National, foreign, and stateless researchers who meet the following requirements at the deadline for submission of applications may apply, with the commitment of the host institution:
- hold a doctoral degree;
- be a doctoral integrated member of an R&D Unit, or have a contractual link with a State Laboratory;
- have taken parental leave, including adoption leave, of 120 days or more, or have taken shared parental leave, including adoption leave, of 72 days or more, between the period of February 16, 2023, inclusive, and the date of the beginning of the application submission period for this competition, inclusive. The minimum number of days required for each type of license (120 or 72 days) must be reached between February 16, 2023 and the opening date of the submission period of this competition, inclusive, regardless of its beginning or end.
In the case of researchers holding a research fellowship (“bolsa”), they may submit as proof of parental leave a declaration from the hiring institution stating the suspension of the research activities funded by the respective fellowship, for a period equivalent to that referred to in iii). For fellowships whose hiring institution is, or has been, FCT, and in order to simplify the application submission process, the submission of this statement may be replaced by simply indicating the reference of the respective FCT fellowship.
Applications whose recipient researcher is PI or Co-PI of ongoing projects funded by FCT, as of September 1, 2024, will not be eligible.
In order not to exclude any potential candidate for the RESTART Programme in what regards the number of parental leave days eligibility condition, we invite you to send us any doubts that still subsist to the email restart@fct.pt.