PhD Scholarship Competition Opening Notice - Reference: "CICFRUN_4"

 ELIGIBILITY
 Eligibility Requirements for Candidates
The following are eligible to apply to this competition:
 Portuguese citizens or citizens of other member states of the European Union;
 Citizens of third countries;
 Stateless persons;
 Citizens benefiting from political refugee status.
To apply for the PhD Research Scholarship, it is necessary to:
 Have a bachelor's or master's degree in accounting, management or a related field, or
environmental/sustainability engineering or a field related to sustainability;
 Reside in Portugal on a permanent and regular basis at the beginning of the period of the work plan
abroad, a requirement that applies to both Portuguese and foreign citizens.
 Not have benefited from a doctoral or doctoral fellowship in companies directly financed by the
FCT, regardless of its duration.
 Not hold a PhD degree

Admissibility Requirements of the Application
It is indispensable, under penalty of not being admitted to the Contest, to attach the following documents
to the apllication:
 Elements of the identity card/citizen card/passport;
 Curriculum vitae of the candidate;
 Certificates of academic qualifications, specifying the final classification and, if possible, the
classifications obtained in all the courses taken, or alternatively, a declaration of honor from the
candidate that he/she has concluded the degree of licentiate or master by the end of the application
deadline;
 A record of recognition of academic degrees awarded by foreign higher education institutions and
a record of the conversion of the respective final classification into the Portuguese classification
scale, or alternatively, a declaration of honor from the applicant that he/she has obtained the
recognition of the foreign degree equivalent to a licentiate or master’s degree by the application
deadline;
 Motivation letter;
 1 (one) Letter of Recommendation;
 Please write your application and all associated documents, including the letters of motivation and
recommendation, in Portuguese or English.
 Please indicate the reference of the scholarship you are applying for in the subject of the email,
namely "CICFRUN_4". If the candidate does not indicate the reference of the scholarship, he/she
will automatically be excluded from the procedure.
Regarding the above conditions of eligibility, the following should be noted:
 In the case of academic degrees awarded by foreign higher education institutions, and to ensure
the application of the principle of equal treatment between applicants holding foreign and national
academic degrees, the recognition of these degrees and the conversion of the corresponding final
classification into the Portuguese classification scale is mandatory.
The recognition of foreign degrees and diplomas and the conversion of the final classification into
the Portuguese classification scale can be requested at any public higher education institution or
the Directorate General for Higher Education (DGES, only in the case of automatic recognition).
For this purpose, it is recommended to consult the DGES portal at the following address:
http://www.dges.gov.pt
 Candidates will only be admitted if they have completed a bachelor’s or master’s degree course on
the closing date for applications. Candidates who have not yet obtained their degree will be
accepted based on a declaration of honour stating that they will have obtained the necessary
qualifications for the competition by the closing date for applications. The award of the scholarship
is subject to the submission of proof of academic qualifications during the contract stage.