Two PhD Scholarships in Comparative Studies

Upon completion of the grant period, the scholarship holder has up to 60 weekdays to submit to npac@letras.ulisboa.pt (a) final report on the activities and results (in electronic format); and (b) the supervisor(s)'s evaluation of the final report.

The final report will be evaluated by the supervisor(s) according to the following criteria:

- Quality of the work developed - 60%

- Achieved results achieved (publications, conference presentations) - 30%

- Integration and adaptation skills - 10%

Each criterion will be graded 0-20. The final evaluation will be 0-20.

Applicants must be enrolled (or meet the conditions for enrolment) in the Doctoral Programme in Comparative Studies of the School of Art and Humanities the University of Lisbon.

Applicants must hold a Bachelor’s degree (BA) and Master’s Degree (MA) in the Humanities or related areas.

Applicants must have a good oral and written command of Portuguese and English.

Applicants must permanently and habitually reside in Portugal at the start date of the fellowship.

 Stipend in accordance to the Portuguese Science Foundation salary scale, €1259,64 per month (see https://www.fct.pt/wp-content/uploads/2024/02/Tabela-de-Valores-SMM_atualizacao-2024.pdf), paid by bank transfer.

Insurance costs (Seguro de Acidentes Pessoais and Seguro Social Voluntário) are supported by the employer.

Registration and tuition fees are included in the amount paid by the fellowship holder, up to the maximum pre-established limit.

Acceptance of the fellowship is exclusive of any other professional or research activity (Art. 5 of the Research Fellowship Holder Statute).

The following applicants are eligible:

a) Portuguese citizens or citizens of other Member States of the European Union;

b) Citizens of other countries;

c) Stateless persons;

d) Political refugees.

The selection criteria, expressed on a scale from 0 to 20 points, are the following:

1. Curriculum Assessment (CA):

1.1. Final classification of the Bachelor's degree (10%);

1.2. Final classification of the Master's degree (20%);

1.3. Research experience and skills (20%);

1.4. Motivation letter (10%);

1.5. Scientific article (10%);

1.6. Research project (30%).

2.     Interview (E)

Final evaluation = AC (70%) + E (30%)

For the interview, only candidates who have obtained a score of 14 points or more will be considered, all others being excluded from the competition.

Applicants who, at the end of the entire selection process, have been evaluated with less than 14 points will not be considered eligible for the grant.

Applicants with diplomas issued by foreign higher education institutions may apply and will be evaluated using the same criteria as applicants with diplomas issued by Portuguese institutions, as long as they make proof, in their application, of the academic degree recognition and the conversion of the final classification for the Portuguese scale under the terms of the applicable legislation.

Applicants with recognized foreign diplomas who do not make proof of conversion of the final classification to the Portuguese scale or applicants who do not present a diploma (replaced by a statement of compliance) will be evaluated with a minimum classification of 10 points in the criterions “1.1. Final classification of the Bachelor's degree” and “1.2. Final classification of the Master's degree”.

Evaluation Committee

Chair: Dr. Elsa Peralta

Panel: Professor Ângela Fernandes; Professor Gerd Hammer; Professor Santiago Pérez Isasi.

Alternates: Professor Marta Pacheco Pinto; Dr. Everton Machado

Preliminary decisions will be posted at the FLUL website.

Selected applicant(s) will be notified by email.

Applicants may submit queries or complaints about the decisions within a ten working days period at the prior hearing of interested parties by email to the address for sending applications (see section “Offer Description”).

Final decisions must be announced within 90 weekdays of the application deadline and up to 60 weekdays after the end of the query and complaint deadline.

A complaint may be lodged against the final decision within 15 working days, or, alternatively, an appeal may be lodged with the Dean of FLUL within 30 working days, both after the respective notification.

In case of non-acceptance by the selected applicant(s), the grant may be offered to any of the other ranked applicants within 18 months of the final announcement.

Job offer in Portuguese, Statement of Compliance, Final Report andContract templates available at FLUL website.

This grant is regulated by:

- Portuguese Research Fellow Charter/Estatuto do Bolseiro de Investigação Científica (Lei n.º 40/2004, de 18 de agosto, Decreto-Lei n.º 123/2019, de 28 de agosto, Decreto-Lei n.º 89/2013, de 9 de julho, Decreto-Lei n.º 233/2012, de 29 de outubro and Lei n.º 12/2013, de 29 de janeiro);

- Universidade de Lisboa Fellowship Bylaws / Regulamento de Bolsas da Universidade de Lisboa (Despacho n.º 6238/2020, de 12 de Junho and Despacho n.º 8061/2022, de 1 de julho);

- Fundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologia Fellowship Bylaws / Regulamento de Bolsas de Investigação da Fundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologia, I.P. (Regulamento n.º 950/2019, de 16 de dezembro).