Research Grants for Master's Students

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 CIES-Iscte Research Field Political sciences Researcher Profile First Stage Researcher (R1) Positions Undergraduate Positions Application Deadline 9 Oct 2026 - 23:59 (Europe/Lisbon) Country Portugal Type of Contract Temporary Job Status Full-time Hours Per Week 40 Offer Starting Date 25 Sep 2026 Is the job funded through the EU Research Framework Programme? Not funded by a EU programme Is the Job related to staff position within a Research Infrastructure? No

The Centre for Research and Studies in Sociology (CIES-Iscte) at Iscte - Knowledge and Innovation is offering

four (4) Research Grant for Master’s Students under the project PARPLE - The chain of party pledges: From

deciding what to promise to the consequences of (un-)fulfilling the mandate, registered with no.

.ICDT whose funding was approved by Foundation for Science and Technology, I.P., under the

following terms:

1. Scientific area: Political Science

2. Funding Source : Foundation for Science and Technology, I.P. under the 2023 Call for R&D Projects in All Scientific Domains

3. Admission Requirements:

Applicants must hold a bachelor’s in Political Science, or another field deemed appropriate for the project by

the selection panel, and must be enrolled in a master's degree course (according to Article 6 of the Regulation of Research Grants of the Foundation for Science and Technology, I.P., Reg. No. 950/2019).

Academic degrees obtained in foreign countries must be registered by a Portuguese institution, in accordance

with Article 25 of Decree‑Law No. 66/2018 of 16 August, which establishes the legal framework for the

recognition of academic degrees and higher education diplomas awarded by foreign higher education

institutions, and with subparagraph (e) of paragraph 2 of Article 4 of Decree‑Law No. 60/2018 of 3 August.

Presentation of the certificate is mandatory for the signing of the contract.

Preferred criteria:

a) Be enrolled in a master's degree in Political Science.

b) Proven experience in the use of quantitative or qualitative data analysis software, such as SPSS, Stata, R, MaxQda or other;

c) Proven experience in data analysis and writing of scientific texts of a statistical or qualitative nature;

d) Experience in the preparation and validation of quantitative databases;

e) Experience in carrying out qualitative or quantitative research work, participation in research projects, and/or publication of scientific papers.

f) Good command of spoken and written English.

4. Work Plan:

The work plan is based on support for research activities within the scope of the PARPLE project - The sequence of party promises: From the decision on what to promise to the consequences of (non)compliance with the mandate, namely:

a) Evaluation of the fulfilment of electoral promises, ensuring their validation and subsequent preparation of the database;

b) Support for monitoring the application of a questionnaire survey to Portuguese voters, validation of the respective database, and preparation of data for statistical analysis;

c) Carrying out other tasks inherent to the monitoring of the development of the project.

5. Applicable legislation and regulations:

Statute of Scientific Research Fellows, approved by Law No. 40/2004 of August 18, in its current wording

published by Decree-Law No. 123/2019 of August 28; Regulations on Research Fellowships of the Foundation

for Science and Technology, I.P. - in force and available at:

, Decree-Law No. 66/2018, of 16 August (Legal regime for the recognition of academic degrees and higher education diplomas awarded by foreign higher education institutions) andother applicable rules.

6. Workplace :

The work will be developed at the Center for Research and Studies in Sociology (CIES-Iscte), of theIscte Knowledge and Innovation Association, under the scientific supervision of Professor Ana Maria Belchior.

7. Duration of the grant:

The grant will have a duration of 4 months, renewable up to the maximum limit of the approved funding or up to the maximum duration of this type of fellowship (whichever occurs first),and may not in any case exceed the limits of paragraphs 3 and 6 of article 7 of Regulation no. 950/2019, of 29 November, published in Diário da República, no. 241, 2nd Series, of 16 December (Regulation of Research Grants of FCT, I.P.).

8. Amount of the monthly maintenance allowance:

The amount of the scholar