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FCT published today, November 28th, the provisional results of theCall 6th Edition (CEEC Individual), in which 400 new employment contracts are awarded to researchers with PhDs in all scientific areas and which represents a financial investment of around 126 million euros. In the 6 editions held, CEEC Individual has already awarded a total of 2300 contracts to researchers with a PhD.

In this 6th edition of CEEC Individual, 2746 applications were evaluated. The 400 selected researchers are divided into three contractual categories: 193 Junior contracts, 158 Assistant contracts and 49 Principal contracts. Of the 400 applications selected, 13 refer to applications approved via Decree-Law No. 29/2001, of 3 February, and the remaining 387 contracts were distributed proportionally by category and by evaluation panel, according to the number of applications evaluated.

In this 6th edition, and in order to assess the merit of the applications in a qualitative way, they were asked to present in a narrative way their scientific and curricular path, describing their research trajectory.

Of the applications selected, 56% are from women and 30% are from researchers of foreign nationality. The countries with the highest representation are: Spain (20 researchers), Italy (20) and Brazil (14). See the statistical summary.

The applications were selected through an evaluation and ranking process carried out by 29 international panels, making a total of 342 evaluators. In this edition, there was an overall renewal of the Panels by 98%, having been 100% in 25 of them, compared to the previous edition. The percentage of female evaluators was 48%. See the constitution of the evaluation panels.

After this disclosure of provisional results, the preliminary hearing period of ten working days begins, during which candidates and unselected candidates may oppose their evaluation.

The employment contracts must be signed between the researchers and the host institutions within 90 days after the signing of the program contracts, between them and FCT. This will happen after the final results are announced (after the preliminary hearing).

The Individual CEEC is one of the funding instruments for the hiring of researchers defined by the Scientific Employment Regulation launched in 2017 by FCT, following the publication of Decree-Law No. 57/2016, and recently updated (see here the current version of the REC). The CEEC Individual has been held annually since 2018. Below is a table with a summary of the 6 editions already completed.

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