Candidates must hold a master degree in the area of Social Sciences and be enrolled in a PhD in the area of Social Sciences (Article 6 of FCT Regulation for Research Fellowships -Reg. nr. 950/2019).

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

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 1.144,64€ + Voluntary Social Security Insurance (SSV). The payment will be made monthly by Bank Transfer.

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 in question, 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: Sofia Gaspar (CIES-Iscte/Iscte – Instituto Universitário de Lisboa); Other members: Mara Clemente (CIES-Iscte/Iscte – Instituto Universitário de Lisboa) and Liliana Azevedo (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 is open from September 12th until September 25th, 2023

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

i) detailed Curriculum Vitae;

ii) copy of the Master degree certificate;

iii) proof of enrollment at a PhD academic degree course or, alternatively, a declaration on honor that the candidate will be able to present this document on the date of signing the contract;

iv) other relevant documents.

Applications submitted by any other means will not be considered.