Fundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologia
Cooperation in R&D
FCT supports thorough study of the genetic characterization of the Cork Oak, a species with particular significance for Portugal in environmental and economical terms, involving a network of 12 R&D projects.
International Partnerships
The latest addition to the international partnerships supported by FCT is the HMS – Portugal Program with the Harvard Medical School.
Contracts and Chairs
The reinforcement of the National Scientific and Technological System through the Ciência 2008 initiative includes the Contracts for PhDs and the Invited Chairs Programmes.
Fellowships and Grants
FCT funds an extensive list of different types of Fellowships accessible through Calls such as the Individual Doctoral and Post-Doctoral Fellowships 2009 and other types of advanced grants such as PROTEC.
R&D Institutions
FCT funds and evaluates R&D Institutions in diverse scientific areas including R&D Units of the Plurianual Funding Programme and, in particular, the Associate Laboratories.
R&D Projects
The latest yearly Call for Projects in all scientific domains closed on December 16, 2009, with applications exceeding 4400. FCT also opens Project Calls in specific scientific topics.
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.
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.
Science Networks
FCT is a member or represents Portugal in several Scientific and Science Policy Networks dedicated to transnational cooperation.
EU Programmes
FCT provides information about EU sponsored scientific programmes such as the ERC and Marie Curie actions in the framework of the 7th RFP.
Databases
Projects | Units | Associate Labs | Hardware
Evaluations
Calendar and News 
- 12/04/2010ERANETs
- Deadline for submission of pre-proposals to the MNT-ERA.NET 2010 Call
- 10/04/2010FACC
- Minimum start date for several types of activities which can be supported by FACC
- 31/03/2010FACC
- Deadline to apply to FACC support to scientific societies in 2010
- 31/03/2010ERANETs
- Deadline for submission of pre-proposals to the 2nd ERA-IB Call
- 30/03/2010Multilateral Cooperation
- Deadline for submission of expressions of intrest on the 5th Plant KBBE Call
- 17/03/2010Marie Curie Actions
- Marie Curie Actions: call for International Outgoing Fellowships (IIF) opens
- 17/03/2010Marie Curie Actions
- Marie Curie Actions: call for International Incoming Fellowships (IIF) opens
- 17/03/2010Marie Curie Actions
- Marie Curie Actions: call for Intra-European Fellowships (IEF) opens
- 15/03/2010ERANETs
- Deadline for submission of pre-proposals to the 3rd ERA-NET Pathogenomics Call
- 09/03/2010Marie Curie Actions
- Marie Curie Actions: evaluation cut off date for European Reintegration Grants (ERG)
- 09/03/2010Marie Curie Actions
- Marie Curie Actions: evaluation cut off date for International Reintegration Grants (IRG)
- 08/03/2010FACC
- Deadline for submitting proposals for Textos Universitários de Ciências Sociais e Humanas
- 08/03/2010ERANETs
- Deadline for submission of pre-proposals to the 1st ERA-Net New INDIGO Call on Health and Biotechnology
- 01/11/2009Fellowships and Grants
- 2010 Call for Doctoral Grants in the framework of the MIT Portugal Program
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