Universidade Católica Portuguesa, Lisbon
This scholarship is financed by the Research Centre for Communication and Culture, through funding by FCT, with reference no. UIDB2022.3/00126/2020.
SUBMISSION OF APPLICATIONS
The call for applications shall be open from 8 August to 2 September 2022 at 23h59 (Lisbon time).
Applications and their respective supporting documentation, stipulated in the present Public Notice of Call for Applications, must be submitted via email to concursos.cecc.fch@ucp.pt.
TYPE AND DURATION OF SCHOLARSHIPS
Doctoral Research Scholarships are intended to finance students’ PhD research, leading to the attainment of a PhD degree in the Doctoral Programme in Communication Sciences at Universidade Católica Portuguesa.
The research leading to a PhD degree shall take place at the Research Centre for Communication and Culture (CECC) (UIDB2022.3/00126/2020), which shall thus be the scholarship recipient’s host institution, without prejudice to any other work undertaken in collaboration with one or more institutions.
The research leading to a PhD degree by the scholarship recipient must fall within the framework of CECC’s (UIDB2022.3/00126/2020) strategic activities plan and must be developed under the auspices of the Doctoral Programme in Communication Sciences, Universidade Católica Portuguesa.
This is, as a rule, an annual scholarship, renewable for a maximum period of two years (24 months). Scholarships cannot be awarded for periods of less than three consecutive months.
APPLICATION REQUIREMENTS
The following documents, without exception, must be included in the application, under penalty of exclusion from the call for applications:
- the details stated on the identity card, citizen’s card, or passport;
- the candidate’s CV;
- certificates for each academic qualification held, which must specify, without fail, the final classification and, where possible, the marks received for each subject studied. Alternatively, should candidates be unable to access their undergraduate or Master’s degree certificate by the application deadline, a declaration upon honour that the candidate completed their undergraduate or Master’s degree studies prior to the application deadline;
- letter of motivation;
- letters of recommendation (optional);
- preliminary PhD project proposal in line with one of the following CECC research groups: a) Media Narratives and Cultural Memory or b) Digital Literacy and Cultural Change (max. 2000 words).
DEADLINE FOR APPLICATION
2 September 2022
FURTHER INFORMATION
For all details please check the the official call: https://fch.lisboa.ucp.pt/system/files/assets/files/edital-50-alterado-03-08-2022-eng-signed.pdf
