - Merit of the candidate (70%), from the scientific, technological, cultural or artistic point of view, measured by his / her curriculum: scientific, technological, cultural production; applied research activities; degree of internationalization; management of science, technology and innovation programs and projects; scientific orientation; knowledge extension and dissemination activities

B - Merit of research plan (30%) to fit in the United Nations 2030 Sustainable Development Agenda: state-of-the-art progress; adequacy and reasonableness of the methodology; quality of the reception conditions and suitability of the project to the research strategy of the host institution.

 

Applications are evaluated on a scale of 1 (one) to 10 (ten) in each of the two criteria (A and B).

 

The call is open from 30 January 2020 until 5 p.m. (Lisbon time) on 26 February 2020.