Ph.d scholarship in Portugal.

Job Description: Several national and international institutions offer PhD Scholarships to national and international students, which can be used to finance the attendance of the PDEEC course. A short list is presented below.
FCT (Fundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologia)

The Portuguese National Science Foundation (FCT) opens annual calls for application for PhD Scholarships. The scholarships are usually annual, and extendable up to four years.

The scholarships are financed by funds of the Ministry of Science, Technology and Higher Education. The scholarships by-laws correspond to the decree-law (Lei nº 40/2004, of 18 August) and the regulations applicable are available at http://www.fct.mctes.pt (Regulamento da Formação Avançada e Qualificação de Recursos Humanos da FCT) in Portuguese.

TERM OF THE CALLs

The call usually remains open between mid May and mid September every year. There are two evaluation cycles, one for applications electronically sealed before mid June, and the final one. Accepted applications submitted before the first date can start during October. The remaining ones may start during January.
APPLICATIONS

Portuguese citizens and all the holders of residence permit in Portugal as well as foreign citizens non-resident in Portugal, are eligible. Although, its use by non-resident foreign is restricted to very special cases, with outstanding curricula.n practical terms, the FCT scholarships are only convenient for the second and following years of the PDEEC course for outside-EU citizens not holding a residence permit. SEF resident permit is a practical requirement to the success of the scholarship application, and it can only be granted after matriculation at the PhD course.

Application Deadline 7September2010

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