There is a call for applications for a research grant for a doctoral student under the project “BRIDGE – Unir Gerações no Ensino: Potenciar o Desenvolvimento Profissional de Professores Portugueses através de Diálogos Intergeracionais” (ref.ª 2023.15320.PEX) funded by the Fundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologia (FCT), and developed at the Centre for Research and Intervention in Education (CIIE) of FPCEUP under the coordination of Rita Tavares de Sousa.
BRIDGE project aims to explore the influence of intergenerational learning on teachers and students in teacher education courses in Portugal, with a focus on its effects on professional development, knowledge transfer and the overall attractiveness of the teaching profession.

Admission requirements

• Master’s degree in Educational Sciences1 .
• Be enrolled in a doctoral programme in Educational Sciences. Alternatively, he/she may be enrolled on a non-degree course that is part of the educational project of a higher education institution, developed in association or cooperation with one or more R&D units (in this case, to be proven at the date of hiring);
• Proficient command of Portuguese language (only applicable if the candidate is not a native speaker of Portuguese, in which case he/she must submit a supporting document). 

Preferred requirements

• Knowledge and experience of using qualitative research methodologies, particularly biographical-narrative methodology;
• Research work experience as part of an academic degree or funded research project, using qualitative methodologies, including the collection and analysis of empirical material; the research tasks in which the candidate was involved must be specified;
• (Co)authorship of scientific publications and/or communications in the field of education and/or other social sciences; 
• Proficient command of the English language (to be assessed through the motivation letter, written in English, in accordance with paragraph e) of section 11.2, and/or a certificate);
• Immediate availability (to be stated in the motivation letter).

Submission of applications
The call for applications is open until February 07th, 2025. 
Applications must be submitted exclusively on the FPCEUP website, at the link https://sigarra.up.pt/fpceup/pt/cnt_cand_geral.concursos_list 

More Information
https://sigarra.up.pt/spup/pt/NOTICIAS_GERAL.VER_NOTICIA?p_nr=81569
https://sigarra.up.pt/fpceup/pt/noticias_geral.ver_noticia?p_nr=7613737