Statistical Report 2016/2017

Statistical and Narrative Report
Program: Portuguese Research Students
AY: 2016/2017
FY: 2016
Officer in charge: Paula Lemos
Date of report: May 11,2016
Contents
1. Brief description of the Program
Grants:
 Fulbright Research Grant– all fields of study.
 Fulbright Research Grant – Public Health
2. Brief analysis of how the promotion, competition and selection process took place
(planning, outreach, media, calendars, pool of evaluators, etc).
Competitions took place during the month of January 2016.
During the competition period we received email requests for information about these
grants from 87 students.
We recorded a webinar about the application process that was viewed 97 times. This
webinar consisted of a full explanation of the grants conditions and requirements. We
showed each and every page of the application form, highlighting the questions where
applicants usually show more difficulty and describing where and how the additional
documents should be uploaded.
From the 37 applications received, 3 were ineligible (two candidates had already a
doctorate and one candidate had a valid visa to the US). The remaining 34 applications
were grouped in 16 panels:
 Medical Sciences
 Environmental Sciences
 Public Health
 Aerospace and Mechanical Engineering
 Biomedical Engineering
 Industrial Engineering
 Energy
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Biological Sciences
Economics
Physics
Tourism
Psychology
Sociology
Geography
Education and Languages
Architecture
These panels were reviewed by former and current Fulbright grantees in the
correspondent fields of study. Evaluators who did the first review of the applications
were:
Hanna Guimarães, Researcher, Universidade do Minho
Paula Videira, Assistant Professor, Universidade Nova de Lisboa
Francisco Ferreira, Assistant Professor, Universidade Nova de Lisboa
Maria Isabel Pinto, Researcher, Universidade do Porto
Alexandre Abrantes, Associate Professor, Universidade Nova de Lisboa
Jorge Ferreira, Junior Consultant, SAFOSO, Switzerland
Nuno Filipe, Guidance and Control Engineer, NASA’s Jet Propulsion Laboratory, USA
Paulo Tavares de Castro, Full Professor, Universidade do Porto
António Samagaio, Associate Professor, Universidade de Aveiro
Nuno Cerca, Principal Researcher, Universidade do Minho
Manuel Mota, Emeritus Professor, Universidade do Minho
Andreia Valente, Researcher, Universidade de Lisboa
Tiago Guerra, R&D Biochemist, A4F-Algafuel, SA
Fausto Freire, Assistant Professor, Universidade de Coimbra
Rafaela Arriaga, MIT-Portugal Program
Diana Saleiro, Post-doctoral Fellow, Northwestern University, USA
Hernâni Gerós, Associate Professor, Universidade do Minho
Mohamed Azzim, Associate Professor, ISCTE-IUL
Cláudia Rei, Assistant Professor, Vanderbilt University, USA
Yasser Omar, Assistant Professor, Universidade de Lisboa
Vítor Cardoso, Associate Professor, Universidade de Lisboa
David Wittman, Associate Professor, University of California, Davis, and Invited
Professor, Universidade de Lisboa
José Rodrigues Lúcio, Assistant Professor, Universidade Nova de Lisboa
Dulce Scott, Full Professor, Anderson University, USA
Mário Avelar, Full Professor, Universidade Aberta
Mário Vale, Full Professor, Universidade de Lisboa
Miguel Tamen, Full Professor, Universidade de Lisboa
Sérgio Figueiredo, Assistant Professor, TU Eindhoven, The Netherlands
Ricardo Cardoso, Researcher, Universidade do Porto
7 candidates were not selected for interview and 4 candidates withdrew their
applications.
Evaluators who interviewed the remaining 23 candidates were:
Paulo Tavares de Castro, Full Professor, Universidade do Porto
Kelly Clifton, Full Professor, Portland State University, and Invited Professor,
Universidade de Lisboa
Hernâni Gerós, Associate Professor, Universidade do Minho
Vera Margoniner, Associate Professor, California State University, Sacramento, and
Invited Professor, Universidade de Lisboa
Nuno Cerca, Principal Researcher, Universidade do Minho
Andreia Valente, Researcher, Universidade de Lisboa
Mohamed Azzim, Associate Professor, ISCTE-IUL
Mário Avelar, Universidade Aberta
Miguel Tamen, Full Professor, Universidade de Lisboa
Francisco Ferreira, Assistant Professor, Universidade Nova de Lisboa
Maria Isabel Pinto, Researcher, Universidade do Porto
José Rodrigues Lúcio, Assistant Professor, Universidade Nova de Lisboa
Fausto Freire, Assistant Professor, Universidade de Coimbra
David Wittman, Associate Professor, University of California, Davis, and Invited
Professor, Universidade de Lisboa
Paula Videira, Assistant Professor, Universidade Nova de Lisboa
Lawrence Rhu, Full Professor, University of South Carolina, Columbia, and Invited
Professor, Universidade de Lisboa
Ben Rockwell, American Embassy in Lisbon
Charles Park, American Embassy in Lisbon
After the interviews, 2 candidates were not recommended for selection and the other
21 were evaluated by the Board of Directors who nominated 1 candidate for the
Fulbright Research Grant in Public Health and 2 candidates as principal and 4 other as
alternate for the Fulbright Research Grant.
3. Statistics
Applicants
Grantees
Success Rate

2016
37
3
8%
By home institution (Licenciatura degree)
Applicants
Number %
Home Institution
U Lisboa
9 24%
U Porto
6 16%
UTL
4 11%
U Coimbra
3
8%
UNL
3
8%
U Aveiro
2
5%
U Évora
2
5%
Instituto Politécnico de Coimbra
1
3%
Instituto Politécnico da Guarda
1
3%
Instituto Politécnico de Leiria
1
3%
Instituto Politécnico de Lisboa
1
3%
Instituto Politécnico do Porto
1
3%
U Algarve
1
3%
U Lusíada
1
3%
U Minho
1
3%
Undefined
1
3%
Total
38 100%
1 of the applicants had 2 Licenciatura degrees

Grantees
Home Institution
U Lisboa
U Porto
UTL
U Coimbra
UNL
U Aveiro
U Évora
Instituto Politécnico de Coimbra
Instituto Politécnico da Guarda
Instituto Politécnico de Leiria
Instituto Politécnico de Lisboa
Instituto Politécnico do Porto
U Algarve
U Lusíada
U Minho
Undefined
Total
Number
%
2
67%
1
33%
3
100%
Success Rates
Home Institution
U Lisboa
U Porto
UTL
U Coimbra
UNL
U Aveiro
U Évora
Instituto Politécnico de Coimbra
Instituto Politécnico da Guarda
Instituto Politécnico de Leiria
Instituto Politécnico de Lisboa
Instituto Politécnico do Porto
U Algarve
U Lusíada
U Minho
Undefined
Total
%
33%
50%
8%
By home institution (Master’s degree)
Applicants
Number %
Home Institution
U Lisboa
8 21%
U Porto
6 16%
Do not hold a Master's degree
6 16%
UTL
4 11%
U Coimbra
3
8%
U Aveiro
2
5%
City University London
1
3%
European Inter-University, Italy
1
3%
Jaguiellonain University, Poland
1
3%
Lancaster U
1
3%
U Lusíada
1
3%
U Minho
1
3%
UNL
1
3%
UTAD
1
3%
Undefined
1
3%
Total
38 100%
1 of the applicants had 2 Master's degrees
Grantees
Home Institution
U Lisboa
U Porto
Do not hold a Master's degree
UTL
U Coimbra
U Aveiro
City University London
European Inter-University, Italy
Jaguiellonain University, Poland
Lancaster U
U Lusíada
U Minho
UNL
UTAD
Undefined
Total
Number
%
3
100%
3
100%
Success Rates
Home Institution
U Lisboa
U Porto
Do not hold a Master's degree
UTL
U Coimbra
U Aveiro
City University London
European Inter-University, Italy
Jaguiellonain University, Poland
Lancaster U
U Lusíada
U Minho
UNL
UTAD
Undefined
Total
%
50%
8%
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major academic discipline
Applicants
Major Academic Discipline
Medical Sciences
Engineering
Biological Sciences
Public Health
Architecture
Biomedical Engineering
Education
Energy
Economics
Environmental Sciences
Geography
History
Languages
Pharmacology
Physics
Physiology
Psychology
Sociology
Tourism
Total

Number
6
5
4
3
2
2
2
2
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
37
Grantees
Major Academic Discipline
Medical Sciences
Engineering
Biological Sciences
Public Health
Architecture
Biomedical Engineering
Education
Energy
Economics
Environmental Sciences
Geography
History
Languages
Pharmacology
Physics
Physiology
Psychology
Sociology
Tourism
Total
Number
%
1
1
1
33%
33%
33%
3
100%
Success Rates
Major Academic Discipline
Medical Sciences
Engineering
Biological Sciences
Public Health
Architecture
Biomedical Engineering
Education
Energy
Economics
Environmental Sciences
Geography
History
Languages
Pharmacology
Physics
Physiology
Psychology
Sociology
Tourism
Total
%
20%
25%
33%
8%
geographical area of residence
Applicants
Geographic area of residence Number
Lisbon
15
Porto
10
Aveiro
2
Braga
2
Coimbra
2
Azores
1
Faro
1
Santarém
1
Setúbal
1
UK
1
Viseu
1
Total
37

%
16%
14%
11%
8%
5%
5%
5%
5%
3%
3%
3%
3%
3%
3%
3%
3%
3%
3%
3%
100%
%
41%
27%
5%
5%
5%
3%
3%
3%
3%
3%
3%
100%
Grantees
Geographic area of residence Number
Lisbon
Porto
2
Aveiro
Braga
Coimbra
Azores
1
Faro
Santarém
Setúbal
UK
Viseu
Total
3
%
67%
33%
100%
Success Rates
Geographic area of residence
Lisbon
Porto
Aveiro
Braga
Coimbra
Azores
Faro
Santarém
Setúbal
UK
Viseu
Total
gender
Applicants
Number
Gender
Female
24
Male
13
Total
37
%
65%
35%
100%
Grantees
Gender
Female
Male
Total
Number
2
1
3
%
67%
33%
100%
Success Rates
%
Gender
Female
8%
Male
8%
Total
8%
%
20%
100%
8%

age
Applicants
Number
Age
20-24
8
25-29
16
30-34
6
35-39
3
40-44
3
45-49
1
Total
37

%
22%
43%
16%
8%
8%
3%
100%
Number
1
1
%
33%
33%
1
33%
3
100%
Success Rates
%
Age
20-24
13%
25-29
6%
30-34
35-39
33%
40-44
45-49
Total
8%
current position
Applicants
Number
Career Position
Ph.D. Student
22
Master's Student
5
Not enrolled in a program
10
Total
37

Grantees
Age
20-24
25-29
30-34
35-39
40-44
45-49
Total
%
59%
14%
27%
100%
Grantees
Number
Career Position
Ph.D. Student
2
Master's Student
Not enrolled in a program
1
Total
3
%
67%
33%
100%
Success Rates
Career Position
Ph.D. Student
Master's Student
Not enrolled in a program
Total
%
9%
10%
8%
host institution
Applicants
Host Institution
MIT
Harvard University
Yale U
Brigham and Women's Hospital
Brown U
Columbia U
Eastern Washington U
Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai
Johns Hopkins U
NASA's Goddard Space Flight Center
National Cancer Institute
New York U
Northern Marianas College
Portland State U
Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute
Rutgers U
San Diego State U
Stanford U
Stony Brook U
Temple U
The Apprenticeshop
U North Carolina, Greensboro
U California Berkeley
U Colorado
U Massachusetts Amherst
U Michigan
U Montana
U South Carolina
U Southern California
Valley City State U
VHA Southeast
Weill Cornell Medical College
Total
Number
4
2
2
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
37
%
11%
5%
5%
3%
3%
3%
3%
3%
3%
3%
3%
3%
3%
3%
3%
3%
3%
3%
3%
3%
3%
3%
3%
3%
3%
3%
3%
3%
3%
3%
3%
3%
100%
Grantees
Host Institution
MIT
Harvard University
Yale U
Brigham and Women's Hospital
Brown U
Columbia U
Eastern Washington U
Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai
Johns Hopkins U
NASA's Goddard Space Flight Center
National Cancer Institute
New York U
Northern Marianas College
Portland State U
Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute
Rutgers U
San Diego State U
Stanford U
Stony Brook U
Temple U
The Apprenticeshop
U North Carolina, Greensboro
U California Berkeley
U Colorado
U Massachusetts Amherst
U Michigan
U Montana
U South Carolina
U Southern California
Valley City State U
VHA Southeast
Weill Cornell Medical College
Total
Number
1
%
33%
1
33%
1
33%
3
100%
Success Rates
Host Institution
MIT
Harvard University
Yale U
Brigham and Women's Hospital
Brown U
Columbia U
Eastern Washington U
Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai
Johns Hopkins U
NASA's Goddard Space Flight Center
National Cancer Institute
New York U
Northern Marianas College
Portland State U
Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute
Rutgers U
San Diego State U
Stanford U
Stony Brook U
Temple U
The Apprenticeshop
U North Carolina, Greensboro
U California Berkeley
U Colorado
U Massachusetts Amherst
U Michigan
U Montana
U South Carolina
U Southern California
Valley City State U
VHA Southeast
Weill Cornell Medical College
Total
%
25%
50%
100%
8%

duration of the stay
Applicants
Duration of stay
9 months
4 months
6 months
8 months
7 months
Total
Number %
14 38%
10 27%
10 27%
2
5%
1
3%
37 100%
Grantees
Duration of stay
9 months
4 months
6 months
8 months
7 months
Total
Number
1
%
33%
1
1
33%
33%
3 100%
Success Rates
Duration of stay
9 months
4 months
6 months
8 months
7 months
Total
%
7%
10%
50%
8%