Who can apply for these scholarships?

National citizens or citizens of other Member States of the European Union;

Citizens of third States;

Stateless;

Citizens who are beneficiaries of political refugee status.

To apply for the PhD Research Scholarship, it is necessary:

• To hold a master's degree or a duly recognized equivalent foreign academic qualification, or
• To hold a bachelor's degree or a duly recognized equivalent foreign academic qualification, or alternatively hold a particularly relevant academic or scientific curriculum that is recognized as attesting the capacity to carry out this cycle of studies by the legal and statutorily competent scientific body from the university where they want to be admitted, or
• To hold an academic, scientific, or professional curriculum that is recognized as attesting to the capacity to carry out this cycle of studies by the legal and statutorily competent scientific body of the university to which they wish to be admitted.
• To reside in Portugal on a permanent and regular basis, even when the work plan associated with the scholarship takes place, partially, in foreign institutions (mixed scholarships), a requirement applicable to both national and foreign citizens.
• Not to have benefited from a doctoral or doctoral scholarship in companies directly financed by the FCT, regardless of its duration.
• The projects presented by the candidates integrate well with  the study plan defined in the doctoral programme and in the strategic objectives of the Institute of Medieval Studies, and for the PhD project to be developed  in two of the following areas of research, in accordance with the Doctoral Regulations:
• Not to have a PhD degree already.
• The projects presented by the candidates integrate well with  the study plan defined in the doctoral programme and in the strategic objectives of the Institute of Medieval Studies, and for the PhD project to be developed  in two of the following areas of research, in accordance with the Doctoral Regulations:

● Medieval Archaeology;

● Medieval History;

● Historical Archivistics (Medieval)

Monthly maintenance allowance:

The grant amount corresponds to € 1 199,64, paid monthly and by bank transfer, according to the table of scholarships values directly attributed by FCT, I.P., in the country (https://www.fct.pt/wp-content/uploads/2023/02/Tabela-de-Valores-SMM_2023.pdf ). To this value is to be added a personal accident insurance, and an optional voluntary social insurance at the first level.

The evaluation considers the candidate's merit and the adequacy of the project presented to the thesis profile outlined in the objectives of the Doctoral Programme, highlighting its innovative and interdisciplinary character, as well as its integration or adequacy to the strategic objectives of the IEM.

Applications considered admissible will be scored on a scale from 0 to 100 in each of the following evaluation criteria:

● Criterion A - CV, 40%;

o Subcriterion A1 - Graduation Note, 15%

o Subcriterion A2 - Master's Degree, 15%

o Sub-criterion A3 - Publications and active participation in scientific events, 10%

● Criterion B - PhD Project, 40%

o Subcriterion B1 - Scientific merit of the project, 30%

o Sub-criterion B2 – Adequacy of the Project to the objectives of the doctoral program (cf. https://www.fcsh.unl.pt/cursos/doutoramento_em_historia/) and the Strategic Project of the Research Unit (cf. https://iem.fcsh .unl.pt/section2.aspx?kind=formacao&id=946 ), 10%.

● Criterion C - Interview, 20%

For the purposes of the scholarship granting, the candidates will be ordered according to the weighted average of the classification obtained in each of the 3 criteria, translated by the following formula

Final Classification =( ×A)+( ×B)+( × C) 

IMPORTANT NOTE for applicants with degrees awarded by foreign higher education institutions: Applicants with diplomas issued by foreign higher education institutions may apply and will be evaluated with the same criteria as applicants with diplomas issued by Portuguese institutions, if they present, in application, proof of recognition of the academic degrees and of the conversion of the final classification to the Portuguese classification scale under the terms of the applicable legislation.  Applicants with foreign degrees who do not submit proof of the conversion of the final classification into the Portuguese classification scale will be assessed with a minimum classification of 10 points in criterion A.  In any case, scholarship contracts with applicants with diplomas issued by foreign institutions will only be awarded upon presentation of the proof of recognition of the academic degrees and conversion of the final classification, as indicated above.

Candidates whose application is evaluated with a final mark of less than 70 points are not eligible for a scholarship.

Selection panel composition:

Chairperson: Doctor Catarina Tente, IEM/ NOVA FCSH

Permanent members: Doctor Bernardo Vasconcelos e Sousa IEM/ NOVA FCSH; Doctor João Luís Fontes IEM/ NOVA FCSH

Substitute members:  Doctor Sara Prata IEM /NOVA FCSH; Doctor Catarina Barreira IEM/ NOVA FCSH

Applicable legislation and regulations: Research Fellow Status; Regulation of Research Grants of the Fundação para

a Ciência e a Tecnologia, I.P.

The Doctoral Scholarships are intended for holders of BA and MA degrees who have enrolled in the Doctoral Programme in History (NOVA FCSH) and who wish to carry out research activities leading to the attainment of the academic degree of Doctor at the Faculty of Social Sciences and Humanities of the Universidade Nova and hosted in the Instituto de Estudos Medievais.

The grants will be funded by the Fundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologia (FCT) under the Collaboration Protocol

for Financing the Multiannual Research Scholarship Plan for Doctoral Students, concluded between the FCT and the R&D Unit Instituto de Estudos Medievais, nº 0749.

The duration of the scholarships is, in general, annual, renewable up to a maximum of four years (48 months), and cannot be awarded for a period of less than 3 consecutive months.

In the case of a mixed scholarship, the period of the work plan that takes place in a foreign institution cannot exceed 24 months.

NOVA FCSH promotes actively a policy of non-discrimination and equal access, so that no candidate can be privileged, prejudiced or deprived of any right or exempt from any duty due, in particular, to ancestry, age, sex, sexual orientation, marital status, family situation, economic situation, education, origin or social condition, genetic heritage, reduced work capacity, disability, chronic illness, nationality, ethnicity or race, home territory, language, religion, political or ideological convictions, and union membership.