FCT Mobility
Funds Portuguese research mobility projects through grants supporting researcher and institutional mobility activities.
The single FCT Mobility 2024–2025 call ran from 7 November 2024 to 31 December 2025, funded entirely by the Recovery and Resilience Plan (investment RE-C06-i06 — Ciência Mais Capacitação). Total call budget was EUR 5 million; at least 185 mobilities were expected. By the close of the seventh and final evaluation moment, FCT had received 532 applications, approved 456 (85.71% approval rate), and co…
International mobility of doctoral researchers: outgoing (Portuguese researchers to foreign institutions, 2–11 months) and incoming (foreign researchers to Portuguese R&D units in mainland Portugal, Azores or Madeira, 1–3 months).
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