The AIR Centre PhD Scholarship Programme aims at training the leaders of the future
Enhancing scientific research and technology development capabilities of AIR Centre Network in order to better respond to national priorities and global challenges in the Atlantic region;
- Strengthening existing collaboration ties and exploring or developing new collaboration ties between the AIR Centre and the Portuguese scientific community in areas of common interest;
- Promoting bilateral/multilateral cooperation between Portuguese scientific institutions and other institutions from diverse Atlantic countries through inclusive knowledge and data sharing to promote job creation, young entrepreneurship and inclusive sustainable development;
- Expanding the reach of the AIR Centre scientific agenda through a wider engagement with the academia to demonstrate the societal relevance and public value of research.
Doctoral research work will be carried out entirely or partially in a Portuguese institution.
Application Process
Please note that you will need the items listed below. To ease the submission process we suggest you to gather them before you start your application:
- Copy of your Identification Document (ID card, passport)
- Recognition of the foreign academic degrees and the conversion of the respective final grade to the Portuguese grading scale, if applicable;
- Your Curriculum Vitae and saved as PDF
- A motivation letter
- FCT Form filled in and signed (available for download here, guidelines in English here.)
- Your PhD work plan, if applicable (please check BD link for details before working on this)
- Supervisor(s) Commitment Letter and CVÂ (stating that (s)he accepts to supervise you, in case you are awarded with the Grant), only applicable when the BD requires a PhD work plan to be submitted;
- Supporting letter (in case you plan to develop part of your work in collaboration with additional institutions, please provide a letter describing the collaborative work. The letter should be issued and signed by the institution.), only applicable when the BD requires a PhD work plan to be submitted;
- 2Â Recommendation letters
Except for official documents, application and all related documents must be submitted in English.
Notification of results
Evaluation results will be communicated to the email address provided by de candidates in the application form.
Important Dates
– Call opening: June 21st, 2020
– Deadline information is available within each BD page
(applications must be submitted before 23:59 UTC+1 on the given date)
Before applying, we STRONGLY RECOMMEND that you carefully read the Public Notice of the Call for detailed information on the application, evaluation and selection process. Public Notice can be found on each BD page.
To access the application form (found within each BD page), you need to register (create an account). When doing so, please make sure to write your email address correctly since all relevant information regarding your application will be sent to that email. Once you register, a password will be sent to your email and you can then log in. Access the Scholarship Programme tab and scroll down to see all the available BDs.
You can only submit one application for each BD. You can edit and save the application form at any time. The form will be available on the platform for editing until the application deadline, or until you submit the application. Once you submit your application, you will not be able to un-submit or make any changes.
Please note that the application to this scholarship program does not grant you a place in a PhD programme. Make sure you apply to the PhD programme identified in each BD.
More details about the Scholarship Call here.