Admission Requirements:

• Doctoral Degree in the area of Social Sciences as Political Sciences, Anthropology or similar. The PhD degree must have been obtained less than three years prior to the date of the submission of this application;
• The Post-doctoral research must be carried out in a different host institution than the one where the research leading to the doctoral degree was carried out;
• The grant-holder should not exceed with the celebration of this Research Grant contract, including eventual renovations, a cumulative period of thirty-six (36) calendar months with this type of research grant, in accordance with the Regulation for Research Fellowships of FCT, I. P. n. 950/2019.

Preferential requirements:

• Previous research experience in the field of humanitarian action and global solidarity
• Knowledge of the "Middle East and North Africa" region
• Skills in qualitative methods
• Fluency in English

Monthly maintenance allowance:

The amount of the grant corresponds to €1,801.00, according to the table of grants awarded directly by FCT, I.P. in the country https://www.fct.pt/wp-content/uploads/2024/02/Tabela-de-Valores-SMM_atualizacao-2024.pdf). To the amount of the grant is added the Voluntary Social Security Insurance (SSV), and is covered a work personal accident insurance. The grant will be paid monthly by bank transfer.

Requirements for Admissibility of the candidates

The following are eligible to apply to this call:

• National citizens or citizens from other Member States of the European Union;
• Non-EU citizens;
• Stateless persons;
• Citizens benefiting from the status of political refugee.

Selection methods:

The candidate's selection methods will focus on the following assessment criteria:

a) Academic background (reflecting classifications and academic degrees)- 50%

b) Professional Curriculum Vitae (reflecting scientific and professional background) – 40%;

c) Motivation letter – 10%.

If the jury considers necessary, candidates may be called for an interview, which will weight 30% of the final score. If the jury considers that the interview is not necessary, the assessment of criteria mentioned above [a), b) and c)] will have a final weight of 100%.

Jury Composition:

Dr Ana Mónica Fonseca, Assistant Professor at Iscte – University Institute of Lisbon (Iscte) and Director of CEI-Iscte, as President; and Dr Ana Lúcia Sá, Assistant Professor at Iscte and Integrated Researcher at CEI-Iscte, and Dr Giulia Daniele, Assistant Professor at Iscte and Deputy Director of CEI-Iscte, as Members.

Communication of the results:

The final evaluation will be sent to all candidates by email, with a list sorted by the final evaluation result. The candidates have a period of 10 working days to make their comments during a prior hearing of interested parties, under the terms of Article 121 and following the Administrative Procedure Code. The final decision will be issued after the analysis of the statements presented during the prior hearing of interested parties.

Applicable legislation:

The Grant will be awarded under the  Law no. 40/2004, dated August 18 (Statute of the Scientific Research Fellow), updated by Decree-Law No. 123/2019, of 28 August, and the Research Grant Regulations of the Foundation for Science and Technology in force in 2019 (available at https://www.fct.pt/financiamento/programas-de-financiamento/bolsas/; https://files.diariodarepublica.pt/2s/2019/12/241000000/0009100105.pdf).