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Results from Call of Studentships for Doctoral Research 2022

FCT today released the provisional results of applications to Call de Studentships de Investigação para Doutoramento 2022, having been awarded 1450 new Studentships for the development of research activities leading to the academic degree of Doctor, in doctoral programs in Portuguese or foreign universities. To this Call , 3130 applications were submitted and the approval rate was 46%, representing a planned investment of 112 million euros supported by national and EU funds.

The selection of candidates took into account the merit of the candidate, the merit of the work plan and the merit of the host institution and mentors, and the evaluation process of the applications involved the participation of 424 evaluators, distributed by 37 evaluation panels. This edition had a multidisciplinary panel, dedicated to the evaluation of applications in a non-academic environment. This panel assessed applications with work plans taking place totally or partially in non-academic entities, namely companies, Collaborative Laboratories, Technology and Innovation Centers, Technological Interface Centers, Public Administration entities or third sector entities.

The number of Studentships to be attributed in each panel was set by deliberation of the FCT Directive Council, taking into account the scientific policy guidelines for Portugal in the European context contained in the report "Higher Education, Research and Innovation in Portugal - Perspectives for 2030", as well as the recommendations resulting from the evaluation of the contribution of the European Structural and Investment Funds (ESIF) for Advanced Training.

Analysis of the provisional results of the 2022 Call shows that women represent 58% of the candidates proposed for funding and men 42%.

The Studentships to be held entirely in Portugal correspond to 80% of the total, 18% of the Studentships will be mixed (part in Portugal and part abroad) and 2% will be held entirely abroad. Of the selected applicants, 76% are of Portuguese nationality. Candidates from 54 countries have been proposed for funding, with Brazilian, Italian, Iranian and Spanish candidates standing out among the most represented foreigners.

The provisional results of this Call have been communicated to all candidates, who have access to the comments that justify the classification attributed to their application. In case of disagreement with the proposed decision, applicants may present arguments during a prior hearing of interested parties until 11/08/2022, to be analyzed by the evaluation panel. The final results of Call will be announced by FCT during October 2022.

The contracting process of Studentships will begin on the date of communication of the final results. The Studentships approved will start on the first day of the month indicated by the applicant, between September 1st 2022 and August 1st 2023. When applicable, there will be retroactive payment of the Studentships.

This evaluation process lasted 75 working days between the end of the applications and the communication of the provisional results.

The Call de Studentships de investigação para doutoramento has an annual periodicity and integrates the set of the great FCT structuring Calls . For information on other funding opportunities for doctoral research Studentships , in the context of collaboration protocols and partnerships of FCT with R&D Units and other entities, we suggest that you consult the Euraxess portal regularly.