Final beneficiaries are natural persons who, cumulatively, prove in the contract that:

1. Have an employment relationship with any Central, Regional or Local Public Administration body, or with any company in the State’s business sector or in the local authority’s business sector, and are in full time employment with any of these entities;
2. Have a legal employment relationship of an indefinite nature with any of the entities referred to in the previous paragraph, with the exception of cases in which the employment relationship necessary for the acquisition of a title or access to professional categories is obligatory, under the terms of the law, through fixed-term contracts;
3. Proof that they have signed a working time reduction agreement with their employer, granting them a percentage of no less than 20% reduction in their working time, to be applied for at least 1 year in the first three-year period of support granted by the FCT.
4. Do not hold a doctorate degree, or another legally equivalent degree.

The period for submitting applications to this call is from November 25, 2024, until 5 p.m. on February 24, 2025.

Applications and all supporting documents must be submitted electronically, using the form available on the myFCTportal, on the page relating to the 1st edition of Doctor-AP. Applications or any other additional information submitted by other means will not be accepted. All competition procedures, such as the submission of applications, the evaluation process, prior hearing, publication of results, complaints, appeals and contractualization, will take place exclusively through the myFCT portal. myFCT.