It is open until next February 20, the Individual Call to Scientific Employment Stimulus 2018, of the Foundation for Science and Technology. Candidates who wish to have the Communication and Society Research Centre as host institution should send their proposals to the email cecs@ics.uminho.pt, before the formalization of the application to the FCT.
The Individual Call is intended for PhDs of any nationality or stateless holders in any scientific area who wish to develop their scientific research or technological development activity in Portugal, integrated in R&D units financed by FCT.
Applicants will first identify the host institution where they will develop their research plan. The doctorates selected are directly contracted by the identified host institution through FCT funding.
The following reference categories are considered:
Junior researcher: PhDs with reduced postdoctoral research experience or no scientific curriculum after the PhD in the scientific area to which they are applying.
Auxiliary researcher: PhDs for more than 5 years, with a relevant curriculum in the scientific area to which he/she is applying, without a requirement of demonstration of scientific independence.
Principal investigator: PhDs for more than 5 years, with relevant curriculum in the scientific area to which he/she is applying, demonstrating scientific independence in the last 3 years.
Coordinating researcher: Doctors for more than 5 years, holders of the qualification of skilled or aggregate, with a high merit curriculum in the scientific area to which he is applying, demonstrating scientific independence and with evidence of leadership in the scientific area to which he is applying.
The contest is open from January 17, 2019 until 5:00 PM (Lisbon time) on February 20, 2019.
The applications are submitted electronically, in English, through the electronic platform to be made available in a timely manner.
For further information about the Individual Support Contest, contact us at info.ec@fct.pt