Admission Requirements

Candidates must hold a PhD in the area of Social Sciences.

Academic degrees obtained in foreign countries shall be registered by a Portuguese institution, according to the Decree-Law nr. 66/2018, of August, 16th, and the Ordinance nr. 33/2019, of January, 25th. It is mandatory to present the certificate to sign the contract. More information is available on: https://www.dges.gov.pt/pt/pagina/reconhecimento?plid=374

Attention is called to the need to comply with point 3 of Article 7 of the FCT Regulation for Research Fellowships[1] that specifies that Post-Doctoral Fellowship may only be granted provided that the following cumulative requirements are met:

1. The doctoral degree has been obtained within the three years prior to the date of submission of the application for the grant;
2. The postdoctoral research is carried out in a host entity different from the entity where the research work leading to the doctoral degree was carried out;
3. The research activities do not require post-doctoral experience;
4. The research activities have a development and execution time equal to or less than three years;
5. The grant holder does not exceed, with the conclusion of the grant contract in question, including possible renewals, an accumulated period of three years in that type of grant, consecutive or interpolated.

[1] FCT Regulation for Research Fellowships, available on: https://www.fct.pt/apoios/bolsas/docs/RegulamentoBolsasFCT2019.pdf

Monthly maintenance allowance

According to the values for Research Fellowships awarded by FCT in Portugal (http://www.fct.pt/apoios/bolsas/valores), the amount of the monthly maintenance allowance is 1 741,00€ + Voluntary Social Security Insurance (SSV). The payment will be made monthly by Bank Transfer. 

Selection methods

The selection process will be developed based on the curriculum evaluation. In the event that several candidates demonstrate that they have the profile suited for carrying out the workplan, the jury reserves the right to call the three best rated candidates on the curriculum evaluation for an interview that will have a weight of 40% in the final grade. If the jury deems it unnecessary to conduct an interview, the curriculum evaluation will have a final weighting of 100%.

The evaluation and ranking criteria are as follows:

a) academic path (30%);

b) research experience (40%) 

c) experience demonstrated in the items indicated in the preferred factors (30%). 

The curriculum evaluation of candidates will proceed in compliance with the criteria indicated, on an entire scale between 0 and 100.

The jury reserves the right to:  

a) invite the best-scoring candidate for the position, following the order established in the final ranking list, whenever the selected candidate does not meet the requirements for formalizing the contract or in case of unavailability; 

b) not award the fellowship if none of the candidates matches the desired profile. 

Composition of the selection Jury

President: Dr. Sofia Gaspar (CIES-Iscte/Iscte – Instituto Universitário de Lisboa); Other members: Dr. Liliana Azevedo (CIES-Iscte/Iscte- Instituto Universitário de Lisboa) and Dr. Mara Clemente (CIES-Iscte/Iscte – Instituto Universitário de Lisboa);

Notification of the results

The final evaluation results will be publicized through a list of admitted and excluded and a final ranking list, with all candidates being notified by email. There will be 10 working days for complaints/appeals following the announcement of the results.

Application period and documents

The call for applications is open from 12 september to 02 October 2023.

Applications must be formalised on Iscte's recruitment portal (https://recrutamento.iscte-iul.pt/jobs) by submitting the following documents:

i) motivation letter describing previous research experience and interest in the position, research interests and future career plans;

ii) detailed curriculum vitae;

iii) list of publications;

iv) copy of the doctoral certificate.

Applications submitted by any other means will not be considered.