We inform those interested in applying to the FCT (National Research Agency) Call to Scientific Employment Stimulus 2018– Individual Support Grant,for the employment of PhD holders,with the Business Research Unit (BRU-Iscte) as the host organisation, that they must submit their application beforehand to the Unit containing the following information in English, according to the rules of the Call for Proposals (English version available soon):

Position you are applying to:

    • Junior researcher– PhD holders with limited post-doctoral research experience or no scientific curriculum after obtaining their doctoral degree in the scientific area of application;
    • Assistant researcher – PhD holders with over 5 years of post-doctoral research with relevant experience in the scientific area of application and limited scientific independence;
    • Principal researcher– PhD holders with over 5 years of post-doctoral research with relevant experience in the scientific area of application and demonstrating scientific independence for the last 3 years;
    • Coordinating researcher– PhD holders with over 5 years of post-doctoral research, holders of the title of habilitation (agregação), with relevant experience, demonstrating scientific Independence and recognised leadership in the scientific area of application;
  • Project/research plan, brief, with a judicious selection of the main activities to be developed, expected outcomes, clearly identifying the scientific challenge at hand while incorporating it in one or more of the 17 Sustainable Development Goals of United Nations for 2030. The proposed research plan should also demonstrate its coherence with the host Unit’s research strategy as well as that of the research group wherein their project will be developed;
  • Synopsis of the scientific and curricular path, with a judicious selection of the main activities developed and results obtained in the last 5 years.
  • Curriculum vitae
  • Motivation letter, identifying up to two of the applicant’s main contributions in the last 5 years and their expectation in terms of main proposed contributions for the next few years.

Applications must be sent by email to bru-unide@iscte-iul.pt until the 10th February 2019, with the reference FCT Individual Call to Scientific Employment 2018 in the subject.

BRU´s Scientific Committee, together with the Group Coordinators, will evaluate the submitted applications and give an assessment. The applicants with a positive assessment and whose application will be ultimately selected by BRU-Iscte, can then proceed to submit their application to FCT with BRU-Iscte as the host organisation, until 17h00 of the 20th February 2019.

Please bear in mind that the selection of applicants by BRU-Iscte does not guarantee they will be funded by FCT through individual support grants, it only guarantees the full support of BRU-Iscte to their application to FCT.

For more information about this call: https://www.fct.pt/apoios/contratacaodoutorados/empregocientifico/ceec_ind2018.phtml.en.