GRANTS & FELLOWSHIPS

Information about institutions that provide grants and fellowships for national and international students who want to study in Lisbon.

Foundation for Science and Technology

International tenders for the recruitment of doctorate researchers and tenders for funding of Internship Fellowships in International Scientific and Technological Organizations (BEST), as well as grants for Doctoral and Post-Doctoral degrees. Find out more here.

Calouste Gulbenkian Foundation

Fellowships for foreign students and/or researchers. Find out more here and here.

Luso-American Development Foundation (FLAD)

Short and long-term fellowships; participation in congresses, conferences, and workshops. Find out more here.

FLAD/ CAORC (Council of American Overseas Research Centres)

Fellowships for Portuguese-speaking students. CAORC offers the CLR programme and short-term fellowships in Portugal or Portuguese-speaking countries. Find out more here.

FLAD/UC Berkley

Fellowships for Portuguese students or American students whose parents are Portuguese for the Portuguese Studies Program of the Institute of European Studies, University of California / Berkeley. Find out more here.

Fulbright Portugal – Fulbright Commission in Portugal

The Fulbright Commission has programmes for American students who want to study in Portugal (The U.S. Student Program is designed to give American citizens opportunities for personal development through cultural exchange. Projects may include university coursework, independent library or field research, or a combination). Find out more here.

Millennium BCP Foundation

Grants for students coming from African Portuguese-speaking countries and Timor. Find out more here.

Fundação Oriente

Offers fellowships to students who research in the field of social and human sciences whose research themes are related to the Far East. With these fellowships, the foundation can support eastern students attending higher education courses. Find out more here.

Camões, I.P

Camões, I.P. financially supports foreign citizens and entities that focus on studying and researching the Portuguese culture and language. Find out more here.

BANCO BPI

Banco BPI financially supports higher education institutions by granting fellowships and promoting initiatives that contribute to the civic education of students. Find out more here.

CAIXA GERAL DE DEPOSITOS

Caixa Geral de Depósitos provides students in multiple education stages with training fellowships. Find out more here.

Ilídio Pinho Foundation

Grants in the form of loans for Portuguese students and students from Portuguese-speaking countries to get a bachelor’s degree in Portugal or in other countries. Find out more here.

Casa da América Latina

Grants and awards for Latin-American or Portuguese students. Find out more here.

Lisbon and Oporto Stock Exchange

Master and Doctorate fellowships in a widely prestigious university in the field of Economic and Financial Sciences. Find out more here.

Centro Nacional de Cultura

Fellowships in the field of Music, Literature/Research, Theatre/Dance – Plastic Arts, Cinema and Video, Lusophony, Literature, Visual Arts, and Reporting. Find out more here.

Fundação Rotária Portuguesa

Grants and awards. Find out more here.

National Geographic Society

Research fellowships in the field of anthropology, archaeology, astronomy, biology, botany, geography, geology, oceanography, palaeontology, and zoology. Find out more here.

Mapfre Foundation

Fundação Montepio Geral

D. Dinis award for graduates younger than 30 years who are enrolled in master’s degrees in the field of agronomy, education sciences and philosophy. Find out more here.