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Career Development

The FCT Investigator Programme

How to apply

Calls for FCT Investigator grants open once a year. Only applications in response to a call are accepted.

Applications are submitted online via the dedicated FCT Investigator platform that also contains News and relevant information on the programme.

Calls are published on the FCT website, together with official documents (covering important information on deadlines and application requirements), application and evaluation guides.

All relevant documents, for the current and past calls, are available under Documents and Logos.

The 2015 call for proposals closed on 15 September. Follow its progress here.

Previous Calls

2014 FCT Investigator Grants
Announcement | Regulations | Ranked list of applicants per evaluation panel | 2014 Evaluation Panels (Stage 2)

2013 FCT Investigator Grants
Announcement | Regulations | Ranked list of all applicants | 2013 FCT Investigators | 2013 Evaluation Panel

2012 FCT Investigator Grants
Announcement | Regulations | Applications | 2012 FCT Investigators | 2012 Evaluation Panel