NOVA University Lisbon has secured funding for 228 positions for PhD holders in research and teaching careers under the FCT-Tenure Competition, which is the first instrument by the Fundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologia (FCT) aimed at supporting the permanent hiring of PhD researchers.
Out of the 1,100 positions provisionally selected for funding, NOVA obtained 100 positions for teaching and 128 positions for research careers, totaling 228 permanent contracts.
This is a remarkable achievement for NOVA, which achieved an overall success rate of 87% in this competition, well above the national average (50%), making it the national university with the highest number of approved positions.
All of NOVA’s academic units which participated in the competition secured funding for the hiring of career researchers and faculty, thereby strengthening the University’s strategy of retaining and attracting talent in various fields of knowledge.
The success of this application was the result of a collective effort focused on combating precariousness in science and enhancing conditions for NOVA’s researchers. This achievement was made possible through the dedicated work of teams from the academic units and the Rectorate, under the leadership of the Strategic Research Council and the Vice-Rector Isabel Rocha.
The provisional results of the FCT-Tenure Call were announced by FCT on August 14th. In total, 115 institutions from the national scientific and technological system applied, requesting co-funding for 2,211 permanent positions.
With this new model of funding scientific employment, FCT aims to promote the integration of researchers into research and teaching careers through international competitions. Funded by the State Budget and the PRR (RE-C06-i06 – Ciência Mais Capacitação), the FCT-Tenure program has a total investment of 197 million euros.