The Business Research Unit (BRU-Iscte) is awarding 4 doctoral grants, funded directly by FCT (National Foundation for Science and Technology) under the Protocol UIDP/00315/2020.

The applications will open on the 27th December 2021 and will close on 18th March 2022 (23h59 Lisbon time).

These grants are open  both to candidates already enrolled in one of our 3 doctoral programmes (PhD in Economics, PhD in Finance, PhD in Management), as well as to candidates that are now applying to enrol in the next academic year 2022-2023.

The grants will be allocated as follows:

  • 1 doctoral grant for the PhD in Economics
  • 1 doctoral grant for the PhD in Finance
  • 2 doctoral grants for the PhD in Management

For candidates now applying to enrol in the next academic year, please note that the application for these grants is separate from the application to the doctoral program itself. You still need to apply to one of our doctoral programmes; please refer to the links below:

Applications should be sent by email before the end of the deadline to: phd.bru-unide@iscte-iul.pt. Please indicate in the subject of your email the following reference “BD_name of doctoral programme_name of applicant”.

Below you will find the official rules of the call in Portuguese (Aviso de Abertura) and in English (Call Notice).

Aviso de Abertura (PT)
Call Notice (EN)