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FCT awards 1366 Studentships doctoral grants on Call of 2019

FCT has released the final results of the Call for the Attribution of 2019 PhD Studentships in all scientific areas. A total of 1,366 PhD Studentships were awarded, corresponding to a success rate of 41% of the total number of applicants.

Of the selected candidates, 59% are women and 11% are of foreign nationality. Studentships was awarded to candidates from 32 foreign countries, with the largest number of candidates being from Brazil, followed by Italians.

The grant recipients will participate in PhD Programs in Portuguese or foreign universities, spread over more than 80 degree-granting institutions. Of the total Studentships granted, 77% refer to work plans carried out entirely in Portugal, 18% are mixed Studentships with work plans to be carried out partially abroad, and 5% refer to work plans carried out entirely abroad.

The applications were analyzed by 36 scientific panels, with three evaluation criteria: i) merit of the candidate; ii) merit of the work plan; and iii) merit of the hosting conditions. This evaluation involved 365 national experts from the scientific and academic community, 53% of which were women and affiliated with more than 20 institutions.

FCT will now contract Studentships with a start date between September 1, 2019 and August 1, 2020. Payments will start in December and students who have already started their work plan will receive their Studentships with retroactive payments.

In 2019, FCT estimates to contract 1,600 doctoral Studentships , including the Studentships of this Call and the Studentships awarded under the Calls of the doctoral programs, which corresponds to an increase of 16% compared to 2018.

The next Call for awarding Studentships doctoral degrees in all scientific areas will be announced at the end of 2019. As with the last three Calls, the application period will run during the first quarter of 2020, so that the results will be available by the summer.

See distribution of Studentships by scientific panels at Call and appendix for more information.