FCT PhD Studentships — Specific Line of in a Non-Academic Environment
Supports Portugal researchers with structured pathways in industry-linked PhD development in public hosts, from planning to deployment.
The 2026 FCT Specific Line for PhD Studentships in a Non-Academic Environment is an annual call by the Foundation for Science and Technology (FCT) that funds doctoral research carried out in close articulation with non-academic institutions. The line specifically requires at least 12 months — consecutive or interpolated — of the studentship to be spent at the same non-academic host institution ope…
All scientific fields. Work plans partially carried out in one or more non-academic host institutions, with at least 12 months at a non-academic host. Includes business companies, public/social/health/cultural institutions, collaborative labs, technology and innovation centres, hospitals, museums, libraries, regulators, third-sector entities.
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