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 hold a PhD degree (Bolsa de Investigação Pós-Doutoral) in Philosophy or Classical Studies.

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

Applicants must have obtained the doctorate degree in the three years prior to the date of submission of the application for the grant.

Applicants cannot have carried out their doctoral research at Center of Philosophy of the University of Lisbon, unless the majority of the doctoral research work have not been carried out in the unit.

Stipend in accordance to the Portuguese Science Foundation salary scale, €1,801.00 per month (see https://www.fct.pt/wp-content/uploads/2024/02/Tabela-de-Valores-SMM_atu…), paid by bank transfer.

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

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. Merit of the Applicant (MA):

1.1. Personal resume (weight: 70%);

1.2. Motivation letter (weight: 20%);

1.3. Recommendation letters (weight: 10%);

2. Merit of the Research Project (MRP): the project should focus on a topic of ancient philosophy (preferably related to Aristotelian thought), have a maximum of 2,500 words, excluding bibliography, and include the following sections: abstract and objectives, state of the art, detailed description and bibliography.

Final classification = MA (50%) + MRP (50%)

Applicants may be called for an interview to clarify any points concerning the applicant's merit or the merits of the research project, as well as for written tests to prove the skills and knowledge contained in their curricula.

Applicants who, at the end of the entire evaluation 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.

Search Committee

Chair: Professor António Pedro Sangreman Proença de Marcelino Mesquita

Panel: Professor Ricardo Jorge Rodrigues dos Santos and Professor Filipa Maria Oliveira de Almeida Afonso

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).