We inform those interested in applying to the FCT (National Research Agency) Individual Call to Scientific Employment Stimulus 2025, 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.
Interested applicants should submit their application containing the following information in English:
- Position you are applying to
- Junior researcher – PhD holders for 5 or less years, with limited post-doctoral research experience in the scientific area of the application
- Assistant researcher – PhD holders with relevant curriculum in the scientific area of the application
- Certificate/declaration proving that you have concluded your doctoral degree
- Narrative CV of your scientific and curricular path in English, with a judicious selection of the main activities developed and results obtained in the last 5 years or less in the case of those applying as Junior researchers, The narrative CV should describe in detail your scientific path, activities and contributions (to Science and to Society) as a researcher. (please check the Application Guide pages 18-19 for more details).
- Career Development Plan in English explaining its alignment with the present application and highlighting its impact on the applicant’s career objectives and scientific goals.
- Curriculum vitae in English
- Project/research plan in English, defining and contextualising the project’s objectives and scientific questions, detailing the activities to be developed and the expected results. Please also identify the project’s alignment with one or more of the 17 Sustainable Development Goals of United Nations for 2030., and provide a justification. 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 the project will be developed.
In order to be eligible, applicants must not have a permanent contract with any research organization in Portugal.
Applications must be sent by email to bru-unide@iscte-iul.pt until the 4th January 2026, with the reference “FCT Individual Call to Scientific Employment 2025” in the subject.
BRU-Iscte’s Scientific Committee, together with the Research 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 29th January 2026.
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 here.
