Based on the documents, a selection committee will invite the best applicants to a 15 to 20 minutes interview, by video conference or Skype (April 13-20, 2015). Selection criteria will be assessed according to the following scheme:

• Master or equivalent degree, grade (30 %)
• Master or equivalent degree, relevance of topic (10 %)
• Quality and relevance of dissertation proposal (30 %)
• English language skills (go/no-go criterion)
• Past academic experience and achievements (10 %)
• Motivation for the program (10 %)
• Formal aspects of application (10 %)

Based on these results, the best candidates will be invited to a selection workshop in Lisbon (invitations to be sent until April 30, 2015).

At the selection workshop, candidates present their PhD proposal, and will be interviewed by the selection committee. The criteria are as follows: Presentation of dissertation proposal (35 %), Interview (55 %), Rhetorical skill and English language (10 %).

The final selection result will be weighed 50:50 by the pre-selection result and the result of the selection workshop. If two candidates are equal, we will aim to achieve gender balance.

The GEO-C Consortium will support travel costs for invited candidates of up to

• 1.000 € for residents of US/Canada
• 1.500 € for other non-EU residents
• 400 € for EU residents
• 100 € national (PT) residents
• Reimbursement by bank transfer – which will take 2-4 weeks
• Funds will also be provided to cover the costs of up to two nights of accommodation to be organized by UNL.