ASSOCIACAO ISCTE CONHECIMENTO E INOVACAO - CENTRO DE VALORIZACAO E TRANSFERENCIA DE TECNOLOGIAS Organisation/Company ASSOCIACAO ISCTE CONHECIMENTO E INOVACAO - CENTRO DE VALORIZACAO E TRANSFERENCIA DE TECNOLOGIAS Department BRU-Iscte Research Field Economics Management sciences Other Researcher Profile First Stage Researcher (R1) Positions PhD Positions Application Deadline 13 Jul 2026 - 23:59 (Europe/Lisbon) Country Portugal Type of Contract Not Applicable Job Status Not Applicable Is the job funded through the EU Research Framework Programme? Not funded by a EU programme Reference Number UID/315/2025 Is the Job related to staff position within a Research Infrastructure? No Offer DescriptionThe Business Research Unit (BRU-Iscte) is awarding2 doctoral scholarships, financed through its pluriannual FCT funding (National Foundation for Science and Technology) with the funding reference UID/315/2025. The scholarships may be awarded to national and international students who are enrolled or that gather the conditions to be enrolled in one of the PhD programmes run by BRU-Iscte, namely: PhD in Economics PhD in Finance PhD in Management, with seven specialisations. Only applicants who have obtained a grade equal to or higher than fourteen (15/20) in at least one of their academic degrees (Bachelor's or Master's) can apply. Additionally, only applicants who meet the following conditions can be considered for the purpose of awarding the scholarship: Obtain a final evaluation score for the scholarship award equal to or higher than 15.5 out of 20; Rank among the top 25% of students with the highest final evaluation in the admission results for the respective PhD programme (if the applicant has not yet applied for the PhD programme, they will be admitted conditionally until the evaluation of the admission results are available, which may in turn result in their definite admissibility or exclusion). TheBRU-FCT PhD Scholarshipcannot be accumulated with other full-time scholarships. The scholarship is awarded for 12 months and may be renewed annually up to a maximum of 48 months, or until the defence of the doctoral thesis, whichever comes first. The applications for the BRU-FCT PhD Scholarship are open betweenMay 11, 2026andJuly 13, 2026. Selection ProcessThe members of the Evaluation Committee are the BRU-Iscte Director and the Directors of the three PhDs programmes defined in article I in office at the time of evaluation. The evaluation of applications is based on the following criteria: MERIT OF THE CANDIDATE (70%)Overall assessment of academic, scientific, and professional curriculum (50%) Evaluation of motivation for applying for the scholarship (10%) Interview (40%) MERIT OF THE RESEARCH PROJECT (30%)The merit of the research project proposed by the candidate is evaluated based on the following criteria: Relevance and innovation of the project for the scientific field - 20% Quality of the state-of-the-art and proposed methodology - 20% Contribution of the project to advance scientific knowledge - 20% Planning and feasibility of the project - 20% Contribution to the strategic objectives of the research unit, and social impact of the project - 20%#J-18808-Ljbffr