The Individual Call 2021 will sponsor 400 five-year contracts for researchers with PhDs in all scientific areas, that wish to join the work being developed  in  Portuguese research centers financed by the FCT.  

The submission period will last from January 29th to February 26th, 2021 (5 pm. – Lisbon time). 

As a Research Unit sponsored by the FCT, the Institute for Medieval Studies (IEM) of the School of Social Sciences and Humanities of Universidade Nova de Lisboa (NOVA FCSH) accepts applications of candidates who wish to submit their projects having the IEM as host Institution.  

All those interested should contact the IEM-NOVA FCSH, until February 5th, by email, to: iem.direcao@fcsh.unl.pt, informing the Institute of their intention to apply. Such pre-application to the Institute’s board should be sent with a CV and an initial a draft of the Project they wish to submit, in no more than two pages. 

The IEM’s Board of directors will then analyze the applications before accepting to act as host Institution and will notify the candidates before the 9th February, of the acceptance or refusal of their proposals. Further to this first acceptance, the applicants will receive feedback on their projects, as well as advice and support for the completion and submission of the research project proposal to the National Funding Board.  

An informative session held by NOVA FCSH will take place on the 8th February at 14:00. 

On the 15th February there will be a workshop, for those accepted, during which candidates will have the possibility of attending a session where the general guidelines of successful applications will be revised and where they will present their projects and receive feedback and advice from senior researchers of the IEM with experience in assessing similar projects. 

For further Information on IEM, please refer to our website. 

For further information, please refer to the FCT website, where you will find the legislation, as well as, from the 29th January onwards, the application forms, as well as all the all details, instructions and guidelines here.