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Results of the 4th Call Scientific Employment Stimulus - Individual

FCT published today (November 23rd) the results of Call de Estímulo ao Emprego Científico - Individual - 4th Edition (CEEC Individual), in which over 400 employment contracts are awarded to doctoral researchers in all scientific areas and which represents a financial investment of over 119 million euros. In all 4 editions, the CEEC Individual has already awarded a total of 1500 contracts to researchers with doctorates.

In this 4th edition of the CEEC Individual, 3,730 applications were evaluated and the number of candidates who obtained a score of 8 or higher, on a scale of 1 to 10, was 1,742. The 400 selected researchers are distributed among four contract categories: 208 Junior Researcher contracts, 156 Auxiliary Researcher contracts, 35 Principal Researcher contracts and 1 Coordinating Researcher contract. Women represent 54.8% of the selected candidates and researchers of foreign nationality 31.5% of the total, meaning an increase of 4.5% in relation to the previous Call . The countries with more representation are: Spain (31 researchers), Italy (29), France (10) and Brazil (9). See the statistical summary.

The candidates were selected through an evaluation and ranking process carried out by 25 international panels. The distribution of contracts by category and scientific panel is proportional to the respective number of candidates evaluated.

After the announcement of the results, the period for a preliminary hearing will begin, during which unsuccessful applicants may contest their evaluation. The employment contracts must be signed between the researchers and the host institutions within 90 days after the signature of the program contracts between the host institutions and FCT.

The Individual CEEC is one of the funding instruments for hiring researchers defined by the Scientific Employment Regulation launched in 2017 by FCT, following the publication of Decree-Law no. 57/2016. The next edition of Call will run until the end of this year, as provided for in Decree-Law no. 60/2018 and disclosed in FCT 's calendar of Calls for 2021.

The Individual CEEC has been held annually since 2018. Below is a table summarizing the 4 editions already completed.