Research Fellowship for PhD in the fields of Media Art and Communication Sciences

Universidade Lusófona de Humanidades e Tecnologias, established by COFAC – Cooperativa de Formação e Animação Cultural. CRL, hereby announces a call for the award of 3 (three) research grants, hereinafter referred to as Doctoral Research Grant, in the area of Media and Communication Arts, under the FCT Research Grant Regulations (RBI) and the Research Grant Holder Statute (EBI). The grants will be funded by the Foundation for Science and Technology (FCT) under the Pluriannual Funding Program Contract for R&D Units 2020-2023, signed between FCT and the R&D Unit CICANT – Research Centre in Applied Communication, Culture and New Technologies (5260).

The Doctoral Research Grants are intended for candidates already enrolled or candidates who meet the necessary conditions for enrolment in the Doctoral Programmes in Media Arts or Communication Sciences and who wish to develop research activities leading to a doctoral degree, in the context of the scientific work developed at CICANT.

The following are eligible to apply to this call: National citizens or citizens of other European Union Member States; Citizens of third countries; Stateless persons; Citizens benefiting from political refugee status.

Candidate Admission Requirements:

• Bachelor’s degree in the study area in communication sciences or arts;
• Master’s degree in the study area in communication sciences or arts;
• Not to have benefited from a PhD or PhD in companies grant directly funded by FCT, regardless of its duration.
• Not hold a PhD degree
• Proficient command of English

The duration of the grants is one year, renewable for up to a maximum of two years (24 months), and cannot be awarded for a period of less than three consecutive months.

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