The Luso-American Development Foundation (FLAD), the Atlantic Centre (AC) and the National Defence Institute (IDN) will award two researchers in the field of Security and Defense in the Atlantic. The selected research projects will be developed for a period of eight months beginning in 2025.
Objective and scope
This call aims at selecting two researchers whose research projects demonstrate the capacity to contribute to the advancement of knowledge on topics related to current Security and Defense issues in the Atlantic in a broad perspective.
Key topics that can be addressed are:
• Impact of public policies on Atlantic security and defense;
• The nexus between environment, security, and development;
• Transnational threats to the Atlantic space;
• Exercise of sovereignty and capacity-building in the maritime domain;
• Security cooperation and competition dynamics, from the local to the global level;
• Maritime security, ocean governance and the security of ocean infrastructure.
Accepted topics for research are not limited to the ones listed above.
Applicant eligibility
At the time of application:
• The applicant must hold a PhD, or equivalent degree, for no longer than 10 years.
• The counting of the years after the PhD degree will take maternity or paternity into consideration: to the number of years after acquiring a PhD degree, 18 months are subtracted for each child born after the conclusion of the degree.
• The research projects submitted for this grant must fall under the general category of security and defense in the Atlantic.
Application process
The call is open from January 22nd to April 7th, 2025, 11:59 PM (Continental Portugal Time, UTC).
Applicants will be notified of the decision by May 16th, 2025.
Applications must be submitted through the online form available here:
https://flad.secure.force.com/CandidaturaMain?language=en.
Please note that only applications submitted through this form will be considered.
Candidates are required to upload the following documents (in English or in Portuguese):
• Detailed curriculum vitae;
• Document certifying that the candidate holds a PhD degree;
• One recommendation letter;
• Cover letter (in English or Portuguese)
• Detailed research plan proposal (see Annex A for guidelines)
Applicants can only submit one application per call.
Selection committee
Applications will be reviewed by the following selection committee:
• Ana Santos Pinto, Professor at the Faculty of Social Sciences and Humanities, NOVA University of Lisbon
• Luís Miguel Escudeiro da Costa Cabral, Atlantic Centre
• Maria Francisca Saraiva, Study Advisor at the National Defence Institute
The information contained in this article does not dispense with the careful reading of the NOTICE.
For more information, please contact: relacoes.transatlanticas@flad.pt.