Fundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologia

FCT
Cut in snow covered by pyroclastic deposits, with permafrost. Deception Island, Antarctida, 2006-02-08The day ends on South Bay, Livingston Island, Antarctida, 2006-01-29Elephant seals on King George Island (Southern Shetlands Islands, Antarctida), 2006-01-15Argentinean lobe, Johnsons’ glacier, an example of a fast receding glacier, Antarctida, 2006-01-30
Gonçalo Vieira / Centro de Estudos Geográficos, Universidade de Lisboa
Ciência 2008

Ciência 2008

On May 12, 2008, the Ciência 2008 initiative was launched highlighting several FCT programs. An example is the Atsutoshi Nishida Invited Chair launched on 7/10/2008.

European Research Council
Marie Curie Actions
7th Research Framework Programme

EU Programmes

FCT provides information about European Union scientific organizations and programmes such as the ERC and Marie Curie actions in the framework of the 7th RFP.

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Post Doctoral Positions

Ciência 2008

With Ciência 2008 the programme of recruitment of 1000 post-doctoral researchers enters its second cycle of institution selection and researcher recruitment.

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Fellowships and Grants

FCT funds an extensive list of different types of Fellowships and Grants. These include Doctoral and Post-Doctoral Fellowships awarded through the annual Call for Individual Fellowships and the new Doctoral Grants for Medical Interns.

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R&D Units

FCT funds and evaluates R&D Units in diverse scientific areas and, in particular, Associate Laboratories and the recently announced Consortia.

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R&D Projects

Sealed applications

The latest call for projects in all scientific domains closed on February 6, 2009. FCT also organizes Calls in targeted research areas.

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Scientific hardware renewal

The National Program for Scientific Hardware Renewal was created to support the acquisition, update and expansion of scientific hardware and the buildup of National Networks of institutions sharing the usage of important, but relatively uncommon and expensive, hardware items.

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Scientific Community Support Fund

FACC selectively supports scientific community initiatives aimed at the promotion of R&D or knowledge transmission in any scientific area lying outside the scope of current FCT programs.

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Science Networks

FCT is a member or represents Portugal in several Scientific and Science Policy Networks dedicated to transnational cooperation.

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International partnerships

University of Texas at Austin Fraunhofer MIT
Carnegie-Mellon University

One of FCT’s missions is the development of international partnerships between leading Portuguese science and university institutions and world class partners.