COFAC/ULHT/FilmEU-FCT/2024_National Scholarship

Job Description:

Lusófona University, established by COFAC - Cooperativa de Formação e Animação Cultural CRL, calls for applications for 5 (five) National research grant, hereinafter referred Mixed Doctoral Research Grant, in the area of Media Arts and Communication Sciences under the FCT Research Grant Regulations (RBI) and the Research Grant Holder Statute (EBI). The grants will be funded by the Portuguese Foundation for Science and Technology (FCT) under the Collaboration Protocol for the Funding of Doctoral Research Fellowships within the European Universities Alliance for Film and Media Arts (FilmEU), signed between FCT and Lusófona University. The work to be carried out under the scope of the grants will be hosted by the R&D Unit - CICANT - Research Centre for Applied Communication, Culture and New Technologies (ref: 5260), in the Lisbon University Centre.

1. Type and number of grant(s) to be awarded: 5 (five) National Research grants for PhD students, reference COFAC/ULHT/FilmEU-FCT/2024_National Scholarship.

2. Scientific field(s): Media Arts and Communication Sciences 

3. Funding Source: The grants relating to the components of the scholarship are financed by the FCT under the Collaboration Protocol for the Financing of Doctoral Research Scholarships under the European Universities Alliance for Film and Media Arts (FilmEU), signed between the FCT and Universidade Lusófona, with funds from the State Budget and, where eligible, with funds from the European Social Fund, through the Demography, Qualifications and Inclusion Programme (PDQI), in accordance with the regulations established for this purpose. 

4. Applicants: The PhD Research Grant is intended for candidates already enrolled or candidates who meet the necessary conditions to enroll in one of the following PhD Programs in Media Art and Communication and PhD in Communication Sciences, who intend to develop research activities, leading to the award of a PhD academic degree, in the scope with the scientific work developed at CICANT and FilmEU Alliance.

5. Eligibility of applicants: The following are eligible to apply to this call: National citizens or citizens of other European Union Member States; Citizens of third countries; Stateless persons; Citizens benefiting from political refugee status.

5.1 Candidate Admission Requirements:
● To have a Bachelor or a Master's degree in the study area of communication sciences or arts;
● To live in Portugal permanently and habitually, a requirement applicable to both national and foreign citizens
● Not to have benefited from a PhD or PhD in companies grant directly funded by FCT, regardless of its duration.
● Not hold a doctorate degree
● Proficient knowledge of English

6. Applicable legislation and regulations:
The call for applications is governed by this Call for Applications, by the FCT Research Grants Regulations, approved by Regulation no. 950/2019, published in the II Series of the Official Gazette of 16 December 2019, by the Research Grantee Statute approved by Law no. 40/2004, of 18 August, as amended, and by other applicable national and EU legislation.

7.Unit for hosting research work and scientific guidance:
The work will be carried out at CICANT - Research Centre for Applied Communication, Culture and New Technologies (ref: 5260)/ Lusófona University, Lisbon Centre, under the scientific supervision of Professor Victor Flores (Media Arts) and Professor Manuel José Damásio (Communication Sciences). Under the protocol governing the present call, the work may be extended to the Universities that make up the FilmEU Alliance.

8. Duration of the grant(s):
The duration of the fellowships is, as a rule, annual, renewable up to a maximum of four years (48 months), and no fellowship may be granted for a period of less than 3 consecutive months. In the case of mixed grants, the period of the work plan taking place in a foreign institution may not exceed 24 months.

8.1 Amount of the monthly maintenance allowance:
The amount of the SMM corresponds to the values established for each one of the types of Doctoral Research Scholarships, as per the table of values of the FCT, I.P. grants (Table of monthly maintenance allowances of the FCT I.P. Research Grants Regulations).

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