Program: Horizon Europe (HORIZON)

Call:  Call 01 - single stage (2027) (HORIZON-CL6-2027-01)  

Type of action HORIZON-RIA HORIZON Research and Innovation Actions  

Topic description    

Expected Outcome:

Project results are expected to contribute to all of the following expected outcomes:

• advancing robust, policy-relevant ecosystem assessment, nature protection and restoration planning activities, and biodiversity trend prediction based on fit for purpose data, thus supporting EU biodiversity and climate objectives;
• strengthened capacity of researchers, practitioners and decision-makers to improve biodiversity monitoring practices and address knowledge gaps via the integration of data and observations across sensors and platforms, ranging from omics-based data (genomic, transcriptomic, metabolomic), various in-situ to satellite-based Earth observation data;
• enhanced usability of in-situ datasets as training and validation resources for statistical, machine learning and advanced AI-based approaches, in support of applications such as habitat classification, ecosystem mapping and biodiversity trend prediction.

Scope:

Achieving the goals of the EU biodiversity strategy for 2030, the Kunming-Montreal Global Biodiversity Framework, and assessing progress towards their defined targets, requires coherent, integrated and long-term monitoring approaches, underpinned by FAIR (Findable, Accessible, Interoperable and Re-usable) data systems. Many existing in-situ data collections (i.e. genomic assessments, ground sampling, drone and airborne observations) were not designed with Satellite Remote Sensing integration in mind (i.e. for validation and calibration, integrated data products, or statistical scaling of information) and lack the structure, interface and metadata required to support advanced analytics, including AI. FAIR data on species and ecosystems will also help to ensure that biodiversity preservation is a mainstream feature of other sectors, such as agriculture, transport, energy or the bioeconomy. There is a need for systemic, harmonised or standardised biodiversity data at Earth’s surface in order to support AI applications ranging from genome to space and to build up our knowledge on the status and trends of habitats, species, ecosystems, and on the drivers of decline.

To address these challenges, proposals should:

• develop and validate fit-for-purpose multisensory biodiversity data integration systems, to enable omics-based and in-situ data harmonization and integration with remote sensing data from space or sub-orbital platforms, as well as socio-ecological and climatic data for enhancing assessment of ecosystem condition and degradation, and the predictive modelling of biodiversity trends at international, regional and European scales;
• develop concrete technical capabilities able to answer to diverse use cases, across terrestrial, freshwater and marine ecosystems in Member States and Associated Countries. To this end, proposals should identify and prioritise critical biodiversity knowledge gaps and their data needs, with a focus on predictive analytics and the use of AI, and address them by designing data integration approaches that support scientific and policy needs, including biodiversity protection, restoration, and sustainable use goals and targets, as well as other related policy objectives;
• develop demonstration and verification cases focusing on specific ecosystems under the EU ecosystem typology and habitats, including ecotones, identified as those under pressure or as restoration priorities. Proposals should take into account socio-economic pressures and activities impacting ecosystems, including land and sea use and emissions of pollutants (e.g. agriculture, aquaculture, urbanization, resource exploitation and management practices). Demonstration cases should be relevant to EO applications, such as AI-assisted ecosystem and habitat mapping, ensuring interoperability with European and global frameworks such as the Global Ecosystem Typology as well as EUNIS, and aligned with reporting requirements under the Habitats Directive, Birds Directive, Marine Strategy Framework Directive and EU Nature Restoration Regulation;
• deliver FAIR data, harmonisation workflows and processing protocols supporting data integration from genome to space and verify the use of generated datasets on identified analysis needs. Proposals should link observation data to emerging socio-economic, climate, agriculture, forestry, fisheries and environmental data and to relevant data infrastructures, including, if applicable, the European Open Science Cloud (EOSC) and the European Common Data Spaces and SAGE;
• contribute to consensus and implementation of joint definitions of data collection, metadata and processing protocols, data quality and harmonization of standards enabling the integration of observations “from genomes to space”.

Budget: 10 000 000 EUR

Indicative number of grants: 2  

More information on the link.    

Program: Horizon Europe (HORIZON)

Call: SPACE (HORIZON-CL4-2027-03)

Type of action: HORIZON-RIA HORIZON Research and Innovation Actions

Deadline model: single-stage

Topic description

Expected Outcome:

The topic encompasses actions within the scope of the co-programmed European Partnership on Globally Competitive Space Systems (‘Space Partnership’) in the areas of satellite communication (SatCom), Earth Observation (EO) and New Commercial Space Transportation Solutions and is part of cohesive activities in the domain of digital developments under the grand heading of “digitalisation for commercial space solutions”. Digitalisation is a major enabler for enhancing the value of an End-to-End EO and SatCom system. Under the area of Using Space on Earth related to SatCom and EO, below this topic focusses on the Low to Mid TRL level developments of key technologies required to strengthen competitiveness in these domains with a dedicated focus on synergies between Earth observation and Satellite telecommunication technologies.

Projects are expected to contribute to one or several of the following outcomes:

• Next generation Earth observation and SatCom payloads, technologies and processing means (on ground and in space);
• Security of SatCom and EO services, supporting next-generation technologies for both ground and space commercial applications.

This will contribute to developing, deploying global, more flexible and reactive space-based services applications, to contribute to fostering the EU's space sector competitiveness, as stated in the expected impact of this destination.

Scope:

The areas of R&I, which needs to be addressed to tackle the above-mentioned expected outcomes are:

• R&I on End-to-End SatCom Mission capabilities for increased robustness, energy efficient connectivity and compatibility with 5G & 6G waveforms such as constellation and network software management systems and optical communications, including both space and ground-based assets, and digital on-ground infrastructure to test and enhance operational efficiency;
• R&I on building blocks and processes common to EO and SatCom systems allowing for in-orbit reconfigurability, faster data availability, on-board and on-ground smart computing and improved operation resilience.

Proposals are expected to promote cooperation between different actors (industry, SMEs, research institutions and infrastructures and academia) and consider opportunities to quickly turn technological innovation into commercial use in space.

It is expected that projects make use of existing EU technologies and/or building blocks, including at component level, contributing to EU non-dependence and strengthen competitiveness, and this should be clearly presented in the proposal. Furthermore, proposed activities should be complementary to H2020 and Horizon Europe funded projects, national activities and activities funded by the European Space Agency (ESA).

This topic contributes to the implementation of the European Partnership on ‘Globally Competitive Space Systems’ (GCSS).

Budget: 4 000 000 EUR

Indicative number of Grants: 2

More information on the link.

Programme: Horizon Europe (HORIZON)

Call:  SPACE (HORIZON-CL4-2027-03)

Type of action: HORIZON-IA HORIZON Innovation Actions

Deadline model: single-stage

Topic description

Expected Outcome:

The topic encompasses actions within the scope of the co-programmed European Partnership on Globally Competitive Space Systems (‘Space Partnership’) in the areas of satellite communication (SatCom), Earth Observation (EO) and New Commercial Space Transportation Solutions and is part of cohesive activities in the domain of digital developments under the grand heading of “digitalisation for commercial space solutions”.

Digitalisation is a major enabler for enhancing the value of an End-to-End EO and SatCom system. Under the area of Using Space on Earth related to SatCom and EO, below this topic focusses on the Mid to High TRL level developments of key technologies required to strengthen competitiveness in these domains, contributing to the preparation of EO and SatCom demonstration missions.

Projects are expected to contribute to one or several of the following outcomes:

• Favouring a competitive and sustainable European Space Sector;
• Enable the European Space Industry to maintain a significant share of the global connectivity market;
• Advanced Earth observation and SatCom payloads, technologies and processing means (on ground and in space);
• Advanced EO and SatCom fostering AI across space system;
• Enhanced security of SatCom and EO services, supporting advanced technologies for both ground and space commercial applications;
• End-to-end demonstrator for collaborative Earth Observation and Satellite telecommunication for Space solutions.

This will contribute to developing, deploying global, more flexible and reactive space-based services applications, to contribute to fostering the EU's space sector competitiveness, as stated in the expected impact of this destination.

Scope:

The areas of R&I, which needs to be addressed to tackle the above-mentioned expected outcomes are:

• R&I on End-to-End SatCom Mission capabilities, secure satcom services and satellites as network nodes, and digital on-ground infrastructure to test and enhance operational efficiency;
• R&I on Earth Observation equipment, subsystems, applications and services, improving data processing for performance or timeliness, smart multi-sources EO data fusion, fostering interoperability among EO missions, miniaturisation of instrument designs and EO ground segment interfaces, digitalised technology steps such as high-performance cloud-based architectures and active and adaptative optics and/or higher-power electronics;
• R&I on building blocks and processes common to EO and SatCom systems, such as on-board processing capabilities, maturing high performance processing payload H/W to support space network capabilities and reducing environmental impact of future missions, maturation of technologies and products improving system security and threats identification, characterization and possible mitigation and RF and optical hybrid ground stations for anchoring services.

Proposals may contribute to one or more of the above R&I areas, however the main area addressed are expected to be clearly and unambiguously identified in the proposal text.

Proposals are expected to promote cooperation between different actors (industry, SMEs, research institutions and infrastructures and academia) and consider opportunities to quickly turn technological innovation into commercial use in space via e.g., on-ground relevant environment or in orbit demonstration.

It is expected that projects make use of existing EU technologies and/or building blocks, including at component level, contributing to EU non-dependence and strengthen competitiveness, and this should be clearly presented in the proposal. Furthermore, proposed activities should be complementary to H2020 and Horizon Europe funded projects, national activities and activities funded by the European Space Agency (ESA).

This topic contributes to the implementation of the European Partnership on ‘Globally Competitive Space Systems’ (GCSS).

Budget: 26 000 000 EUR 

Indicative number of Grants: 4

More information on the link.

Program: Horizon Europe (HORIZON)

Call:  SPACE (HORIZON-CL4-2027-03)

Type of action: HORIZON-IA HORIZON Innovation Actions

Deadline model: single-stage

Topic description

Expected Outcome: Project results are expected to contribute to all of the following expected outcomes:

• Reinforcing EU strategic autonomy by reducing non-EU dependencies on critical space EEE components and related technologies across their entire supply chain;
• Providing unrestricted access to critical space EEE components and related technologies relevant for EU space missions;
• Developing or regaining capacity to operate independently in space by developing resilient space EEE components and related technologies supply chains, relying on EU supply chains and/or trustable and reliable supply chains not affected by non-EU export restrictions;
• Enhancing competitiveness by developing products and capabilities reaching equivalent or superior performance level than those from outside the EU and compete at worldwide level;
• Opening new opportunities for manufacturers by reducing dependency on non-EU export restricted technologies.

Scope:

Unrestricted access to state-of-art space EEE components and related technologies is a pre-requisite for the EU space industry responding to EU space missions. However, especially for some families of components, the available solutions in EU do not meet the current high-performance space requirements. Currently, alternative products sourced from outside EU, are either affected by non-EU export control, that limits its use, or present challenges in terms of trustable supply chains for the implementation of EU space missions with a security dimension.

Within the frame of this topic, it is expected to finance and implement development projects aiming at maturing critical space EEE components with the final goal of lowering the dependency from outside EU. This will be done by establishing a long-term sustainable supply chain for supporting EU strategic autonomy in the space sector. The selection of the supply chains shall reflect this objective. Therefore, the supply chain shall preferably be built fully based in EU and when this can only be achieved partially (i.e. because of lack of current EU capabilities for unrestricted advanced semiconductor processes or advanced materials that cannot be developed within the project), services procured from outside EU shall nevertheless ensure that the overall supply chain will remain trustable and not affected by non-EU export control. The latest scenario is subject to the approval of the granting authority.

The list of space equipment and related technologies relevant for this topic will be selected based on needs related to strategic institutional programs, inputs from relevant European stakeholders and the EU Observatory of Critical Technologies. It will be proposed in 2026 and validated with the HE delegations.

Space is a low volume market affected by a dynamic industrial landscape compared to the terrestrial market therefore, technological spin in and/or bilateral collaborations should be enhanced between European non-space and space industries. Furthermore, proposed activities should be complementary to national activities and European space agencies. Complementary activities should be clearly identified, described and the proposal should report how the complementarity is ensured.

Budget: 490 000 EUR

Indicative number of grants: 1

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The European Research Council (ERC) has announced an extraordinary new funding scheme: ERC Plus grants. These grants, worth up to EUR 7 Million each, are designed to support high-impact, long-term research projects across all disciplines.

Here’s what you need to know:

Call open: 28 May, 2026

Deadline: 27 August, 2026

ERC Advanced Grant supports for excellent Principal Investigators at the career stage at which they are already established research leaders with a recognised track record of research achievements. Principal Investigators must demonstrate the ground-breaking nature, ambition, and feasibility of their research proposal. The ERC grants operate on a 'bottom-up' basis without predetermined priorities and fund ground-breaking, ambitious long-term projects.

Eligibility

• Researchers of any nationality.
• Active and established research leader with a track record of significant research achievements.
• Exceptional leaders in terms of originality and significance of their research contributions.
• No specific eligibility criteria with respect to the academic requirements are foreseen.

Funding and duration

Up to € 2.5 million for a period of 5 years (pro rata for projects of shorter duration) with an extra €1M possible for start-up costs, major equipment, or facilities (€2M for researchers moving to EU). Budget covers 100% of the direct costs plus a contribution of 25% towards indirect costs.

Success rate

Advanced Grants have a success rate of approximately 11%.

More information ERC Advanced grant website    

Postdoctoral Fellowships support researchers holding a PhD to carry out their research activities abroad, acquire new skills and international, interdisciplinary, and inter-sectoral experience to advance their careers. These prestigious fellowships are a stepping stone in researchers' careers, allowing them to carry out cutting-edge research and to cooperate with leading scientific teams and figures.

There are 2 types of Postdoctoral Fellowships:

1. European Postdoctoral Fellowships. They are open to researchers moving within Europe or coming to Europe from another part of the world to pursue their research career. These fellowships take place in an EU Member State or Horizon Europe Associated Country and can last between 1 and 2 years. Researchers of any nationality can apply.
2. Global Postdoctoral Fellowships. They fund the mobility of researchers outside Europe. The fellowship lasts between 2 to 3 years, of which the first 1 to 2 years will be spent in a non-associated Third Country, followed by a mandatory return phase of 1 year to an organisation based in an EU Member State or Horizon Europe Associated Country. Only nationals or long-term residents of the EU Member States or Horizon Europe Associated Countries can apply.

Both types of fellowships may also include short-term secondments anywhere in the world during the fellowship (except during the return phase of a Global Fellowship).

The 2026 Postdoctoral Fellowships call has a budget of €399.05 million.

More information on the link.

 Type of action: EURATOM-CSA EURATOM Coordination and Support Actions  

Topic description:

Project results are expected to complement and expand the outcomes of HORIZON-EURATOM-2024-NRT-01-02 by contributing to the following:

• Design and implement an action for establishing a European Nuclear Skills Academy, unifying the strategic direction and promoting standardised curricula across all qualification levels (from vocational to academic), thereby contributing to a more coordinated, EU-wide response to the skills shortage. The project will include a demonstration of recognition of learning outcomes and/or acquired skills between organisations in different Member States.
• Launch targeted training programmes, building on existing ones, specifically for critical areas such as Small Modular Reactors (SMRs) and advanced reactors. This includes building specialised expertise within national regulatory authorities for independent safety assessment of facilities and design concepts, enabling rigorous, efficient licensing, and ensuring rapid deployment and the highest safety standards.
• Complement existing mobility schemes with targeted actions for the most critical professions, tailored to regulatory and industry needs, generating evidence and good practices that can feed into future, larger-scale mobility and skills initiatives.
• The European Nuclear Skills Academy should serve as preparation and as a basis for the possible Net Zero Industry Academy, and for other future related initiatives that may follow the review announced in the Communication on the Union for Skills.  

Budget: 1 600 000 EUR

More details on the link.

Programme

Horizon Europe (HORIZON)

Call SPACE (HORIZON-CL4-2026-03)  

Type of action HORIZON-IA HORIZON Innovation Actions  

Topic description  

Expected Outcome:

Project results are expected to contribute to all of the following expected outcomes:

• Reinforcing EU strategic autonomy by reducing non-EU dependencies on critical space EEE components across their entire supply chain, including radiation testing facilities;
• Providing unrestricted access to critical space EEE components and testing facilities relevant for EU space missions (Galileo, EGNOS, Copernicus, IRIS² and EU pilot missions on In-Orbit Space Operations and Quantum Gravimetry);
• Developing or regaining capacity to operate independently in space by developing resilient space EEE components and testing facilities supply chains, relying on EU supply chains and/or trustable and reliable supply chains not affected by non-EU export restrictions;
• Enhancing competitiveness by developing products and capabilities reaching equivalent or superior performance level than those from outside the EU and compete at worldwide level.

Scope:

Unrestricted access to state-of-art space EEE components and related technologies is a pre-requisite for the EU space industry responding to EU space missions. However, especially for some families of components, the available solutions in EU do not meet the current high-performance space requirements. This is also the case for testing facilities, especially high and very high energy testing facilities which are not available in EU. Currently, alternative irradiation testing facilities located outside EU, are either overbooked or often prioritized under the light on national security limiting their use by EU space stakeholder or severely delaying their access. This represents a challenge in terms of reliable and trustable supply chains for the implementation of EU space missions.

Within the frame of this topic, it is expected to finance and implement a development project aiming at maturing the development of a dedicated irradiation test facility open to EU space stakeholders with focus on testing EEE components for space applications and final goal of lowering the dependency from outside EU. This will be done by moving from small scale prototype irradiation testing demonstrations to a fully-fledged irradiation test facility with sufficient beam time spread across the entire year supporting EU strategic autonomy in the space sector. The selection of the supply chains shall reflect this objective. Therefore, the supply chain shall preferably be built fully based in EU and when this can only be achieved partially, services procured from outside EU shall nevertheless ensure that the overall supply chain will remain trustable, not subject to national prioritization and not affected by non-EU export control. The latest scenario is subject to the approval of the granting authority (i.e. DG-DEFIS and HaDEA).

The focused space development relevant for this topic has been identified based on needs related to strategic institutional space programs, inputs from European stakeholders and the EU Observatory of Critical Technologies: High and Very High Energy (70 MeV/n up to 1GeV/n) Irradiation Test Facility Deployment. Further details will be provided at the latest at the opening of the Call, in a Guidance document published on the Funding & Tenders Portal.

To achieve the non-dependence objective, applicants are expected to include a dedicated proposal’s paragraph covering:

• The description of the technology that will be used for providing the irradiation beam and high-level breakdown of the supply chain relevant for the whole test facility. Applicants should demonstrate that the supply chain and final test facility are free of any legal export restrictions or limitations, such as those established in the International Traffic in Arms Regulations (ITAR) or equivalent instruments applicable in other non-EU jurisdictions. Applicants shall also report, in a dedicated subsection, if and which part of the supply chain is affected by non-EU export controls such as the Export Administration regulation (EAR) i.e. EAR99.

The testing facility shall be open and accessible toward EU and non-EU space stakeholders nevertheless in case the amount of beam time requested will be exceeding the beam time available, the allocation shall be prioritizing EU based stakeholders. Requests coming from non-EU shall be analysed on an ad-hoc basis, considering also the remaining available beam time. This prioritization scheme shall be reflected in the proposal. The test facility as well as related control software and booking platform/website toward the public should clearly report the EU flag.

Budget: 3 920 000 EUR

Indicative number of grants: 1

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Program: Horizon Europe (HORIZON)

Call:SPACE (HORIZON-CL4-2026-03)

Type of action: HORIZON-RIA HORIZON Research and Innovation Actions  

Topic description

Expected Outcome:

The topic encompasses actions within the scope of the co-programmed European Partnership on Globally Competitive Space Systems (‘Space Partnership’) in the areas of satellite communication (SatCom), Earth Observation (EO) and New Commercial Space Transportation Solutions and is part of cohesive activities in the domain of digital developments under the grand heading of “digitalisation for commercial space solutions”.

Digitalisation is a major enabler for enhancing the value of an End-to-End EO and SatCom system. Under the area of Using Space on Earth related to SatCom and EO, below this topic focus on the fast increment of the Low to Mid TRL level building blocks for key technologies required to strengthen competitiveness in these domains.

• Projects are expected to contribute to one or several of the following outcomes:
• New commercial services and applications enabled by increased digitalisation of space solutions;
• Favouring a competitive and sustainable European Space Sector;
• Enable the European Space Industry to maintain a significant share of the global connectivity market;
• Next generation Earth observation and SatCom payloads, technologies and processing means (on ground and in space);
• Security of SatCom and EO services, supporting next-generation technologies for both ground and space commercial applications;
• Improved access to satellite data through interoperable systems.

This will contribute to developing, deploying global, more flexible and reactive space-based services applications, to contribute to fostering the EU's space sector competitiveness, as stated in the expected impact of this destination.

Scope:

The areas of R&I, which needs to be addressed to tackle the above-mentioned expected outcomes are:

• R&I on End-to-End SatCom Mission capabilities for current and future satellite networks interoperability including both space and ground-based assets, and digital on-ground infrastructure to test and enhance operational efficiency;
• R&I on Earth Observation equipment, subsystems, applications and services, improving the End-to-End timeliness of an EO system and enhanced resolution, miniaturisation of instrument designs and digital techniques and technologies to support operations and harmonisation enabling interoperability among multiple EO missions;
• R&I on building blocks and processes common to EO and SatCom systems, such system resources usage optimisation, high-performance processing payload H/W to support space network capabilities including an improvement in downlink and tasking capabilities of the European infrastructure, RF and optical hybrid ground stations for anchoring services and quantum technologies adaptation for space application.

Proposals may contribute to one or more of the above R&I areas, however the main area addressed must be clearly and unambiguously identified in the proposal text.

Proposals are expected to promote cooperation between different actors (industry, SMEs, research institutions and infrastructures and academia) and consider opportunities to quickly turn technological innovation into commercial use in space.

It is expected that projects make use of existing EU technologies and/or building blocks, including at component level, contributing to EU non-dependence and strengthen competitiveness, and this should be clearly presented in the proposal. Furthermore, proposed activities should be complementary to H2020 and Horizon Europe funded projects, national activities and activities funded by the European Space Agency (ESA).  

Budget: 12 000 000 EUR

Indicative number of grants: 3

More informations on the link.

Program: Horizon Europe (HORIZON)

Call: SPACE (HORIZON-CL4-2026-03)  

Type of action: HORIZON-IA HORIZON Innovation Actions

Topic description   

Expected Outcome:

The topic encompasses actions within the scope of the co-programmed European Partnership on Globally Competitive Space Systems (‘Space Partnership’) in the areas of satellite communication (SatCom), Earth Observation (EO) and New Commercial Space Transportation Solutions and is part of cohesive activities in the domain of digital developments under the grand heading of “digitalisation for commercial space solutions”.

Digitalisation is a major enabler for enhancing the value of an End-to-End EO and SatCom system. Under the area of Using Space on Earth related to SatCom and EO, below this topic focusses on the Mid to High TRL level developments of key technologies required to strengthen competitiveness in these domains, contributing to the preparation of EO and SatCom demonstration missions.

Projects are expected to contribute to one or several of the following outcomes:

• Favouring a competitive and sustainable European Space Sector;
• Enable the European Space Industry to maintain a significant share of the global connectivity market;
• Advanced Earth observation and SatCom payloads, technologies and processing means (on ground and in space);
• Advanced EO and SatCom fostering AI across space system;
• Enhanced security of SatCom and EO services, supporting advanced technologies for both ground and space commercial applications;
• End-to-end demonstrator for collaborative Earth Observation and Satellite telecommunication for Space solutions.

This will contribute to developing, deploying global, more flexible and reactive space-based services applications, to contribute to fostering the EU's space sector competitiveness, as stated in the expected impact of this destination.

Scope:

The areas of R&I, which needs to be addressed to tackle the above-mentioned expected outcomes are:

• R&I on End-to-End SatCom Mission capabilities, secure SatCom services and satellites as network nodes in a distributed system, radio-frequency payloads, flexible and modular testbed for complex satcom system architectures to assess performances, testbed for processing RF signal directly onboard the spacecraft, compatibility of the different elements and operations concepts;
• R&I on LEO or VLEO earth observation equipment, subsystems, applications and services enabling real time reaction (e.g. use cases requiring low latency), on on-board processing to optimize EO missions’ performance or timeliness, EO ground segment interfaces and data flow standardisation and adoption, smart multi-source EO intelligence information fusion also on ground;
• R&I on synergetic technologies, building blocks and processes with applicability across both EO and SatCom next generation operation systems such as operational optimisation for increasing lifetime, design optimisation for increasing efficiency and advanced techniques for large system of systems or multi-mission operation optimisation, as well as tip & cue demonstration combining RF and EO using inter-satellite links (including optical).

Developments should aim at EO and Telecom technologies on-ground in relevant environment and in orbit software demonstration when flight is feasible and adding value focusing on software and digital tools (e.g. algorithms, functions).

Proposals may contribute to one or more of the above R&I areas, however the main area addressed should be clearly and unambiguously identified in the proposal text.

Proposals are expected to promote cooperation between different actors (industry, SMEs, research institutions and infrastructures and academia) and consider opportunities to quickly turn technological innovation into commercial use in space via e.g., on-ground relevant environment or in orbit demonstration.

It is expected that projects make use of existing EU technologies and/or building blocks, including at component level, contributing to EU non-dependence and strengthen competitiveness, and this should be clearly presented in the proposal. Furthermore, proposed activities should be complementary to H2020 and Horizon Europe funded projects, national activities and activities funded by the European Space Agency (ESA).

This topic contributes to the implementation of the European Partnership on ‘Globally Competitive Space Systems’ (GCSS).

Budget: 26 000 000 EUR

Indicative number of grants: 4

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Program: Horizon Europe (HORIZON)

Call: SPACE (HORIZON-CL4-2026-03)  

Type of action HORIZON-RIA HORIZON Research and Innovation Actions  

Topic description

Expected Outcome:

Project results are expected to contribute to the following expected outcomes:

• European space science breakthroughs fostered by data analysis and exploitation of European missions (incl. low-cost/small satellite) and instruments, in conjunction, when relevant, with international missions. This data may also originate from European in-orbit validation experiments with a focus on space science and exploration.
• A higher number of European scientific publications based on space data, high-level data products made available through appropriate archives, and tools and methods developed for the advanced processing of data.
• Increased collaboration of scientific teams both within and outside Europe across different domains, adding value to existing activities on European and international levels and enhancing and broadening research partnerships.
• European scientific excellence and development of leading-edge scientific research in Europe.

Scope:

The aim of this topic is the analysis (including validation) and exploitation of acquired and available data provided by scientific and exploration instruments and missions in their pre-operative, operative, post-operative or data exploitation phase, focusing on astronomy and astrophysics, cosmology, heliophysics, deep space and solar system exploration, ensuring complementarity with activities already supported by agencies during development phases. Such data may also originate from CubeSat and small satellite missions for advancing space science and exploration.

More specifically, data to be analysed are expected to result from science and exploration missions (including cubesat to small satellite missions) from ESA, national space agencies, research organisations and universities missions. Earth observing missions are not considered in the scope of this topic. This analysis may require innovative and advanced data processing techniques, the use of advanced artificial intelligence techniques, novel statistical approaches, multidimensional data fusion while optimizing the use of advanced computing hardware architectures, as well as novel data (re)presentation and visualization techniques.

Projects may rely on data available through ESA Space Science Archives when possible or other means (e.g. instrumentation teams). Combination and correlation of this data with international scientific mission data, as well as with relevant data produced by ground-based infrastructures all over the world, is encouraged to further increase the scientific return and to enable new research activities using existing data sets. These activities shall add scientific value through analysis of the data, leading to scientific publications and higher-level data products, tools and methods. When possible, enhanced data products should be suitable for feeding back into the ESA Space Science archives. Resulting analyses should help preparing future European and international missions.

International cooperation is encouraged in particular with countries active in space exploration and space science.  

Budget: 3 920 000 EUR

Indicative number of grants: 2  

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Program Horizon Europe (HORIZON)

Call SPACE (HORIZON-CL4-2026-03)  

Type of action HORIZON-RIA HORIZON Research and Innovation Actions  

Topic description

Expected Outcome:

Project results are expected to contribute to all of the following expected outcomes:

• Reinforcing EU strategic autonomy by reducing non-EU dependencies on critical space EEE components and related technologies across their entire supply chain;
• Providing unrestricted access to critical space EEE components and related technologies relevant for EU space missions (Galileo, EGNOS, Copernicus, IRIS2 and EU pilot missions on In-Orbit Space Operations and Quantum Gravimetry);
• Developing or regaining capacity to operate independently in space by developing resilient space EEE components and related technologies supply chains, relying on EU supply chains and/or trustable and reliable supply chains not affected by non-EU export restrictions;
• Enhancing competitiveness by developing products and capabilities reaching equivalent or superior performance level than those from outside the EU and compete at worldwide level.

Scope:

Unrestricted access to state-of-art space EEE components and related technologies is a pre-requisite for the EU space industry responding to EU space missions. However, especially for some families of components, the available solutions in EU do not meet the current high-performance space requirements. Currently, alternative products sourced from outside EU, are either affected by non-EU export control, that limits its use, or present challenges in terms of trustable supply chains for the implementation of EU space missions with a security dimension.

Within the frame of this topic, it is expected to finance and implement a d evelopment project aiming at maturing critical space EEE components with the final goal of lowering the dependency from outside EU. This will be done by establishing a long-term sustainable supply chain for supporting EU strategic autonomy in the space sector. The selection of the supply chains shall reflect this objective. Therefore, the supply chain shall preferably be built fully based in EU and when this can only be achieved partially (i.e. because of lack of current EU capabilities for unrestricted advanced semiconductor processes or advanced materials that cannot be developed within the project), services procured from outside EU shall nevertheless ensure that the overall supply chain will remain trustable and not affected by non-EU export control. The latest scenario is subject to the approval of the granting authority.

The space EEE component and related technologies relevant for this topic has been identified based on needs related to strategic institutional space programs, inputs from European stakeholders and the EU Observatory of Critical Technologies. It is radiation hard FPGA on 7nm. Further details will be provided at the latest at the opening of the Call, in a Guidance document published on the Funding & Tenders Portal.

Space is a low volume market affected by a dynamic industrial landscape compared to the terrestrial market therefore, technological spin in and/or bilateral collaborations should be enhanced between European non-space and space industries. Furthermore, proposed activities should be complementary to relevant national or other  activities at European level. Complementary activities should be clearly identified, described and the proposal should report how the complementarity is ensured.

To achieve the non-dependence objective, applicants are expected to include a dedicated proposal’s paragraph covering:

• The description of the technology and/or technology processes and high-level breakdown of the space EEE component supply chain to be used. Applicants should demonstrate that the supply chain and final product are free of any legal export restrictions or limitations, such as those established in the International Traffic in Arms Regulations (ITAR) or equivalent instruments applicable in other non-EU jurisdictions. Applicants shall also report, in a dedicated subsection, if and which part of the supply chain is affected by non-EU export controls such as the Export Administration regulation (EAR) i.e. EAR99.
• The description of the suitable technology development process that has been identified and set up within the consortium for avoiding export restrictions of non-EU states and assess vulnerabilities of the supply chain.

Budget: 12 740 000 EUR

Indicative number of grants: 1

More information on the link.

Program: Horizon Europe (HORIZON)

Call: Research Infrastructures 2026 (HORIZON-INFRA-2026-01)

Type of action: HORIZON-RIA HORIZON Research and Innovation Actions  

Topic description

Expected Outcome:

Project results are expected to contribute to several of the following expected outcomes:

• enhanced scientific competitiveness of European research infrastructures;
• enhanced research infrastructure capacity to address research challenges and EU policy priorities;
• increased greening and resilience of research infrastructures;
• increased efficiency of research infrastructures through digitalisation;
• increased collaboration of research infrastructures with universities, research organisations and industry, fostering an innovation ecosystem that provides the foundations for the development of innovative companies and startups while considering EU technological sovereignty;
• fostering the uptake of innovation outside the scientific research market, through co-development with industry of advanced technologies for research infrastructures;
• integration of research infrastructures into local, regional, national and global innovation systems and promotion of entrepreneurial culture.

Scope:

The aim of this topic is to deliver innovative scientific instrumentation, tools, digitalisation, methods and solutions which advance the state-of-art of research infrastructures (RIs) in the EU and Associated Countries and show transformative potential in RIs operation. The related developments, which underpin the provision of improved and advanced services, should lead RIs to support new areas of research and/or a wider community of users, including industrial users.

Cutting-edge technologies will also enhance the potential of RIs to contribute to addressing EU policy objectives and socio-economic challenges.

Proposals should be complementary with actions funded under topics HORIZON-INFRA-2022-TECH-01-01[1] and HORIZON-INFRA-2024-TECH-01-01[2], targeting different instrumentation, tools, methods, digitalisation, and solutions. The complementarity with previous actions should be clearly explained in the proposal.

Proposals should address the following aspects, as relevant:

• research and development of new scientific instrumentation, tools, digitalisation, and methods for research infrastructures;
• their technology validation and prototyping;
• training of RI staff for the operation and use of these new solutions; when relevant, developing skills on technical validation to industrial standards;
• the innovative potential for industrial exploitation of the solutions and/or for the benefits of the society, including technology concept or validation in laboratory for use by SMEs startups or scaleups.

To minimise the research infrastructures’ environmental footprint and increase resilience e.g. with respect to energy consumption, climate-related aspects or use of critical components and materials, greening and resilience aspects should be addressed for all proposed scientific instrumentation, tools, methods, digitalisation, and solutions.

Developments for the specific use case of research infrastructures are expected to go beyond TRL 4. When proposed developments have the potential to lead to applications beyond the specific use case of research infrastructures, the TRL of these additional developments should go up to TRL 3-4.

Proposals should include at least two different research infrastructures as beneficiaries each of them being an ESFRI research infrastructure a European Research Infrastructure Consortium (ERIC) or another research infrastructure that is an international European research organisation. Other technological partners, including industry, SMEs, startups or scaleups should also be involved, thus promoting innovation and knowledge sharing through co-development of new technical solutions for research infrastructures with due consideration of EU technological sovereignty.

Budget: 110 000 000 EUR

Indicative number of grants: 11

More informations on the link.

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Today commercial cloud providers offer scalable cloud-based capabilities to transfer and process data, a problem also pertinent to space missions. In that context, economy of scale effects as realized by cloud providers have the potential to drastically improve efficiency, performance and scalability of ground segments. Satellite science and housekeeping telemetry, typically received at ground stations distributed around the globe, is today transferred over dedicated wide area networks, before finally processed and made available to users. In addition, also auxiliary data like radio science data, in particular Delta DOR measurements shall be considered. This activity looks at the potential of cloud-based data return and distribution, enabling a cloud based processing. Focus of this activity is, injection of data into a cloud close to a ground station. Potentially this can bring the processing to the data and not the other way around in this way relying on cloud capabilities to replicate the data to required destinations. Open Date 17/02/2026 13:30 CET Closing Date 14/04/2026 13:00 CET Price Range 200-500 KEURO      

The Copernicus Data Space Ecosystem (CDSE) continues to expand its portfolio by onboarding new, high-value Earth Observation datasets that further strengthen the platform's scientific, operational, and analytical capabilities.This procurement invites contractorsto fully integrate these datasets into the CDSE, building on the platform's open and extensible architecture to ensure seamless ingestion, publication, and access through scalable, standardised interfaces.The activity will enhance user experience by enabling richer interactive visualisation, detailed data exploration, and advanced data processing across the ecosystem.

Closing Date Extension Request Deadline 24/02/2026 13:00 CET

Price Range 500 KEURO

A Agência Espacial Portuguesa vai financiar projetos científicos na área de exploração espacial no contexto da iniciativa PROSSE (PROdex for Science in Space Exploration). A iniciativa PROSSE está ancorada na participação nacional no programa PRODEX da Agência Espacial Europeia (ESA), sendo que a contratualização e o financiamento dos projetos selecionados no presente concurso irão ser realizados ao abrigo deste programa. Em particular, são elegíveis para financiamento as seguintes áreas:

• Ciência realizada em infraestruturas terrestres ou suborbitais relevante para a exploração espacial;
• Ciência realizada a bordo do Space Rider, a Estação Espacial Internacional ou outras plataformas, relevante para a exploração espacial ou para outros setores da sociedade;
• Ciência realizada na Lua ou em Marte.  

Estão incluídas as atividades relacionadas com a utilização de plataformas análogas espaciais, plataformas de microgravidade e gravidade alterada, instalações de radiação, medicina espacial e outros domínios relevantes. Os projetos financiados por esta iniciativa devem ser realizados na sua totalidade em Portugal, à exceção de elementos que, devido à sua natureza, apenas possam ser executados no estrangeiro ou fornecidos por entidades estrangeiras. A duração máxima recomendada para a concretização dos projetos é de 36 meses. Caso a natureza do projeto (e.g. limitações de implementação) exija que o projeto se estenda para além deste período, o mesmo deve ser devidamente justificado na candidatura, reservando-se a Agência Espacial Portuguesa a faculdade de apreciar esta circunstância como elemento de eliminação.

Destinatários e Admissibilidade: 

Entidades públicas e privadas sediadas em Portugal. São elegíveis para financiamento os projetos propostos pelas seguintes entidades, sempre que os projetos tenham fins científicos / de investigação:

• Centros de Investigação;
• Instituições de Ensino Superior.  

O limite máximo de financiamento para que os projetos sejam considerados elegíveis é de 300.000€ por projeto. Candidaturas para um financiamento superior a este valor serão automaticamente rejeitadas na Fase 0. A secção 5 apresenta detalhes sobre o processo de avaliação, nomeadamente sobre a forma de apresentação do orçamento.     O Aviso de Abertura e Regulamento estão em anexo e o formulário de submissão no link indicado.

Apoio à participação de oradores dos EUA em conferências e seminários em Portugal, organizados por instituições portuguesas, com início em Junho de 2026.  

As candidaturas a apoios à participação de oradores dos EUA em conferências e seminários em Portugal deverão ser apresentadas pela instituição portuguesa que organiza o evento, contendo os seguintes elementos: 

• Programa do Encontro; 
• Orçamento do Encontro discriminando despesas e receitas, com indicação dos copatrocinadores; 
• Breve nota biográfica dos oradores provenientes dos EUA. 

No caso de o pedido ser considerado, o apoio da Fundação limita-se a subsidiar total ou parcialmente a viagem e/ou despesas com estadia em Portugal, até um montante máximo de 1.200 Euros por orador ou até um montante total de 2.500 Euros.   

Como concorrer:  A candidatura deverá obrigatoriamente ser apresentada em formulário próprio, disponível através do sistema de candidaturas online de 1 a 28 de Fevereiro de 2026.  

Os resultados serão comunicados até 60 dias após o encerramento do prazo das respetivas candidaturas.

Apoio para

Criação, qualificação ou expansão de infraestruturas tecnológicas, centradas no apoio à transferência e valorização do conhecimento, específicas para o desenvolvimento de tecnologias críticas europeias no âmbito da STEP, em particular nos setores da STEP Tecnologias digitais e inovação de tecnologia profunda e Biotecnologias , e que se enquadrem na implementação das prioridades regionais definidas na Estratégia de Especialização Inteligente (RIS3 Lisboa2030) e sejam capazes de responder às necessidades em diferentes fases no ciclo de inovação e de maturidade tecnológica.  

Entidades beneficiárias

Em observação pelo disposto no n.º 1 do artigo 162º do REITD, na sua redação atual, são beneficiários:

a) Instituições do ensino superior e seus institutos;

b) Instituições públicas ou privadas, sem fins lucrativos, que desenvolvam ou participem em atividades de demonstração e transferência tecnológica;

c) Entidades gestoras de parques de ciência e tecnologia e incubadoras de base tecnológica;

d) Outras entidades públicas, incluindo municípios no âmbito das suas atribuições, mediante protocolo ou outras formas de cooperação com as entidades beneficiárias identificadas nas alíneas anteriores.  

Área geográfica abrangida

Área Metropolitana de Lisboa.  

Dotação fundo indicativa disponível neste concurso: 

15.000.000€ 

Fundo: FEDER

Taxa máxima de cofinanciamento: 55%

Eurostars is a funding instrument that supports innovative SMEs and project partners (large companies, universities, research organisations and other types of organisations) by funding international collaborative R&D and innovation projects. By participating, organisations can access public funding for international collaborative R&D projects in all fields. To have a successful Eurostars application you must: Define your project idea. Collaborate internationally, sharing expertise. Develop products, processes or services that can be easily commercialised. You can submit your R&D and innovation project application between 16 January 2026 and 19 March 2026 at 14:00 CET using our project platform (myeurekaproject.org). Your project consortium must have an innovative SME in the leading role, but it can also include other types of organisations like large companies, universities, research organisations and more. More information: https://www.eurekanetwork.org/programmes-and-calls/eurostars/eurostars-march-2026/

Progam: Horizon Europe (HORIZON)

Call: DIGITAL (HORIZON-CL4-2026-04)  

Topic description     

Expected Outcome:

Project results are expected to contribute to the following outcomes:

• Lead to the development of secure, compliant and adaptive systems that improve the availability, accuracy, privacy and interoperability of data across the Union.
• Deliver advanced, AI-driven compliance technologies and regulatory tools that reduce administrative burdens, promote regulatory efficiency, and facilitate the implementation of the Data Union Strategy, a Single Market for data, Common European Data Spaces, the European Business Wallet, and the Digital Justice Strategy for 2025-2030.
• Enable more agile regulatory processes, foster mutual recognition of compliance efforts across borders and cross-border cooperation, support interoperability between Member States, and enhance transparency and trust. They will position the Union at the forefront of regulatory innovation, while strengthening the functioning, resilience, competitiveness, and digital leadership of the Single Market.
• Enhance the excellence and competitiveness of companies, professionals, and public administrations by providing innovative, automated solutions to navigate and comply with Union rules seamlessly across borders.
• Enhance public services and strengthen the competitiveness and digital sovereignty of the EU by improved availability and use of high-quality real and synthetic data to train AI systems more effectively.

Scope:

The scope of this topic is to support the deployment of secure, interoperable, and scalable data management systems, ensuring seamless cross-sector data integration, automation of key processes, and compliance with EU frameworks.

The actions should deliver high-quality, well-structured, secure and compliant data, tailored to evolving societal, industrial, research and public sector needs, underpinning key EU strategies, including the Data Union Strategy, the Apply AI Strategy, the Digital Justice Strategy, and the development of Common European Data Spaces, Data Labs and EuroHPC systems (including the AI Factories). The developed methods, technologies and tools should ensure that data is effectively shared between sectors, disciplines, and participating countries, and that the data is reliable, traceable, and fit for purpose.

The proposal should clearly state (in the abstract and in the introduction) which of the following two areas it addresses. A proposal can address both areas, but it should indicate one of them as the main focus of the proposal, as it will be evaluated accordingly under that area:

• Area 1: The actions under this area should support the development and deployment of advanced, AI-driven compliance technologies and solutions that automate data transactions and key regulatory processes, reduce administrative burdens, and facilitate seamless adherence to EU rules. This includes RegTech/GovTech//LegalTech applications such as digital tools offering real-time compliance guidance, automated rule-drafting assistants for policymakers, and multilingual chatbots providing regulatory support to businesses and professionals. Predictive analytics and risk-based approaches should allow tailored compliance pathways, while integration with national systems and the Single Digital Gateway should promote cross-border mutual recognition and application of the Once-Only Principle. Public administrations should be equipped with automated compliance assessment tools, real-time analytics dashboards, and interoperability frameworks to enhance and streamline regulatory oversight and cooperation. The technologies and solutions should contribute to the principles of fairness, accountability and transparency in AI-driven compliance solutions, including traceability and explainability of automated actions.
• The solutions under Area 1 should adhere to open technical standards, ensuring scalability, inclusiveness, and co-development with private and public stakeholders. Robust cybersecurity, trustworthy AI, trust safeguards, security and privacy cryptographic protection, including via post-quantum cryptography, should be embedded, aligning with EU data protection and digital identity frameworks. Artificial intelligence and machine learning models should be harnessed, to the extent possible/reasonable, to enable data-driven feedback loops that support continuous policy learning, allowing regulators to monitor rule implementation, identify unnecessary burdens, and simplify legislation based on real-time evidence. Where appropriate, the actions under this Area should build on and integrate the privacy-enhancing (including anonymization) technologies developed under earlier topics in the Horizon Europe programme.
• Area 2: The actions under this area should focus on the design and deployment of secure, scalable, and adaptive data management systems that automate key data processes, such as data curation, metadata tagging, ontology management and discovery, labelling, annotation, and quality control, developing and adapting appropriate AI methods and tools for these specific tasks. These systems should facilitate seamless integration and sharing of data across sectors and disciplines, ensuring interoperability, data provenance, data privacy and handling secured against emerging quantum threats via post-quantum cryptography, and compliance with applicable EU legal frameworks. Special emphasis is on enhancing data accuracy, representativeness, and relevance, particularly for use cases in industry, public services, citizen engagement, and the development of trustworthy AI applications, as well as the Common European Data Spaces. The development of such high-quality, semantically rich datasets will be essential to unlock the full potential of AI across domains.
• Furthermore, the actions under Area 2 may also support the generation and use of high-quality synthetic data, including spatial synthetic data, to complement real-world datasets while preserving data privacy via advanced, state-of-the-art cryptographic protection. This may include, among others, the use of AI-enabled generative graphics pipelines to automate the creation of large-scale simulated environments and the application of parallelised and/or neuromorphic computing techniques to train AI models and artificial agents efficiently.

The actions under both areas should take into account the work of the Data Spaces Support Centre, particularly the blueprint for common European data spaces, and build synergies with related Union initiatives such as AI Factories, European Blockchain Services infrastructure, and the European Business Wallet, as well as with sector-specific Common European Data Spaces, and EU Digital Identity Wallet large scale pilots. Close collaboration with relevant European Partnerships, stakeholders, including industry, public administrations, and research organisations, will ensure that the systems meet the practical needs of data users while fostering innovation, competitiveness, and digital sovereignty within the Single Market.

Budget: 46 500 000 EUR

Indicative number of grants: 3

More information on the link.

The call for Network projects is open for applications all year round. Access national funding for your international collaborative R&D projects using our simple flexible programme.   Who can apply for this call Our Network projects programme has limited eligibility criteria for joining a consortium, and you can participate in an R&D project even if you are not eligible to receive any funding: Your project idea must represent international cooperation in the form of a specific project. The project must be directed at researching or developing a product, process or service. The project must have a civilian purpose. Eureka project participants must be composed of at least two independent legal entities established in two different Eureka participating countries where one of the entities is established in a full member country. Independent legal entities established in any Eureka participating country can be the main participant of a Eureka project. Please note, that organisations from non-Eureka countries are welcome to join if (public or self-) funding is secured by the call deadline. No single organisation or country can be responsible for more than 70% of the project budget. More info: https://www.eurekanetwork.org/programmes-and-calls/network-projects/network-projects-open-call/

Bolsas destinadas à realização de estágios de investigação nos EUA para mestrandos, doutorandos, e investigadores com doutoramento até 3 anos de instituições portuguesas. 

Com o objetivo de contribuir para o reforço da comunidade académica e científica portuguesa, a FLAD concede bolsas a mestrandos, doutorandos, e investigadores com doutoramento até 3 anos, oriundos de instituições portuguesas para desenvolverem programas de estágios de investigação em instituições académicas e científicas dos EUA.

Os estágios terão uma duração igual ou superior a 4 meses.

Estes estágios devem incidir sobre temas científicos ou tecnológicos inovadores, devendo ainda contribuir para a aproximação de instituições portuguesas e norte-americanas de modo a incrementar a rede de conhecimentos entre os dois países, facilitando assim o desenvolvimento de parcerias institucionais.

A FLAD concede um financiamento até ao valor máximo de 1.500 €/mês.    

Prazos – Concursos 2026

Estágios com início entre 1 de janeiro e 30 de junho de 2026: Candidaturas: de 1 de maio até 31 de outubro de 2025. Resultados: até 31 de dezembro de 2025.

Estágios com início entre 1 de julho e 31 de dezembro de 2026: Candidaturas: de 1 de novembro de 2025 até 30 de abril de 2026. Resultados: até 30 de junho de 2026.

A candidatura deve ser submetida através do preenchimento formulário online, disponível aqui. Para mais informações, contactar fatima.fonseca@flad.pt.

Estão abertas as candidaturas para os Concursos de Projetos Exploratórios de 2025 dos Programas CMU Portugal e UT Austin Portugal, no âmbito das Parcerias Internacionais da FCT com a Carnegie Mellon University e a University of Texas at Austin. 

Estes concursos têm como objetivo apoiar projetos científicos disruptivos, de elevado risco e com potencial significativo para a valorização do conhecimento.

A dotação global por parceria é de 400.000 euros e os projetos financiados terão uma duração prevista de 12 meses.

No âmbito do Programa CMU Portugal, serão apoiadas propostas na área das Tecnologias da Informação e Comunicação, com financiamento máximo de 50.000 euros para projetos individuais e 70.000 euros para projetos em co-promoção.

No Programa UT Austin Portugal, as candidaturas devem incidir sobre as áreas de Nanotecnologias, Energia Limpa, Tecnologias Espaço–Terra e Computação Avançada, com financiamento de 50.000 euros por projeto, independentemente da modalidade.

O prazo para submissão das candidaturas termina a 10 de fevereiro de 2026.

What projects are eligible?

There are two types of calls for the EIC Pathfinder:

Pathfinder Challenges (these projects are focussed on predefined areas) – Grants up to € 4 million per project or more if duly justified (meaning targeted, strategic priorities, complementary to the open call). The overall budget for the EIC Pathfinder Challenges in 2026 is € 96 million.

Pathfinder Open (projects can be in any field of science, technology or application without predefined priorities) – Grants up to € 3 million per project or more if duly justified (meaning open to proposals in any field of science, technology or application, no predefined thematic priorities); The overall budget for the EIC Pathfinder Open in 2026 is € 166 million.

Pathfinder Challenges 2026

There are three topics formulated as the Pathfinder Challenges 2026.

To be eligible for funding from the Pathfinder Challenges, your project should focus on:

• Advanced Materials for Miniaturised Energy Harvesting Systems
• Biotechnology for Healthy Ageing
• DeepRAP: Deep Reasoning, Abstraction & Planning towards trustworthy Cognitive AI Systems

The Pathfinder Challenges support collaborative research and innovation from consortia or applications from single legal entities.

Pathfinder Open

Pathfinder Open aims to realise an ambitious vision for radically new technology (TRL 1-4), with potential to create new markets and/or to address global challenges.

Proposals should meet the following characteristics:

• Convincing long-term vision of a radically new deep-tech that has the potential to have a transformative positive effect to our economy and society.
• Concrete, novel and ambitious science-towards-technology breakthrough, providing advancement towards the envisioned technology.
• High-risk/high-gain research approach and methodology, with concrete and plausible objectives.
• The expected outcome is the proof of principle that the main ideas of the envisioned future technology are feasible.
• Interdisciplinary research is key, and in addition, EIC wants to stimulate that promising young researchers or start-ups/high-tech SMEs are empowered in your team.

When to apply in 2026?

The deadlines of the EIC Pathfinder in 2026 are:

• EIC Pathfinder Open: 12 May 2026
• EIC Pathfinder Challenges: 28 October 2026

Who can submit?

Proposals must be submitted by legal entities in a Member State (or associated country). The legal entities may for example be universities, research organisations, SMEs, start-ups, industrial partners or natural persons.

Open Call: only consortia can apply

Challenges Call: smaller consortia (at least two eligible entities) or single applications as well as larger consortia can apply  

MSCA Staff Exchanges promote innovative international, inter-sectoral and interdisciplinary collaboration in research and innovation by enabling staff exchanges and the sharing of knowledge across all stages of the innovation chain. The objective is to support joint research and innovation projects through staff exchanges within partnerships involving universities, research infrastructures, businesses, and other socio-economic actors in Europe and beyond. These collaborations aim to build interdisciplinary, inter-sectoral (academic and non-academic) and international (EU Member States/Associated Countries and non-associated third countries) partnerships, while enabling participating staff to acquire new skills and competences.  

More information on the link.

A Fundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologia, I.P. (FCT) abre a oitava edição do Concurso de Estímulo ao Emprego Científico Individual (CEECInd-8.ª edição), tendo em vista a celebração de 400 (quatrocentos) contratos com investigadores doutorados, ao abrigo do Regulamento do Emprego Científico (REC).

O período de apresentação de candidaturas é de 15 de dezembro de 2025 até às 17:00, hora de Lisboa, de 29 de janeiro de 2026

Caso pretenda apresentar candidatura, agradecemos que informe o Grants Office. Como tem sido habitual, serão organizadas sessões de esclarecimento e apoio na preparação das candidaturas. 

Requisitos gerais

Podem candidatar-se os/as doutorados/as, nacionais, estrangeiros e apátridas, detentores de percurso em qualquer área científica, que pretendam desenvolver a sua atividade de investigação científica ou desenvolvimento tecnológico em Portugal.

Os/as candidatos/as não podem ser titulares de relações jurídicas de emprego por tempo indeterminado ou sem termo, com nenhuma entidade pertencente ao Sistema Nacional de Ciência e Tecnologia, tal como identificadas no artigo 14.º do Decreto-Lei n.º 63/2019, de 16 de maio, cujo objeto ou conteúdo inclua atividades de investigação científica.

Requisitos específicos

O/a candidato/a tem de indicar qual o nível/categoria a que concorre, dentro dos dois níveis abertos a concurso:

• a) Investigador júnior - doutorados/as há 5 anos ou menos, contabilizados à data de encerramento do período de submissão de candidatura, com experiência de investigação pós-doutoral reduzida na área científica a que se candidata.
• b) Investigador auxiliar - doutorados/as à data de encerramento do período de submissão de candidatura, com currículo relevante na área científica a que se candidatam.

Para a contagem do tempo após a obtenção do grau de doutor podem ser consideradas suspensões ou interrupções na atividade de investigação desde que devidamente documentadas, tal como detalhado em aviso de abertura.

As propostas devem ser enviadas através do preenchimento, em língua inglesa, de um formulário próprio que poderá ser acedido eletronicamente no myFCT.

Mais informação no aviso de abertura em anexo e no site: https://www.fct.pt/concursos/concurso-estimulo-ao-emprego-cientifico-individual-8-edicao

A CaixaImpulse Inovação ajuda a transferir conhecimentos científicos à sociedade e incentiva a criação de novos produtos, serviços e empresas relacionados com as ciências da vida. Apoia projetos biomédicos inovadores, ajudando-os a validar o(s) seu(s) ativo(s) e a definir a sua estratégia de valorização e exploração e aproximando-os do mercado.

Requisitos:

Projetos

• Os projetos devem estar relacionados com as áreas das ciências da vida e saúde humana.
• Os projetos devem focar-se claramente na inovação, com objetivos específicos relevantes para a transferência do(s) ativo(s) para o mercado.
• Os projetos devem pertencer a uma das seguintes áreas de negócio: terapêutica, dispositivos médicos, diagnósticos ou saúde digital.

Instituições candidatas

• Devem ser entidades jurídicas do setor público ou sem fins lucrativos com sede em Espanha ou Portugal.
• Tipo de entidade: universidades, fundações universitárias, centros de investigação e transferência, centros tecnológicos, hospitais, fundações hospitalares e instituições sem fins lucrativos cuja atividade principal é a investigação biomédica.
• Devem ser o proprietário ou coproprietário do(s) ativo(s) resultante(s) da investigação.
• A mesma instituição pode preencher mais do que uma candidatura desde que estejam associadas a diferentes ativos resultantes de diferentes projetos de investigação.
• As empresas constituídas não são elegíveis para se candidatarem ao convite ou para serem instituições parceiras em consórcios.

Líder de projeto

• Devem ser indivíduos com qualificações de nível superior (nível universitário, doutor ou professor).
• O projeto deve ser a principal ocupação dos líderes de projeto e estes não podem estar envolvidos em mais do que uma candidatura como líders de projeto.
• O líder de projeto pode ou não ser o principal investigador do projeto de investigação que gerou o(s) ativo(s).
• O líder de projeto deve estar associado à instituição candidata e será necessário o consentimento da instituição para poder apresentar a candidatura.

Abertura do plataforma online para apresentação de propostas: 11 de dezembro de 2025, às 10h00 CET

Prazo para apresentação de propostas (encerramento automático): 19 de fevereiro de 2026, às 14h00 CET

Mais informação: https://fundacaolacaixa.pt/pt/concurso-caixaimpulse-inovacao-saude

https://fundacaolacaixa.pt/pt/concurso-caixaimpulse-inovacao-saude-descricao

Inscreva-se na sessão informativa do Concurso 2026. 14 de janeiro de 2026, às 10h00 CET

INSCREVA-SE

A Fundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologia (FCT) publicou, a 31 de outubro, o Aviso de Abertura do Concurso de Projetos I&D em todos os Domínios Científicos 2025. A submissão de candidaturas decorre entre 27 de novembro de 2025 e 11 de março de 2026 e a aceitação da Declaração de Compromisso, por parte das Instituições Proponentes, decorre até ao dia 25 de março de 2026. As candidaturas devem ser submetidas em língua inglesa na plataforma myFCT.

Este concurso tem uma dotação orçamental global de 104 milhões de euros de receitas de impostos, um valor superior em mais de 30% face ao compromisso dos dois anteriores concursos PEX e IC&DT.

O concurso apoiará duas tipologias de projetos.

• Projetos de investigação científica e desenvolvimento tecnológico (IC&DT), com uma duração máxima de 36 meses e financiamento máximo por projeto de 250 mil euros. A dotação orçamental desta tipologia é de 80 milhões de euros para apoiar um universo de 320 projetos.
• Projetos de investigação de carácter exploratório (PEX), com uma duração máxima de 18 meses e financiamento máximo por projeto de 60 mil euros. A dotação orçamental é de 24 milhões de euros para apoiar um universo de 400 projetos.

Podem candidatar-se as Entidades não empresariais do Sistema de I&I (investigação e inovação).

"laCaixa" Foundation grant 60 doctoral fellowships for talented young researchers of any nationality who wish to pursue doctoral studies in Spain or Portugal

1. Incoming fellowships up to 28 January 2026

• 30 fellowships to pursue PhD studies in research centres accredited with the Spanish Seal of Excellence Severo Ochoa, María de Maeztu or Health Institute Carlos III and Portuguese units accredited as “excellent” according to the evaluation of the Fundação de Ciência e Tecnologia.
• STEM disciplines (technology, engineering, physics, chemistry, mathematics, health and life sciences).
• Maximum duration: 4 years.
• Funding to cover labour costs, research costs and doctoral tuition fees.
• On-site training programme in multidisciplinary skills.

Requirements of the call

• Experience: candidates must not have carried out more than four years of research activity before the closing date of the call.
• Studies pursued: at the time of recruitment, candidates must have completed the studies that allow them to enrol in an official PhD programme in Spain/Portugal. The verification of the required level of studies will be carried out by the host university when the admission procedure begins. Candidates can not have started doctoral studies prior to the start of the fellowship.
• Mobility: candidates must not have resided or carried out their main activity (work, studies, etc.) in Spain/Portugal for more than twelve months in the three years immediately preceding the closing date of the call.
• Level of English: candidates must accredit the required level of English by submitting one of the certificates specified in the rules for participation.

Centres of Excellence

Those receiving an Incoming Doctoral INPhINIT fellowship must carry out their doctorate at one of the Spanish research centres that have obtained a Severo Ochoa or María de Maeztu accreditation of excellence from the Ministry of Science and Innovation, a Carlos III Health Research Institute or a Portuguese R&D centre classified as "excellent" by the Fundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologia. Logically, these are centres and units that stand out for their impact and scientific leadership at an international level and that actively collaborate with their social and business environment.

2. Retaining fellowships up to 18 February 2026

• 30 fellowships to carry out a doctorate at any university or research centre in Spain or Portugal.
• All areas of knowledge.
• Maximum duration: 4 years.
• Funding to cover labour costs, research costs and doctoral tuition fees.
• On-site training programme in multidisciplinary skills.

Requirements of the call

In addition, candidates who are awarded the fellowship must complete their doctoral studies at a university other than the university where they completed their undergraduate studies.

• Experience: candidates must not have carried out more than four years of research activity before the closing date of the call.
• Studies pursued: at the time of recruitment, candidates must have completed the studies that allow them to enrol in an official PhD programme in Spain/Portugal. The verification of the required level of studies will be carried out by the host university when the admission procedure begins. Candidates can not have started doctoral studies prior to the start of the fellowship.
• Mobility: candidates must have resided or carried out their main activity (work, studies, etc.) in Spain/Portugal for more than twelve months in the three years immediately preceding the closing date of the call.
• Level of English: candidates must accredit the required level of English by submitting one of the certificates specified in the rules for participation.

Find out more and apply for your fellowship here.  

”la Caixa” Foundation grants 100 fellowships for postgraduate studies at universities or research centres in the European Higher Education Area (EHEA), North America and Asia-Pacific region.

You can apply up to 19 January 2026.  

100 fellowships for postgraduate studies (Master, doctorate or pre-doctoral research) with a maximum duration of 24 months.

To pursue postgraduate studies in any country within the European Higher Education Area (EHEA), North America (the United States or Canada), and the Asia-Pacific region (Australia, South Korea, India, Japan, Singapore and China).

The call covers all fields of knowledge but excludes Master of Business Administration (MBA) programmes.

The fellowships are intended for master’s or doctoral studies, which must start with the fellowship. Predoctoral scientific and technical research stays are also accepted. 

Requirements of the call

To take part in the selection process, candidates must meet, among others, the following requirements:

1. Be a Spanish or Portuguese national.

2. Proof of an advanced level in the language to be used in the studies in question.

3. Have completed undergraduate studies in Spain (Spanish candidates) or Portugal (Portuguese candidates). These must have been completed between January 2017 and July 2026.

Candidates who have completed a bachelor's degree abroad before the start of the fellowship are not eligible.

Find out more and apply for your fellowship here.

Fulbright Portugal, with the support of the Foundation for Science and Technology (FCT), has opened applications for Fulbright Research Studentships and Fulbright PhD Studentships for the 2026/2027 academic cycle.

The Fulbright ResearchStudentship with FCT support in all areas of study is aimed at doctoral students directly funded by the FCT, who have planned or will plan, within the scope of their training plan, to carry out a period of research at a university or research center in the United States of America (USA). This Studentship will last between four and nine consecutive months and may not begin before September 15, 2026.

The Fulbright DoctoralStudentship is aimed at students who are going to attend the first year of a doctoral program at an accredited university in the USA on a full-time basis. This Studentship is funded up to a maximum of 40,000 US dollars for the first year of studies.

The Studentships are aimed at students of Portuguese nationality and the application period ends on January 15, 2026. For more information, see the Fulbright Studentships Regulations and the Application Instructions.

Applications are submitted online using the following electronic form: https://apply.iie.org/ffsp2026.

Requests for information about these Studentships should be sent by e-mail to: program@fulbright.pt

Program: Digital Europe Programme (DIGITAL)

Call: AI Continent (DIGITAL-2026-AI-09)  

Type of action DIGITAL-SME Digital SME Support Actions  

Topic description

Expected Outcome:

• New data services and user tools for the Cancer Image Europe platform covering data curation / inclusion by data providers, data quality assurance and compliance checks, and risk/security management in alignment with agreed standards, procedures and requirements, including the framework of the European Health Data Space.
• Multi-centre validation of AI-driven solutions in the field of medical imaging, including also evidence generation for clinical utility and cost efficiency.
• Deployment of multi-modal, cutting-edge AI-driven solutions in the field of medical imaging in healthcare and research settings, leveraging different types of data (at least one imaging modality and one other data type e.g. genomics, other omics, laboratory results, real-world data etc.) and building on the achievements of the Cancer Image Europe platform.
• Training and upskilling of medical imaging personnel and/or healthcare professionals for the deployed technology and further use.

Objective:

• Accelerate the uptake of EU AI-driven solutions that are ready to be deployed in healthcare settings for patient care and for research purposes. This will facilitate the paradigm shift in the digital transformation of healthcare towards personalised medical solutions;
• Facilitate the deployment of EU cutting-edge AI-driven solutions in medical imaging, combined with other health data, for increased efficiency and better patient outcomes, leveraging the Cancer Image Europe platform;
• Further develop the data, testing and validation services and user tools of Cancer Image Europe platform in alignment with the legal and technical framework of the European Health Data Space, also towards supporting the development and uptake of EU cutting-edge multi-modal AI-based solutions in medical imaging (including Deep learning and Generative AI solutions) for healthcare;
• Ensure alignment and inter-operability of the Cancer Image Europe platform with the HealthData@EU infrastructure of the EHDS;
• Conduct multi-centre validation studies of promising medical imaging-based and multi-modal AI solutions for screening, early detection, diagnosis and care, generating evidence for clinical utility and cost effectiveness of tested solutions.

Scope:

By building on, extending and leveraging the Cancer Image Europe platform, this action is expected to facilitate the uptake of EU AI-driven solutions in medical imaging (including Machine Learning and Generative AI), towards their deployment in clinical settings. It should also include upskilling of healthcare professionals and evidence generation to evaluate the performance of the deployed AI-driven solutions and engage patients.

The action should also contribute to upgrading and enhancing the uptake of the Cancer Image Europe platform through deployment of tools, application programming interfaces (APIs) and interfaces enabling high-quality data services for the users of the Cancer Image Europe platform. The solutions should cover, at least, data quality assessment, including security, data access and analysis, as well as services for AI developers supporting their regulatory compliance pathway, including the EHDS Regulation, if applicable. Moreover, data services will cover comprehensive data quality assessment—including security, data access, and analysis. Specifically, tools will be deployed to ensure that datasets federated in Cancer Image Europe are fully compliant with EHDS, utilizing Health DCAT-AP for metadata descriptions and adhering to the data quality and utility label standards set by the EHDS Regulation.

Moreover, the action should consider synergies and cross-fertilisation of tools with other relevant health data infrastructures: HealthData@EU, 1+Million Genomes (1+MG), Intensive Care Unit data infrastructure, the European Virtual Human Twins Initiative, and UNCAN.eu platform to further facilitate the integration and processing of different types of health data. Also, the outcomes of EU-funded projects dealing with other imaging modalities, such as digital pathology (e.g. BigPicture project), should be considered. Finally, synergies with the ongoing AI related activities of the Health Data Access Bodies (HDABs) in the EHDS, the SHAIPED project and the TEF-Health project should be leveraged.   Budget: 14 400 000 EUR Indicative number of grants:1 More information on the link.

Program Digital Europe Programme (DIGITAL)

Call AI Continent (DIGITAL-2026-AI-09)

Type of action DIGITAL-GP DIGITAL Grants for Procurement  

Topic description

Expected Outcome:

• 1+MG data storage strategy.
• Secure federated data storage and processing capacity for 1+MG data infrastructure.

Objective:

This action contributes to boosting the capacity of Member States to sequence human genomes through scaling up dedicated secure data storage and processing environments. Data volume is crucial in genomics analytics, and efficient storage and management of large data sets, such as genomics, is essential; to ensure efficient processing, genomic data storage solutions should be flexible and scale with needs. Genomic data, once curated, must not only be stored safely, but also be processed in secure processing environments, which is a particular challenge with the highly voluminous genomic data.

This action relates to the potential creation of a European Digital Infrastructure Consortium for genomic data (Genome EDIC) and supports the activities related to operating the 1+MG data infrastructure established with the support of Digital Europe under Work Programme 2021-2022 (GDI project), including its alignment with the requirements, technical specifications, and processes established by the EHDS Regulation to ensure a smooth functioning within the HealthData@EU infrastructure. As part of the 1+MG initiative implementation, this action builds on the outputs and results of the 1+MG implementing projects, and will establish a collaboration agreement with the Genome of Europe (GoE project, supported under Digital Europe Work Programme 2022-2023), to contribute ensuring safe storage and processing capacity for the European reference genome data within the 1+MG data infrastructure.

Scope:

This action supports the acquisition and set-up of a secure federated data storage and processing capacity for the 1+MG data infrastructure, which is expected to be operated by the relevant EDIC. It should include “hot storage” working in synergy with secure processing environments aligned with the EHDS requirements, such as compliance checks for secure processing environments and detached long-term storage for curated data made available to the 1+MG by the data providers, including the Genome of Europe dataset. The data storage capacity should be designed based on an agreed data storage optimisation strategy, and balancing between storage costs and data depth/breadth/versioning while considering the most appropriate data storage architecture, technology and legal aspects, and ensuring scalability.

Budget 17 500 000 EUR

Indicative number of grants: 1

More information on the link.

Apoio financeiro ou patrocínio a atividades ou eventos não realizados diretamente pela Agência Espacial Portuguesa que contemplem a educação, formação, promoção e divulgação do espaço e das áreas com ele relacionadas. A Agência Espacial Portuguesa atribuirá o montante máximo de 2 500 euros por candidatura, sendo o montante especificado aquando da resposta ao pedido. Os destinatários do apoio financeiro ou do patrocínio são os seguintes:

• Pessoas singulares;
• Instituições do ensino básico, secundário ou superior;
• Instituições de investigação e desenvolvimento;
• Sociedades científicas ou associações científicas sem fins lucrativos;
• Instituições públicas ou privadas sem fins lucrativos;

Formulário no link abaixo. Regulamento em anexo.

Objectives

The Consolidator Grant supports excellent Principal Investigators who are consolidating their own independent research team or programme. A Consolidator Grant Principal Investigatorshould have already shown evidence of research independence.

Size of ERC Consolidator Grants

Consolidator Grants may be awarded up to a maximum of EUR 2 000 000 for a period of 5 years. The maximum size of the grants is reduced pro rata temporis for proposals of shorter duration.

Additional funding up to EUR 1 000 000 * can be requested to cover further eligible costs (e.g. start-up costs, major equipment, access to large facilities, major experimental and field work costs) when these are necessary to carry out the proposed work. The requests for additional funding must be duly justified in the proposal.

The maximum amount of the grant is reduced pro rata temporis for proposals of shorter duration. Additional funding is not subject to pro rata temporis reduction for projects of shorter duration.

Both the grant amount requested, as well as any additional funding are assessed during evaluation.

* Except for Principal Investigators in Starting, Consolidator, or Advanced Grant re-locating to the EU or an Associated Country from elsewhere to take up their ERC grant. In this case, the maximum additional funding shall be EUR 2 000 000.

Profile of the ERC Consolidator Grant Principal Investigator

The Principal Investigators shall have successfully defended their first PhD at least 7 and up to 12 years prior to 1 January 2026. Cut-off dates: Successful defence of PhD between 1 January 2014 and 31 December 2018 (inclusive).

The eligibility period can be extended beyond 7 years in certain properly documented circumstances. See section 1.4 Admissibility, Eligibility, Resubmission Restrictions of the ERC Work Programme 2026.

Objetivos

A Fundação ”la Caixa” lança a nona edição do concurso para projetos de investigação em biomedicina e saúde. O objetivo do presente concurso consiste em identificar e promover as iniciativas de excelência científica com potencial e impacto na sociedade, seja em investigação de base, clínica ou translacional.

Os projetos apresentados devem enquadrar-se nas seguintes áreas temáticas:

• Neurociências
• Oncologia 
• Doenças cardiovasculares e doenças metabólicas associadas 
• Doenças infeciosas
• Tecnologias facilitadoras nas quatro áreas temáticas anteriores

Apoios

As propostas de projeto, que terão um período máximo de execução de 3 anos, podem ser apresentadas sob a forma de:

• Projetos individuais: apresentados por uma única organização de investigação (organização candidata), podendo solicitar apoio financeiro até 500.000 €.

• Projetos em consórcio de investigação: apresentados por, no mínimo, duas e, no máximo, cinco organizações de investigação coordenadas pela organização candidata, podendo solicitar apoio financeiro até 1.000.000 €.

Tanto os projetos individuais como os projetos em consórcio de investigação podem incluir organizações da sociedade civil sem fins lucrativos, tais como associações de doentes. Empresas estabelecidas não poderão fazer parte das organizações colaboradoras que levam a cabo as atividades do projeto.

Perguntas frequentes

Consultar a lista das perguntas mais frequentes.

Sessão informativa (online - registo obrigatório):
8 de outubro de 2025, às 11h00 CET

Objective:

The aim is to provide support for a small group of two to four Principal Investigators to jointly address ambitious research problems that could not be addressed by the individual Principal Investigators and their teams working alone. Synergy projects should enable substantial advances at the frontiers of knowledge, stemming, for example, from the cross-fertilization of scientific fields, from new productive lines of enquiry, or new methods and techniques, including unconventional approaches and investigations at the interface between established disciplines. The transformative research funded by Synergy Grants should have the potential of becoming a benchmark on a global scale.

Principal Investigators must demonstrate the ground-breaking nature, ambition and feasibility of their scientific proposal. Principal Investigators must also demonstrate that their group can successfully bring together the scientific elements necessary to address the scope and complexity of the proposed research question.

One of the Principal Investigators must be designated as the Corresponding Principal Investigator. At any one time, one Principal Investigator per Synergy Grant Group except the Corresponding one can be hosted or engaged by an institution outside of the EU or Associated Countries.

Size of ERC Synergy Grants

Synergy Grants may be awarded up to a maximum of EUR 10 000 000 for a period of 6 years. The maximum award is reduced pro rata temporis for projects of a shorter duration. This does not apply to ongoing projects.

Additional funding up to EUR 4 000 000 * can be requested to cover further eligible costs (e.g. start-up costs, major equipment, access to large facilities, major experimental and field work costs) when these are necessary to carry out the proposed work. The requests for additional funding must be duly justified in the proposal.

Profile of the ERC Synergy Grant

Principal Investigators The 'Synergy Grant Group' applying for the ERC Synergy Grant must be made up of a minimum of two and a maximum of four Principal Investigators with competitive track records and, as necessary, their teams.

Each of the Principal Investigators must present in the proposal a Curriculum Vitae and a Track Record as appropriate to their career stage.

For further information, please see the ERC Work Programme 2026.  

Objectives

The Starting Grant supports excellent Principal Investigators starting or having recently started their own independent research team or programme. A Starting Grant Principal Investigator should have already shown evidence of the potential for research independence, for example, by having produced at least one important publication as its main author or a publication without the participation of their PhD supervisor.

Size of ERC Starting Grants

Starting Grants may be awarded up to a maximum of EUR 1 500 000 for a period of 5 years. The maximum size of the grants is reduced pro rata temporis for proposals of shorter duration.

Additional funding up to EUR 1 000 000 * can be requested to cover further eligible costs (e.g. start-up costs, major equipment, access to large facilities, major experimental and field work costs) when these are necessary to carry out the proposed work. The requests for additional funding must be duly justified in the proposal.

The maximum amount of the grant is reduced pro rata temporis for proposals of shorter duration. Additional funding is not subject to pro rata temporis reduction for projects of shorter duration.

Both the grant amount requested, as well as any additional funding are assessed during evaluation.

* Except for Principal Investigators in Starting, Consolidator, or Advanced Grant re-locating to the EU or an Associated Country from elsewhere to take up their ERC grant. In this case, the maximum additional funding shall be EUR 2 000 000.

Profile of the ERC Starting Grant Principal Investigator

The Principal Investigators shall have successfully defended their first PhD at least 2 and up to 7 years prior to 1 January 2026. Cut-off dates: Successful defence of PhD between 1 January 2019 and 31 December 2023 (inclusive).

The eligibility period can be extended beyond 7 years in certain properly documented circumstances. See section 1.4 Admissibility, Eligibility, Resubmission Restrictions of the ERC Work Programme 2026.

Já abriu o concurso de bolsas de pós-doutoramento Junior Leader, destinadas a investigadores que desejem continuar a sua carreira em disciplinas STEM. Poderá desenvolver o seu projeto em centros de investigação de referência em Espanha ou Portugal. A escolha de onde quer fazer investigação é sua. A gestão do financiamento é sua. E a liderança do seu futuro também é sua.

- Poderá candidatar-se se tiver obtido o doutoramento entre dois e sete anos antes do encerramento do concurso.

- O concurso está aberto até 25 de setembro de 2025.

Incoming

Venha fazer investigação em centros espanhóis e portugueses de excelência 20 bolsas para investigadores que tenham residido em Espanha ou Portugal durante menos de 12 meses nos últimos 3 anos.

Retaining

Porque não ficar e continuar a sua carreira em qualquer universidade ou centro de investigação de Espanha ou Portugal? 20 bolsas para investigadores que tenham residido em Espanha ou Portugal durante mais de 12 meses nos últimos 3 anos.

Inscreva-se na sessão de informação

Se quiser saber mais pormenores sobre a bolsa, convidamo-lo a participar na sessão de informação em inglês que terá lugar online, no próximo dia 15 de julho, às 11h00 de Espanha.

The European Research Council (ERC) has published its 2026 Work Program, setting out the regulations and timetable for the next funding Calls for what is Europe's main frontier research program. The Calls will open soon, with the Starting Grant typology having a submission date of October 2025 and the Synergy Grant typology in November 2025. You can read the full ERC press release here.

To present the new work program, the ERC Executive Agency (ERCEA) will hold an online information session on July 10 at 14:00 (mainland Portugal time). This session is an essential opportunity for candidates to get to know all the changes in detail and clarify any doubts. Information about the event is available here: https://erc.europa.eu/news-events/events/webinar-erc-work-programme-2026.

Among the new features announced for this work program is a structural change in the proposal: Part B2 will now have a limit of seven pages for the Starting, Consolidator and Advanced typologies. It is advisable to read all the new specifications carefully in the official Calls documents and to attend this information session.

Researchers can still access the ERC-PT Pre-Assessment program, made available by FCT. This innovative and free service makes it possible to increase the competitiveness of proposals from the national scientific community. The timetable for this service is available here and is already aligned with the official ERC timetable.

FCT will also co-organize three sessions dedicated to the ERC and frontier research at the Science 2025 Meeting, on July 11, at 11:30 a.m. (European Research Council - What are the institutional strategies for obtaining ERC projects?), 2:00 p.m. (From Research Excellence to Social Impact: Success Stories with ERC Proof of Concept Studentships ) and 3:30 p.m. (ERC Success Stories in the Portuguese Academic Panorama). You can still register for the Science 2025 Meeting and take part in Portugal's biggest science and innovation event.

ERC Work Programme 2026

Grant application

The overall structure of the application form for the ERC calls will remain the same; however, applicants will be asked to structure their project proposal as follows: 

• Part I of the Scientific Proposal (formerly, the Extended Synopsis) should describe the overall idea of the proposed research project, including the current state of knowledge and how the research will contribute to the field, the scientific questions the project will attempt to answer, the objectives of the project, and the overall approach or research strategy to achieve those objectives. As in the past, the length of this section will be limited to five pages.
• Part II of the Scientific Proposal should describe the implementation in detail: the research methodology, work plan, risk assessment and mitigating measures, justification for the requested budget and resources, and any further necessary background not included in Part I. The length of this section, will now be limited to seven pages for Starting, Consolidator, and Advanced Grant applications and ten pages for Synergy Grant applications. This page limit does not apply to the justification of the requested budget and resources. For Synergy Grant applications, this section should also explain the collaborative arrangements enabling the Synergy Grant group to carry out the project.

Evaluation

Part I of the Scientific Proposal along with the applicant’s CV and Track Record (i.e. Part B1 of the application form) will be assessed at Step 1, whereas both parts of the Scientific Proposal, the CV and Track Record, as well as the Resources and Time Commitment will be assessed at Step 2 of the evaluation. First and foremost, applicants will be assessed on the ambition of their idea in advancing present-day knowledge in the field based on Part I of the Scientific Proposal. Only those who have presented a convincing proposal at Step 1 will advance to the next stage of the evaluation, during which the methodology and implementation (including feasibility) of the proposed research and the resource allocation will be assessed jointly with the information already reviewed at Step 1. 

Feasibility will no longer be assessed at Step 1; thus, Part I of the Scientific Proposal should no longer include details on the feasibility of the scientific approach but present a convincing overall research strategy. All aspects relating to feasibility should be covered in Part II of the Scientific Proposal. 

Additional funding

As recently announced, researchers currently based outside Europe (please see here for an updated list of Horizon Europe associated countries) and applying for a Starting, Consolidator or Advanced Grant will be able to request up to €2 million in additional funding to facilitate the relocation of their laboratory or team to the European Union or a country associated to the ERC part of the Horizon Europe programme. Applicants already based in an EU Member State or associated country will remain eligible for up to €1 million. The maximum amount of additional funding that can be requested by Synergy Grant applicants remains the same (up to €4 million). 

As of 2026, the additional funding may also be used for personnel costs, and, as before, applicants are requested to define and justify the need for additional funding in their proposal. The decision to award the requested funding rests with the evaluation panel.

New funding instrument

The ERC Scientific Council is currently working on a new instrument to offer ambitious researchers substantial funding for up to seven years, as part of the Choose Europe for Science initiative announced by European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen. More details about the modalities will follow in due course. The new funding instrument will be included in an amended version of the ERC Work Programme 2026 that is expected to be adopted by the end of 2025.

Eligibility of applicants for Starting and Consolidator Grants

Applicants who have been victims of gender-based violence or any other kind of violence will be able to obtain an extension of the period following their PhD that allows them to apply for Starting and Consolidator Grants. In addition, an explicit reference to parental leave will be added to the grounds for extension of the eligibility period alongside maternity and paternity leave. 

Resubmission restrictions

A resubmission restriction will apply to Synergy Grant applicants who have obtained a score of ‘B’ in Step 1 of the Synergy Grant 2025 call. These applicants are not eligible to apply to the Synergy Grant call of 2026.

  Applicants who already hold an ongoing ERC grant and wish to apply for a new grant in 2026 must ensure that their current project is scheduled to end within two years of the 2026 call deadline. In exceptional cases, extensions granted to the current project after the call deadline will not affect the eligibility of the new application.

ERC Work Programme 2027

In recognition of the variety and diversity of present-day academic career trajectories, the Scientific Council has decided to widen the eligibility period for both its Starting and Consolidator Grant schemes. From 2027 on, researchers will be eligible to apply for a Starting Grant immediately after successfully defending their PhD, and at any time within the following ten-year period. Consolidator Grant applicants will be eligible to apply between five and fifteen years after defending their PhD. All current policies for the extension of the eligibility periods will remain in force. However, researchers will be awarded no more than one Starting Grant and one Consolidator Grant during their career.

Under the Scientific and Technological Cooperation Agreement between Portugal and Germany, the Foundation for Science and Technology (FCT) and the German Academic Exchange Service (DAAD - Deutscher Akademischer Austauschdienst) are launching another Call for funding for international mobility projects.

The main aim of this joint action is to promote scientific and technological exchange between professors and researchers, with a focus on young researchers, from research laboratories in both countries, fostering the creation of international teams and new cooperation themes.

The Call funds the mobility of researchers within the scope of its projects, strictly aimed at the mobility of researchers participating in the projects, by granting support of €2,500/year.

Applications can be submitted until 17:00 (Lisbon time) on September 12, 2025. For more information, see the Call page.

Under the Scientific and Technological Cooperation Agreement between Portugal and France, the Foundation for Science and Technology (FCT) and the Campus France are launching another Call for funding for international mobility projects - the Pessoa 2025 Program. 

This joint action is part of the Franco-Portuguese Partenariat Hubert Curien (PHC) - Pessoa Program, implemented in France by the Ministry of Europe and Foreign Affairs and the Ministry of Higher Education and Research, and in Portugal by the FCT. 

The main objective of the Call is to promote scientific and technological exchange of excellence between professors and researchers, with a focus on young researchers, from research laboratories in both countries, favoring the creation of international teams and new cooperation themes.

This Call funds the mobility of researchers within the scope of their projects, strictly aimed at the mobility of researchers participating in the projects, through the granting of annual support from the FCT in the amount of €2,500. 

The beneficiaries of this support are non-business entities in the National Science and Technology System (SNCT) and companies of any nature and in any legal form. 

Applications can be submitted until 5 p.m. (Lisbon time) on June 25, 2025. For more information, see the Call page.

Applications for the 5th edition of the CMU Portugal Affiliated Ph.D. Programs, funded by the Foundation for Science and Technology (FCT), run until June 15, 2025 and are aimed at awarding 12 doctoral Studentships for the 2025/2026 academic year, to study in Portugal and at Carnegie Mellon University (CMU) in Pittsburgh. 

The 12 doctoral Studentships are available at Portuguese universities in selected areas of Information and Communication Technologies (ICT) related to CMU Portugal, including this year three new areas: Biomedical Engineering; Computational Cognitive Neuroscience and Materials Science and Engineering, the others being Computer Science; Electrical and Computer Engineering; Engineering and Public Policy; Human-Computer Interaction; Language Technologies; Machine Learning; Mechanical Engineering; Robotics; Social Computing and Software Engineering. 

Doctoral Studentships will fully cover tuition fees, in addition to a monthly Studentship for a maximum period of four years, including financial support during a 12-month research period at CMU. Upon completion of the doctorate, candidates will receive a diploma awarded by the Portuguese host institution. 

The application period runs from 12 noon (Lisbon time) on May 12 until 12 noon (Lisbon time) on June 15, 2025. Information on applications is now available. 

On May 22 (10:00 a.m. Pittsburgh time and 3:00 p.m. Lisbon time), the CMU Portugal Coordination Office will hold an Online Information Session to clarify all doubts about this Call. For more information on the application process, visit the Affiliated PhD Program page and the FAQ page. 

The overall mission of the CMU Portugal Program is to promote industry-academia relations as a driver of change with economic and social impact in the area of Information and Communication Technologies (ICT).

MSCA Postdoctoral Fellowships enhance the creative and innovative potential of researchers holding a PhD and who wish to acquire new skills through advanced training, international, interdisciplinary and inter-sectoral mobility. MSCA Postdoctoral Fellowships will be open to excellent researchers of any nationality. 

The scheme also encourages researchers to work on research and innovation projects in the non-academic sector and is open to researchers wishing to reintegrate in Europe, to those who are displaced by conflict, as well as to researchers with high potential who are seeking to restart their careers in research. 

Fellowships will be provided to excellent researchers, undertaking international mobility either to or between EU Member States or Horizon Europe Associated Countries, as well as to non-associated Third Countries. Applications will be made jointly by the researcher and a beneficiary in the academic or non-academic sector. 

Postdoctoral Fellowships either can take place in Europe (i.e. in an EU Member State or a Horizon Europe Associated Country) or in a Third Country not associated to Horizon Europe 

• European Postdoctoral Fellowships are open to researchers of any nationality who wish to engage in R&I projects by either coming to Europe from any country in the world or moving within Europe. The standard duration of these fellowships must be between 12 and 24 months.
• Global Postdoctoral Fellowships are open to European nationals or long-term residents who wish to engage in R&I projects with organisations outside EU Member States and Horizon Europe Associated Countries. These fellowships require an outgoing phase of minimum 12 and maximum 24 months in a non-associated Third Country, and a mandatory 12-month return phase to a host organisation based in an EU Member State or a Horizon Europe Associated Country.  

Specific eligibility conditions apply to MSCA Postdoctoral Fellowships in the research areas covered by the Euratom Research and Training Programme 2021-2025. 

Indicative timeline 

8 May 2025: Launch of the call for proposals 

10 September 2025: Deadline for submitting proposals 

February 2026: Notification of call results to applicants (TBC) 

April 2026: Grant agreement signature for successful projects (TBC) 

April 2026: First EU-funded projects start (TBC) 

Indicative budget 

EUR 404.29 million 

How to apply 

Learn about the next steps to apply for funding under this call 

Full call details 

For full details of this call, visit the call page on the EU Funding & Tenders portal

The Foundation for Science and Technology (FCT), in partnership with the Portuguese Association of Researchers and Students in the United Kingdom (PARSUK), announces the opening of the Studentships Bilateral Research Fund (BRF) 2025 Call . This Call, which runs until April 22, 2025, represents an opportunity for new scientific collaborations between Portugal and the United Kingdom. 

BRF Studentships are aimed at early career researchers based in research centers or institutions in Portugal or the UK. The lead applicant must be affiliated with a research institution in Portugal or the UK, and may have several co-investigators. At least one co-investigator must be based in the partner country (for example, if the principal applicant is based in a Portuguese research institution, the co-investigator must be based in a British research institution). 

In this edition, five research Studentships of up to €3,000 will be awarded, with the Call having an annual allocation of €15,000. The main objective is to cover small-scale research costs, such as laboratory consumables, software licenses or assistance with data collection and analysis, or even travel and accommodation costs associated with work visits. 

Applications can be submitted via the online form until April 22, 2025. 

This collaboration between FCT and PARSUK is part of the protocol between the two institutions, signed in 2019 and renewed in December 2023.

Regulations here

Reference: HORIZON-MSCA-2025-SE-01-01  

Indicative timeline

• 27 March 2025: launch of the call for proposals
• 8 October 2025: deadline for submitting proposals
• March 2026: notification of call results to applicants (TBC)
• June 2026: grant agreement signature for successful projects (TBC)
• September 2026: first EU-funded projects start (TBC)

For staff members

• Increased set of research and transferable skills and competences, leading to improved employability and career prospects within and outside academia;
• More knowledge and innovative ideas converted into products, processes and services;
• More entrepreneurial mind-sets, testing new and innovative ideas;
• Increased international exposure leading to extended networks and opportunities;
• Enhanced networking and communication capacities with scientific peers, as well as with the general public that will increase and broaden the research and innovation impact.

For participating organisations

• Innovative ways of cooperation and transfer of knowledge between sectors and disciplines;
• Strengthened and broader international, inter-sectoral and interdisciplinary collaborative networks;
• Boosted R&I capacity.

Scope: MSCA Staff Exchanges involve organisations from the academic and non-academic sectors (including SMEs) from across the globe. Support is provided for international, inter-sectoral and interdisciplinary mobility of R&I staff leading to knowledge transfer between participating organisations.

Mobility through secondments

The organisations constituting the partnership contribute directly to the implementation of a joint R&I project by seconding and/or hosting eligible staff members. Such a project must explore activities that can be based on previous work but should go beyond and generate or strengthen long-term collaborations. Secondments must involve physical mobility of the eligible staff members and must always take place between legal entities independent from each other.

MSCA Staff Exchanges can address three dimensions of mobility: international, inter-sectoral and interdisciplinary. While exchanges between organisations within EU Member States and Horizon Europe Associated Countries should mainly be inter-sectoral, same-sector exchanges are also possible under the condition that they are interdisciplinary. Interdisciplinarity is not required for same-sector exchanges with non-associated Third Countries.

Secondments between institutions established in non-associated Third Countries or within the same EU Member State or Horizon Europe Associated Country are not eligible.

The collaborative approach of MSCA Staff Exchanges should exploit complementary competences of the participating organisations and create synergies between them. The secondments should be essential to achieve the joint project’s R&I activities. The project should inter alia enable networking activities and the organisation of workshops and conferences, to facilitate sharing of knowledge and testing of innovative approaches for specific R&I topics.

Skills’ development

For participating staff members, the project should offer new skills acquisition and career development perspectives. Participating organisations must ensure that the seconded staff are adequately mentored.

Full call details

For full details of this call, visit the call page on the EU Funding & Tenders portal     

o fulfil its aim of promoting a national public policy for advanced training with social relevance and impact, the Fundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologia, I.P. (FCT) opens a Call for granting PhD studentships complying with the provisions of the Regulamento de Bolsas de Investigação da FCT/ FCT Regulation for Studentships and Fellowships (RBI) and the Estatuto do Bolseiro de Investigação/Research Fellowship Holder Statute (EBI), according to their current versions. 

The regular line of application encompasses all scientific areas and is targeted at research work to be carried out in scientific and academic institutions. A specific line of application targeted at research work plans for the most part carried out in one or more non-academic institutions is also available in this call (for further details, please go to its specific page). 

The Call is open from March 17th to 5:00 pm (Lisbon time) April 16th, 2025. 

Applications, and the supporting documents listed in the RBI and in this Notice of the Call, must be submitted online using exclusively the available application form at https://myfct.fct.pt, selecting the regular line of application and clicking on “start application”. Applications or any additional information submitted by any other means will not be accepted.

To fulfil its aim of promoting a national public policy for advanced training with social relevance and impact, the Fundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologia, I.P. (FCT) opens a Call for granting PhD studentships complying with the provisions of the Regulamento de Bolsas de Investigação da FCT/ FCT Regulation for Studentships and Fellowships (RBI) and the Estatuto do Bolseiro de Investigação/Research Fellowship Holder Statute (EBI), according to their current versions. 

In addition to the regular line of application (for further details, please go to its specific page), this call opens a specific line of application for PhD studentship in which work plans are partially carried out in one or more non-academic entities. FCT will thus continue to reinforce a closer relationship between doctoral research in academic and non-academic environments such as business companies, public, social, health, cultural institutions and organizations. 

Candidates who wish to apply in the specific line in a non-academic environment can look for potential hosting opportunities for their research plans in the list of non-academic institutions available here (in continuous updating) and interact directly with the point of contact of each institution in order to prepare the application. The use of this list is optional and does not preclude other eligible institutions that are not listed. 

The Call is open from March 17th to 5:00 pm (Lisbon time) April 16th, 2025. 

Applications, and the supporting documents listed in the RBI and in this Notice of the Call, must be submitted online using exclusively the available application form at https://myfct.fct.pt, selecting the specific line of application in a non-academic environment and clicking on “start application”.

Applications or any additional information submitted by any other means will not be accepted.

A Fundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologia (FCT) disponibilizou o calendário de concursos previstos para 2025. 

A informação é atualizada regularmente, de modo a refletir qualquer alteração, quer nos instrumentos de financiamento, quer na indicação mais precisa das datas do calendário. 

Consulte o calendário aqui. 

Poderão existir outros concursos específicos ou temáticos não incluídos nesta lista.

Terceira edição do PROSSE aposta em investigação em microgravidade

Após ter recebido mais de 20 candidaturas nos dois primeiros anos, a Agência Espacial Portuguesa lança a 5 de fevereiro, a nova edição do PROSSE (PROdex for Science in Space Exploration), um programa de financiamento dedicado a apoiar projetos de investigação científica na área da exploração espacial. O PROSSE 2025 tem até 100 mil euros para promover pesquisas em ambiente de microgravidade.

Criado no âmbito da participação portuguesa no programa PRODEX da Agência Espacial Europeia (ESA na sigla inglesa), o PROSSE tem como objetivo financiar projetos científicos relevantes para a exploração espacial ou para outros setores da economia e sociedade. As iniciativas podem ser realizadas em infraestruturas terrestres ou suborbitais, incluindo o Space Rider, na Estação Espacial Internacional, entre outras.

Em 2025, as propostas submetidas serão novamente avaliadas por uma comissão de especialistas internacionais e pela equipa técnica da ESA, assegurando o rigor científico e a qualidade das iniciativas selecionadas. As candidaturas para a edição de 2025 abrem no dia 5 de Fevereiro, após a sessão informativa, para à qual a inscrição é obrigatória e pode ser feita aqui.

Mais informação: https://ptspace.pt/pt/terceira-edicao-do-prosse-aposta-em-investigacao-em-microgravidade/

Descrição

O Instituto Francês de Portugal lança um concurso para bolsas de mobilidade individual (nível doutoramento e pós-doutoramento) destinadas a investigadores portugueses ou estrangeiros residentes em Portugal (excluindo os candidatos de nacionalidade francesa) e que trabalhem numa instituição de investigação portuguesa.

A bolsa permite aos candidatos selecionados passar dois meses num laboratório ou unidade de investigação em França. A bolsa cobre as despesas de mobilidade e as despesas de subsistência (alojamento e alimentação).

Destina-se a doutorandos e investigadores que pretendam reforçar ou estabelecer uma nova cooperação científica entre equipas francesas e portuguesas.

Serão considerados todos os domínios científicos, incluindo as ciências humanas e sociais. Será dada especial atenção aos candidatos com projetos nos seguintes domínios: ciências oceanográficas, saúde e matemática.

Duração da bolsa

Dois meses consecutivos de mobilidade, entre o 15 de maio e 20 de dezembro de 2025

Condições de elegibilidade

• Ser português ou residente em Portugal (exceto doutorandos ou investigadores de nacionalidade francesa);
• Estar afiliado a uma unidade de investigação portuguesa;
• Ser estudante de doutoramento OU ser titular do grau de doutor obtido após 31 de dezembro de 2015;
• Não ter beneficiado previamente de uma bolsa BIC do Instituto francês de Portugal.

As candidaturas devem ser submetidas antes de 5 de fevereiro de 2025 às 18h00 para guillaume.boccara@ifp-lisboa.com e madeleine.gal@ifp-lisboa.com, tendo como objeto "Apelido/Nome – CONCURSO BOLSA BIC" e respeitando a nomenclatura indicada entre parenteses para cada documento.

Mais informação: https://www.ifp-lisboa.com/grantcall/22074/

A partir de 19 de dezembro de 2024, e até 25 de fevereiro de 2025, decorrem as candidaturas para o Concurso de Projetos de Investigação de caráter Exploratório em todos os Domínios Científicos 2024.

Este concurso tem como objetivo financiar projetos de caráter exploratório (PEX) em todos os domínios científicos, com especial enfoque em propostas inovadoras destinadas a investigadores em início de carreira, ou em ideias e conceitos originais que apresentem um grau de novidade elevado e que demonstrem um potencial disruptivo face a trabalhos anteriores, desenvolvidos por investigadores mais experientes.

A duração prevista dos projetos a desenvolver é de 18 meses, tendo o financiamento máximo a atribuir aumentado de 50 mil euros para 60 mil euros por projeto, sem reduzir o número total de projetos a financiar. A dotação orçamental global desta medida é de 24 milhões de euros, constituindo um reforço de 4 milhões de euros face a concursos anteriores. Será adotado um sistema de CV narrativo nas metodologias de avaliação, com vista a uma avaliação mais abrangente e efetiva da diversidade dos percursos dos/das investigadores/as responsáveis pelas candidaturas.

No âmbito da simplificação dos procedimentos administrativos, após a atribuição do financiamento, a mesma será concretizada através de um modelo de montantes fixos (“lump sums”). Esta é a segunda edição deste concurso com este modelo de custos simplificados, que permitirá reforçar os mecanismos de acompanhamento da execução científica dos projetos.

Este concurso mantém a possível atribuição de tempo de cálculo nos novos supercomputadores da FCT (Deucalion e MareNostrum 5). Para tal, basta sinalizar a necessidade de recursos de computação avançada e/ou repositórios de dados de investigação em sede de candidatura.

As candidaturas são submetidas em formulário próprio, disponível desde o dia 19 de dezembro de 2024 na plataforma myFCT, até às 17 horas do dia 25 de fevereiro de 2025 (horário de Portugal Continental). Para mais informações, consulte a página do concurso.

ANNOUNCEMENT FOR PROPOSAL SUBMISSIONS

Applications must be submitted in English, from December 2, 2024, until 5:00 p.m. (Lisbon time, WET) January 22, 2025, using a specific electronic form via the myFCT platform.

This call aims to support research teams from entities within the National Scientific and Technological System (SCTN), Carnegie Mellon University (CMU), and industry partners in initiating high-impact research activities of strategic relevance to the Carnegie Mellon Portugal Program (CMU Portugal). The call encourages the submission of research proposals by recently graduated PhDs who are faculty members at Portuguese universities or researchers affiliated with Portuguese research institutions.

Under this Call, the Program is seeking proposals specifically in Information and Communications Technologies (ICT), with a focus on leveraging opportunities within the data economy to drive growth and innovation.

ANNOUNCEMENT FOR SUBMISSION OF PROPOSALS

Applications must be presented to FCT, in English, from December 2, 2024 to January 22, 2025, at 5 p.m. Lisbon time, using a specific on-line form and submitted through myFCT platform.

With the aim of promoting investment in science, technology, and higher education, and contributing to the stimulation of economic and social development in Portugal, and assuming broad cooperation between National System of Science and Technology entities and the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT), FCT is launching this Exploratory Research Call to fund applications oriented towards scientific research in a holistic approach through integrated and multidisciplinary projects with a vision of scale evolution, in the following thematic areas:

• Climate Science & Climate Change
• Earth Systems: Oceans to Near Space
• Digital Transformation in Manufacturing
• Sustainable Cities

The PeX should take an “exploratory approach”, i.e., adopt a research theme in one of the emerging areas of the MIT Portugal Program that can be identified as a future research area, with high impact for Portugal as a living laboratory in the development and validation of new solutions, and that promotes the competitiveness of the Portuguese economy.

The application should aim to develop research activities between Portuguese universities and the MIT towards the development of intelligent solutions, promoting knowledge/research value, promoting the sustainable thinking, integrating human factors and technology, and stimulating multidisciplinary approaches. The research plan must mention in which terms the MIT research team will contribute to the project.

All applications must fully comply with the terms of reference defined in the Terms of Reference for the 2024 Call for Exploratory Research Projects under the MIT Portugal Program.

Applications must be presented to FCT, in English, from December 2, 2024 to January 22, 2025, 5 p.m. Lisbon time, using a specific on-line form and submitted through myFCT platform.

The 2024 Call for Exploratory Research Projects (ERPs) under the UT Austin Portugal Program has been designed to help teams of researchers from non-corporate entities of the NSST and The University of Texas at Austin (UT Austin) come together to conduct joint exploratory research activities in the leading scientific areas of the UT Austin Portugal Program.

Proposed projects must aim to stimulate and promote Portugal’s international competitiveness through Science and Technology (S&T), focusing on the opportunities provided by the data economy as a driver of growth and change.

Submitted proposals must configure groundbreaking, high-risk/high-reward projects with a potential for further expansion. Although exploratory research projects (ERPs) are not expected to achieve, during their standard time frame, the sort of results typical of longer projects, submitted proposals must be able to clearly frame the outcomes they should deliver in 12 months and link them to long-term goals for full value realization. 

The ERPs should value impact, i.e., propose potential solutions to real-world problems, thereby going beyond the production of scientific papers.

Considering the above-mentioned goals, FCT is launching the Exploratory Research Call to fund applications in the following areas:

a) Advanced Computing;

b) Nano Materials for New Markets; 

c) Space-Earth Interactions.

A detailed description of the challenges and subtopics related to each scientific area is provided in the Terms of Reference for the 2024 Call for Exploratory Research Projects under the UT Austin Portugal Program.

Fellowships for researchers of any nationality who wish to pursue a doctorate at a university or research centre in Spain or Portugal.

"la Caixa" Foundation grants 60 doctoral fellowships for talented young researchers of any nationality who wish to pursue doctoral studies in Spain or Portugal

Doctoral INPhINIT fellowships offer a highly competitive salary and complementary opportunities for training in transferable skills through residential sessions, outreach activities, and other features that make these fellowships among the most attractive and comprehensive in Europe.

This programme is divided into two frames:

Doctoral INPhINIT – Incoming call (Deadline for application: 23/01/2025 at 2pm Peninular Spain)

30 doctoral fellowships for researchers who wish to carry out their doctoral project at a Spanish research centre accredited with the Spanish Seal of Excellence Severo Ochoa, María de Maeztu or the Carlos III Health Institute, and Portuguese centres accredited as "excellent" according to the evaluation of the Fundação de Ciência e Tecnologia.

MORE INFORMATION

Requirements of the call

• Experience: candidates must not have carried out more than four years of research activity before the closing date of the call.
• Studies pursued: at the time of recruitment, candidates must have completed the studies that allow them to enrol in an official PhD programme in Spain/Portugal. The verification of the required level of studies will be carried out by the host university when the admission procedure begins. Candidates can not have started doctoral studies prior to the start of the fellowship.
• Mobility: candidates must not have resided or carried out their main activity (work, studies, etc.) in Spain/Portugal for more than twelve months in the three years immediately preceding the closing date of the call.
• Level of English: candidates must accredit the required level of English by submitting one of the certificates specified in the rules for participation.  

Doctoral INPhINIT – Retaining call (Deadline for application: 18/02/2025, at 2 pm Peninsular Spain)

30 doctoral fellowships for researchers who want to carry out their doctoral project in any field of research at any university or research centre in Spain or Portugal.

MORE INFORMATION

Requirements of the call

Candidates who are awarded the fellowship must complete their doctoral studies at a university other than the university where they completed their undergraduate studies.

• Experience: candidates must not have carried out more than four years of research activity before the closing date of the call.
• Studies pursued: at the time of recruitment, candidates must have completed the studies that allow them to enrol in an official PhD programme in Spain/Portugal. The verification of the required level of studies will be carried out by the host university when the admission procedure begins. Candidates can not have started doctoral studies prior to the start of the fellowship.
• Mobility: candidates must have resided or carried out their main activity (work, studies, etc.) in Spain/Portugal for more than twelve months in the three years immediately preceding the closing date of the call.
• Level of English: candidates must accredit the required level of English by submitting one of the certificates specified in the rules for participation.

Fellowships for Spanish and Portuguese students who wish to pursue postgraduate studies abroad.

https://lacaixafoundation.org/en/postgraduate-fellowships-abroad-call

”la Caixa” Foundation offers a programme of support to pursue a Master's degree, doctorate or pre-doctoral project in scientific or technical research.

Funding

• Tuition fees of the postgraduate studies for which the fellowship has been obtained.
• Monthly payment depending on the host country.
• One-time initial payment equivalent to the monthly payment for general settlement expenses.
• Other additional funding: visa fees, travel, reimbursement of up to 5 applications for admission, medical insurance and a final payment.

Key points

• 100 fellowships for postgraduate studies (Master, doctorate or pre-doctoral research) with a maximum duration of 24 months.
• To pursue postgraduate studies in any country within the European Higher Education Area (EHEA), North America (the United States or Canada), and the Asia-Pacific region (Australia, South Korea, India, Japan, Singapore and China).
• The call covers all fields of knowledge but excludes Master of Business Administration (MBA) programmes.
• The fellowships are intended for master’s or doctoral studies, which must start with the fellowship. Predoctoral scientific and technical research stays are also accepted.

Requirements of the call

To take part in the selection process, candidates must meet, among others, the following requirements:

1. Be a Spanish or Portuguese national.

2. Proof of an advanced level in the language to be used in the studies in question.

3. Have completed undergraduate studies in Spain (Spanish candidates) or Portugal (Portuguese candidates). These must have been completed between January 2016 and July 2025.

Candidates who have completed a bachelor's degree abroad before the start of the fellowship are not eligible.

Key dates

Status: Open

End: 5 February 2025, at 2 pm Peninsular Spain

Shortlisting presults and call for interviews: 23 April 2025

Selection interviews: 12, 13, 14, 19, 20 and 21 May 2025

Final result: 29 May 2025

For more information, please consult the "Rules for Participation"

Apresentação de candidaturas: 7 de novembro de 2024 até 31 de dezembro de 2025

A FCT anunciou o lançamento do programa “FCT Mobility”, destinado a apoiar a mobilidade internacional de investigadores/as.

O programa financiará estadias de média e longa duração de investigadores/as doutorados/as nacionais em instituições estrangeiras e de investigadores/as doutorados/as estrangeiros em instituições nacionais, com vista à realização de atividades de investigação e/ou trabalho de campo.

Podem candidatar-se investigadores/as afiliados/as como membros integrados em Unidades de I&D nacionais, que pretendam apoio financeiro para investigação científica em instituições estrangeiras ou para acolher investigadores afiliados a instituições estrangeiras.

A apresentação de candidaturas decorrerá em permanência de 7 de novembro de 2024 até às 17 horas do dia 31 de dezembro de 2025 (horário de Portugal Continental) ou até ser atingida a dotação máxima do programa (o que ocorrer primeiro).

Mais informações na página do concurso.

A FCT publicou no dia 31 de julho o Aviso de Abertura da 7.ª edição do Concurso Estímulo ao Emprego Científico Individual, cujo período de candidatura irá de 30 de setembro a 29 de novembro de 2024. O concurso, no âmbito do qual serão financiados 400 contratos de Emprego Científico, apoia a contratação de investigadores em início de carreira, por um período de 3 anos, em lugares nas categorias júnior e auxiliar.

on July 31, the FCT published the Notice of the Call of the 7th edition of Call Stimulus to Individual Scientific Employment, the application period for which will run from September 30 to November 29, 2024. The Call, under which 400 Scientific Employment contracts will be funded, supports the hiring of researchers at the start of their careers, for a period of 3 years, in positions in the junior and assistant categories.

Está a decorrer, até dia 20 de novembro de 2024, às 14h00 CET, o prazo para a apresentação de candidaturas ao Concurso CaixaResearch de Investigação em Saúde 2025. Este é um programa da Fundação “la Caixa”, ao qual a FCT se associou ao abrigo da parceria existente entre as instituições. Neste concurso, a FCT compromete-se a igualar o investimento que a Fundação “la Caixa” destine aos projetos de investigação que vierem a ser selecionados em Portugal.

Para os interessados, dia 8 de outubro de 2024, às 11h00 CET, está agendada uma sessão informativa sobre este concurso, em formato on-line e com registo obrigatório.

Este concurso insere-se no âmbito da Iniciativa Ibérica de Investigação e Inovação Biomédica – i4b, para o apoio a projetos de investigação em biomedicina e saúde. O seu objetivo é identificar e promover as iniciativas de excelência científica, com potencial e impacto na sociedade, através do financiamento de projetos individuais ou em consórcio nas seguintes áreas temáticas: neurociências, oncologia, doenças cardiovasculares e doenças metabólicas associadas, doenças infeciosas, e tecnologias facilitadoras nas áreas temáticas anteriores. Os projetos terão um período máximo de execução de 3 anos.

As candidaturas podem ser apresentadas sob a forma de:

Projetos Individuais – apresentados por uma única organização de investigação, podendo solicitar apoio financeiro até 500.000€;

ou Projetos em Consórcio – apresentados por, no mínimo, duas e, no máximo, cinco organizações de investigação, podendo solicitar um apoio financeiro até 1.000.000€. 

Mais informações na página do concurso.  

Spread the word! The IAEA Marie Sklodowska-Curie Fellowship Programme (MSCFP) next application call is scheduled to open in mid-July 2024 and will close by end of September 2024.

To read more about the programme and eligibility requirements, please visit the link:  IAEA Marie Sklodowska-Curie Fellowship Programme | IAEA and Information for applicants | IAEA.

The dates of the upcoming application period will be noted on the IAEA website soon.  The IAEA Marie Sklodowska-Curie Fellowship Programme (MSCFP) was launched in 2020 by the IAEA Director General to increase the number of women in the nuclear field, supporting an inclusive workforce of men and women who contribute to and drive global scientific and technological innovation. The programme aims to inspire and encourage women to pursue a career in the nuclear related field, by providing highly motivated female students with scholarships for master’s programmes and an opportunity to pursue an internship facilitated by the IAEA. Scholarships are awarded annually.

In the selection of students, consideration is given to geographic and field of study diversity, in addition to eligibility requirements and other criteria. The selected students are awarded up to €20,000 for tuition costs and up to €20,000 for living costs for their master’s programme (the amount will vary depending on the duration of the programme, costs associated with tuition as well as location of the studies). Upon completion of their studies, students who pursue an internship facilitated by the IAEA, in line with their specialization in the nuclear field, are also provided with a stipend for up to 12 months. The internships may take place at the IAEA or in nuclear organizations in the public or private sector.  Additionally, students are provided with opportunities to attend and participate in various educational, professional, and networking events. MSCFP recipients also have a chance to become a part of the programme’ s LinkedIn Student and Alumni Group where they can connect with their peers and exchange knowledge and experience, as well as find out about technical events and career opportunities.   

Since its launch in 2020, MSCFP has received 2271 applications, selecting 560 students from 121 nationalities studying in 72 countries worldwide. By end of March 2024, 201 students have already completed their master’s programme with support of MSCFP.  From these graduates, 110 have been confirmed for an internship facilitated by the IAEA at the IAEA departments and labs (Seibersdorf and Monaco), IAEA Collaborating Centres, and other nuclear organizations in the public or private sector in various countries The internships are linked to the students’ areas of specialization in fields ranging from nuclear energy, nuclear science and applications, nuclear non-proliferation, nuclear safety and security and nuclear law.   The remaining graduates have pursued PhD studies or obtained employment in their field.  The programme is envisaged to grow each year to ensure more women have an opportunity to pursue advanced education in the nuclear related field.

More information about the programme

Meet the Marie Sklodowska-Curie Fellowship Programme students | IAEA

Watch Marie Curie Fellowship

Programme MSCFP brochure  

A Fundação ”la Caixa” concede 40 bolsas de pós-doutoramento Junior Leader para investigadores de excelência, de qualquer nacionalidade, que pretendam continuar a sua carreira de investigação em Espanha ou Portugal na área CTEM (Ciência, Tecnologia, Engenharia e Matemática).

O Programa de Bolsas de Pós-Doutoramento Junior Leader destina-se à contratação de investigadores de excelência, de qualquer nacionalidade, que pretendam continuar a sua carreira de investigação em território espanhol ou português nas áreas das ciências da saúde e da vida, da tecnologia, da física, da engenharia e da matemática. Promovido pela Fundação ”la Caixa”, este programa tem como objetivo fomentar a investigação inovadora e de alta qualidade em Espanha e Portugal e apoiar os melhores talentos científicos oferecendo-lhes um ambiente atrativo e competitivo no qual poderão realizar uma investigação de excelência.

O Programa de Bolsas de Pós-Doutoramento Junior Leader compreende duas modalidades diferentes:

Junior Leader – Concurso Incoming

20 bolsas de pós-doutoramento de 3 anos para investigadores de todas as nacionalidades que nos últimos três anos tenham residido em Espanha ou Portugal menos de 12 meses, aos quais se oferece um contrato laboral para a realização de um projeto de investigação nos centros certificados com as distinções Severo Ochoa ou María de Maeztu, Institutos de Investigação Sanitária Carlos III e centros avaliados como "Excelentes" pela Fundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologia. As candidaturas deverão ser feitas para um centro de investigação ou universidade de um país diferente do país de residência do candidato.

MAIS INFORMAÇÃO

Junior Leader – Concurso Retaining

20 bolsas de pós-doutoramento para investigadores de todas as nacionalidades que nos últimos três anos tenham residido em Espanha ou Portugal mais de 12 meses, para realizarem a sua atividade de investigação em qualquer universidade ou centro de investigação de Espanha ou de Portugal. Através de um programa de formação complementar de excelência, estas bolsas têm como objetivo consolidar as competências de investigação e fomentar a carreira científica independente como opção de futuro profissional.

MAIS INFORMAÇÃO

The 2025 Work Programme of the European Research Council has been adopted. The Programme sets out funding opportunities, budgets of the calls, the calendar of grant competition and conditions for ERC funding. The document had been drafted and endorsed by the ERC Scientific Council, and adopted by the European Commission.  More than 2.7 billion euro will be available for research grants in the coming year. This includes contributions from the countries associated to Horizon Europe.

In addition, EU countries can allocate resources from the European Regional Development Fund (ERDF) to help the ERC fund proposals rated as excellent, but which cannot be funded due to budget constraints. These grants must however remain hosted at an institution in the country which contributes their ERDF funds. 

Indicative summary of calls from the 2025 budget 

The work programme also introduces new grounds for the extension of the eligibility periods for Starting Grants and Consolidator Grants. Extensions will be granted in duly documented cases, where the applicant has been prevented from working or their working hours have been reduced due to a disability or a major natural or man-made disaster. 

Other planned actions for 2025 include supporting national contact points (NCPs) in sharing best practices, continuing to evaluate and monitor the impact of ERC funding, as well as communicating the ERC’s activities to a broader audience, and promoting open science.

Dando continuidade às diversas iniciativas realizadas em conjunto no âmbito da rede PERIN, a FCT e a ANI estão a promover uma sessão dedicada aos programas European Research Council (ERC) e European Innovation Council (EIC) do Horizonte Europa.

A sessão online irá decorrer no dia 7 de junho, entre as 09h30 e as 11h00. O tópico do evento será “Oportunidades que visam financiar projetos de I&D com componentes de investigação científica por excelência”. Serão abordadas as potenciais sinergias a estabelecer entre os dois programas, bem como aquilo que os distingue, esclarecendo as dúvidas dos candidatos e preparando-os para a elaboração de propostas de sucesso.

O ERC e EIC são os programas do Horizonte Europa que visam financiar projetos de I&D com componentes de investigação científica. O ERC está enquadrado no Pilar I – Excelência Científica do Horizonte Europa, e o EIC no Pilar II – Europa Inovadora. Ambos se focam em projetos de investigação com o objetivo de alcançar avanços científicos e soluções tecnológicas emergentes e disruptivas. Esta sessão será uma oportunidade para explorar as sinergias e as diferenças entre ambos, para que os candidatos possam utilizar as várias oportunidades de financiamento, bem como planear um percurso de alavancagem tecnológica a médio/longo prazo.

As inscrições são gratuitas, mas de registo obrigatório – Inscreva-se aqui. Consulte a agenda do evento.

Expected Outcome:

Project results are expected to contribute to the following outcomes:

For supported doctoral candidates

• New research and transferable skills and competences, leading to improved employability and career prospects within and outside academia;
• New knowledge allowing the conversion of ideas into products and services, where relevant;
• Enhanced networking and communication capacities with scientific peers, as well as with the general public that will increase and broaden the research and innovation impact.

For participating organisations

• Improved quality, relevance and sustainability of doctoral training programmes and supervision arrangements;
• Enhanced cooperation and transfer of knowledge between sectors and disciplines;
• Increased integration of training and research activities between participating organisations;
• Boosted R&I capacity;
• Increased internationalisation and attractiveness;
• Regular feedback of research results into teaching and education at participating organisations.

Scope:

MSCA Doctoral Networks will implement doctoral programmes, by partnerships of universities, research institutions and research infrastructures, businesses including SMEs, and other socio-economic actors from different countries across Europe and beyond. MSCA Doctoral Networks are indeed open to the participation of organisations from third countries, in view of fostering strategic international partnerships for the training and exchange of researchers.

These doctoral programmes will respond to well-identified needs in various R&I areas, expose the researchers to the academic and non-academic sectors, and offer training in research-related, as well as transferable skills and competences relevant for innovation and long-term employability (e.g. entrepreneurship, commercialisation of results, Intellectual Property Rights, communication). Proposals for doctoral networks can reflect existing or planned research partnerships among the participating organisations.

The selection procedure for doctoral candidates must be open, transparent and merit-based, in line with the Code of Conduct for the Recruitment of Researchers. The vacancy notice (to be widely advertised internationally, including on the EURAXESS website) must mention if the published rates include all employer and employee's taxes and contributions. If possible, the gross salary (net salary + employee’s taxes and contributions) should be published.

MSCA Doctoral Networks are encouraged to lead to Industrial or Joint Doctorates.

Under the scientific and technological cooperation agreement between Portugal and France, FCT and Campus France are launching another Call to fund international mobility projects.

This joint action is part of the French-Portuguese PHC-Pessoa Program (Partenariat Hubert Curien), implemented in France by the Ministry of Europe and Foreign Affairs and the Ministry of Higher Education and Research, and in Portugal by the FCT. The main aim of this partnership is to promote scientific and technological exchanges of excellence between professors and researchers, with a focus on young researchers from research laboratories in both countries, encouraging the creation of international teams and tackling new cooperation issues.

This Call funds the mobility of researchers within the scope of their projects, strictly for the mobility of researchers participating in the projects, by granting support of €2500/year. Applications can be submitted until 5 p.m. (Lisbon time) on June 21, 2024. For more information, please visit Call.

A contagem decrescente do Convite Aberto 2024 para novas propostas de ações COST começou oficialmente e termina num prazo de seis meses, a 23 de outubro de 2024, às 12h00 (CEST).

A COST – European Cooperation in Science and Technology financia atividades de colaboração transnacional num sistema de redes de investigadores com livre acesso e bottom-up, em todos os domínios científicos e tecnológicos. Estas redes, denominadas COST Actions, possibilitam avanços no desenvolvimento do conhecimento científico, contribuindo para o fortalecimento da Europa como líder em I&DT.

Uma ação COST é uma rede de investigação interdisciplinar que reúne investigadores e inovadores para investigar um tema durante quatro anos. Estas ações estão abertas a todos os domínios científicos e tecnológicos, incluindo os novos e emergentes. As ações COST são também ações de base emergentes e ascendentes (bottom-up), o que significa que pode ser proposta uma rede baseada nos próprios interesses ou ideias.

O financiamento de uma ação COST cobre as despesas das atividades de networking e pode ser utilizado para financiar eventos, missões científicas de curta duração, escolas de formação, atividades de comunicação e ferramentas virtuais de ligação em rede.

Se pretende transformar as suas ideias inovadoras em realidade, esta é a altura ideal para começar a criar uma proposta de rede. Os participantes que planeiem submeter uma proposta para uma Ação COST terão de consultar as diretrizes e o Anúncio de Chamada Aberta disponível em Documentos e Diretrizes. Saiba mais sobre a apresentação de propostas e a contagem decrescente para o Convite Aberto da COST2024 em https://www.cost.eu/countdown.

A COST promove a integração e enriquecimento das diversas comunidades científicas e proporciona a maximização do investimento nacional em I&DT na Europa. Portugal é um dos 41 membros plenos da COST, sendo a sua representação e coordenação nacional assegurada pela FCT.

For English version https://www.fct.pt/en/contagem-decrescente-do-convite-aberto-2024-para-novas-propostas-de-acoes-cost/

Project results are expected to contribute to the following outcomes:

For supported postdoctoral fellows

• Increased set of research and transferable skills and competences, leading to improved employability and career prospects of MSCA postdoctoral fellows within academia and beyond;
• New mind-sets and approaches to R&I work forged through international, inter-sectoral and interdisciplinary experience;
• Enhanced networking and communication capacities with scientific peers, as well as with the general public that will increase and broaden the research and innovation impact.

For participating organisations

• Increased alignment of working conditions for researchers in accordance with the principles set out in the European Charter for Researchers;
• Enhanced quality and sustainability of research training and supervision; Increased global attractiveness, visibility and reputation of the participating organisation(s);
• Stronger R&I capacity and output among participating organisations; better transfer of knowledge;
• Regular feedback of research results into teaching and education at participating organisations.

Scope:

Fellowships will be provided to excellent researchers undertaking international mobility. Applications will be made jointly by the researcher and a beneficiary in the academic or non-academic sector.

Postdoctoral Fellowships either can take place in Europe (i.e. in an EU Member State or a Horizon Europe Associated Country) or in a Third Country not associated to Horizon Europe:

European Postdoctoral Fellowships are open to researchers of any nationality who wish to engage in R&I projects by either coming to Europe from any country in the world or moving within Europe. The standard duration of these fellowships must be between 12 and 24 months.

Global Postdoctoral Fellowships are open to European nationals or long-term residents who wish to engage in R&I projects with organisations outside EU Member States and Horizon Europe Associated Countries. These fellowships require an outgoing phase of minimum 12 and maximum 24 months in a non-associated Third Country, and a mandatory 12-month return phase to a host organisation based in an EU Member State or a Horizon Europe Associated Country.  

O RESTART apoiará investigadoras e investigadores que tenham beneficiado recentemente de licença parental na prossecução e desenvolvimento de uma ideia de investigação original e inovadora.

A apresentação de propostas ocorrerá entre o dia 9 de abril de 2024 e as 17h00, hora de Lisboa, do dia 14 de maio de 2024.

Podem candidatar-se, com o compromisso da instituição de acolhimento, investigadores nacionais, estrangeiros e apátridas que cumpram cumulativamente os seguintes requisitos à data-limite do período de submissão de candidaturas:

i) ser detentor do grau de doutor;

ii) ser membro integrado doutorado de uma unidade de I&D, ou ter um vínculo contratual com um laboratório de Estado;

iii) ter beneficiado de uma licença parental, incluindo por adoção, de uma duração igual ou superior a 120 dias (em caso de licença parental partilhada, incluindo por adoção, o candidato tem de demonstrar que gozou, de forma exclusiva ou partilhada, de pelo menos 72 dias de licença), entre o período de 16 de fevereiro de 2023, inclusive, e a data do início do período de submissão de candidaturas deste concurso, inclusive. O número mínimo de dias exigidos para cada tipo de licença (120 ou 72 dias) deverá ser atingido entre 16 de fevereiro de 2023 e a data de abertura do período de submissão deste concurso, inclusive, independentemente do seu início ou término.

As propostas devem ser enviadas através do preenchimento, em língua inglesa, de um formulário próprio que poderá ser acedido eletronicamente no myFCT.

As Bolsas de Investigação para Doutoramento nesta linha específica de candidatura, destinam-se a pessoas inscritas ou que satisfaçam as condições necessárias para se inscreverem em ciclo de estudos conducente à obtenção do grau académico de doutor, e que pretendam desenvolver atividades de investigação conducentes à obtenção desse grau, cujos planos de trabalho decorram durante um período considerável do tempo de bolsa em entidades não académicas, assegurando pelo menos 12 meses (seguidos ou interpolados) numa mesma instituição de acolhimento não académica com atividade em Portugal. Nestas candidaturas é ainda necessário desenvolver atividades de investigação em pelo menos uma instituição de acolhimento de natureza académica, nacional ou estrangeira, por forma a garantir a desejada ligação entre o ambiente académico e o não académico.

O concurso está aberto entre 18 de março e as 17:00H (hora de Lisboa) de 18 de abril de 2024.

As candidaturas e os respetivos documentos de apoio previstos no RBI e no Aviso de Abertura de Concurso devem ser submetidos eletronicamente, utilizando exclusivamente o formulário disponível em: https://myfct.fct.pt/, selecionando a linha de candidatura específica em ambiente não académico e carregando em “iniciar candidatura”. Não serão aceites candidaturas, ou qualquer outra informação adicional, submetidas por outros meios.

As Bolsas de Investigação para Doutoramento na linha geral de candidatura, destinam-se a pessoas inscritas ou que satisfaçam as condições necessárias para se inscreverem em ciclo de estudos conducente à obtenção do grau académico de doutor, e que pretendam desenvolver atividades de investigação conducentes à obtenção desse grau em qualquer entidade académica de produção e difusão de conhecimento, nacional ou internacional, incluindo instituições de ensino superior público e privado, unidades de I&D, Laboratórios Associados, bem como outras instituições privadas sem fins lucrativos que tenham como objeto principal atividades de I&D.

O concurso está aberto entre 18 de março e as 17:00H (hora de Lisboa) de 18 de abril de 2024.

As candidaturas e os respetivos documentos de apoio previstos no RBI e no presente Aviso de Abertura de Concurso, devem ser submetidos eletronicamente, utilizando exclusivamente o formulário disponível em: https://myfct.fct.pt/, selecionando a linha de candidatura geral e carregando em “iniciar candidatura”. Não serão aceites candidaturas, ou qualquer outra informação adicional, submetidas por outros meios.

Objectives

The ERC Proof of Concept Grants aim at facilitating exploration of the commercial and social innovation potential of ERC funded research and are therefore available only to Principal Investigators whose proposals draw substantially on their ERC funded research.

Size of ERC Proof of Concept Grants

The financial contribution will be awarded as a lump sum of EUR 150 000 for a period of 18 months. The ERC expects that normally proof of concept activities should be completed within 12 months. However, to allow for those projects that require more preparation time, the grant agreements will be signed for 18 months. Extensions of the duration of proof of concept projects may be granted only exceptionally. The lump sum will cover the beneficiaries' direct and indirect eligible costs for the project: if the project is implemented properly the amounts will be paid regardless of the costs actually incurred. The lump sum has been designed to cover the beneficiaries’ personnel costs, subcontracting, purchase costs, other cost categories and indirect costs.

Profile of the ERC Proof of Concept

Eligible Principal Investigator

All Principal Investigators in one of the main grants are eligible to participate and apply for an ERC Proof of Concept Grant. Principal Investigators in an ongoing main grant or in a main grant that has ended less than 12 months before 1 January 2024 are eligible to apply. For further information please see the ERC Work Programme 2024.

No âmbito do presente aviso serão apoiados projetos de IC&DT, reconhecidos internacionalmente, centrados no desenvolvimento de atividades de investigação em todos os domínios científicos, que se proponham estimular uma economia de elevado valor acrescentado, bem como a excelência, a cooperação e a internacionalização, visando processos de inovação com finalidade de mercado e o aumento da criação de conhecimento para resposta a desafios empresariais e societais.

As candidaturas são apresentadas online no Balcão dos Fundos, em balcaofundosue.pt/, através de formulário eletrónico disponibilizado para o efeito no dia 8 de janeiro de 2024.

As candidaturas devem obrigatoriamente ser apresentadas em língua inglesa, exceto quando explicitamente indicado em contrário no formulário de candidatura.

O período de submissão de candidaturas foi alargado até às 18h00 do dia 21 de março de 2024 (hora de Portugal Continental) e as condições de acesso foram ajustadas. Consulte a republicação do Aviso na página do concurso.

Mais informações também disponíveis em https://portugal2030.pt/avisos/

Which ERC grant scheme is best suited for your research project?  

The ERC offers 4 core grant schemes: Starting Grants, Consolidator Grants, Advanced Grants and Synergy Grants. With its additional Proof of Concept Grant scheme, the ERC helps grantees to explore the innovation potential of their ideas or research results.

Find out more about our funding opportunities and open calls.

Get detailed information about how to apply for a grant and how we assess applications. 

Grant applications 2024

A Fundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologia (FCT) disponibilizou o calendário de concursos previstos para 2024. A informação é atualizada regularmente, de modo a refletir qualquer alteração, quer nos instrumentos de financiamento, bem como nas datas previstas. Consulte o calendário aqui

What can you expect as part of EIC Pathfinder?

With its Pathfinder programme the EIC supports the exploration of bold ideas for radically new technologies. It welcomes the high-risk / high gain and interdisciplinary cutting-edge science collaborations that underpin technological breakthroughs. 

Pathfinder goes beyond what is already known. Visionary thinking can open up promising avenues towards powerful new technologies.

Applicants participating in EIC Pathfinder projects are typically visionary scientists and entrepreneurial researchers from universities, research organisations, start-ups, high-tech SMEs or industrial stakeholders interested in technological research and innovation.

Projects typically involve consortia of researchers and other partners from at least three different countries, but there are also opportunities for individual teams and small consortia (two partners).

Grants of up to 3 to 4 million euro support early stage development of future technologies (e.g. various activities at low Technology Readiness Levels 1-3), up to proof of concept. Pathfinder projects can also receive additional funding for testing the innovation potential of their research outputs.

EIC Pathfinder Open

EIC Pathfinder Open provides funding for projects in any field of science or technology, based on high-risk/high-gain science-towards-technology breakthrough interdisciplinary research. The total indicative budget for this call is EUR 136 million.

EIC Pathfinder Open 2024: Apply by 7 March 2024

For more details read the EIC Work Programme 2024 and check the Funding & tenders portal.

 Está aberto o Concurso CaixaImpulse de Inovação em Saúde 2024

A Fundação ”la Caixa” está à procura de projetos de inovação na área da saúde promovidos por centros de investigação, hospitais e universidades, para transferir os resultados da investigação do laboratório para os doentes. Graças ao concurso CaixaImpulse de Inovação em Saúde, poderá receber até 700 000 euros para impulsionar o seu projeto, para além de apoio através de formação e acompanhamento personalizado por mentores.

O concurso está aberto até 22 de fevereiro de 2024.

Apresente o seu projeto e abra caminho ao futuro da saúde.

Saiba mais em: https://fundacaolacaixa.pt/pt/concurso-caixaimpulse-inovacao-saude  

A consolidação e o reforço do Sistema Nacional de Ciência e Tecnologia constituem prioridades da política de ciência e tecnologia portuguesa que visam aumentar a competitividade nacional e internacional da ciência e tecnologia e o seu contributo para a inovação e transferência de conhecimento e para a realização das aspirações globais definidas na Agenda 2030: Objetivos para o Desenvolvimento Sustentável das Nações Unidas. Neste contexto, assume particular relevância a promoção e o reforço de competências das instituições científicas e tecnológicas através da participação das suas equipas em projetos. É com estes objetivos que a FCT abre o presente concurso, que se destina a promover ideias inovadoras através do apoio a projetos de investigação de carácter exploratório em todos os domínios científicos.

As candidaturas devem ser apresentadas, em língua inglesa, a partir do dia 22 de dezembro de 2023 até às 17 horas, hora de Lisboa, do dia 1 de março de 2024, em formulário eletrónico específico e submetidas através da plataforma myFCT. Os membros da equipa de investigação do projeto deverão ter curriculum vitae preenchido na plataforma CIÊNCIAVITAE .

A Declaração de Compromisso da Instituição Proponente ficará disponível na plataforma myFCT para a respetiva concordância pelo responsável máximo da Instituição Proponente, ou por alguém por si delegado, após terminar o prazo de submissão de candidaturas e até às 17 horas, hora de Lisboa, do dia 15 de março de 2024.

”la Caixa” Foundation grants 100 fellowships for postgraduate studies at universities or research centres in the European Higher Education Area (EHEA), North America and Asia-Pacific region.

”la Caixa” Foundation offers a programme of support to pursue a Master's degree, doctorate or pre-doctoral project in scientific or technical research.

Key points

100 fellowships for postgraduate studies (Master, doctorate or pre-doctoral research) with a maximum duration of 24 months.

To pursue postgraduate studies in any country within the European Higher Education Area (EHEA), North America (the United States or Canada), and the Asia-Pacific region (Australia, South Korea, India, Japan, Singapore and China).

The call covers all fields of knowledge but excludes Master of Business Administration (MBA) programmes.

The fellowships are intended for master’s or doctoral studies, which must start with the fellowship. Predoctoral scientific and technical research stays are also accepted.

Requirements of the call

To take part in the selection process, candidates must meet, among others, the following requirements:

Be a Spanish or Portuguese national.

Proof of an advanced level in the language to be used in the studies in question.
Have completed undergraduate studies in Spain (Spanish candidates) or Portugal (Portuguese candidates). These must have been completed between January 2015 and July 2024.
Candidates who have completed a bachelor's degree abroad before the start of the fellowship are not eligible.

FAQ

If you have any doubts about the call, please consult the list of frequently asked questions.    

”la Caixa” Foundation grants 30 fellowships for researchers of any nationality who wish to pursue a doctorate in any discipline at any university or research centre in Spain or Portugal.

https://lacaixafoundation.org/en/doctoral-inphinit-fellowships-retaining-call

Status: Open

End: 15 February 2024, at 2 pm Peninsular Spain

Key points

30 fellowships to carry out a doctorate at any university or research centre in Spain or Portugal. All areas of knowledge. Maximum duration: 4 years. Funding to cover labour costs, research costs and doctoral tuition fees. On-site training programme in multidisciplinary skills.

Requirements of the call

Experience: candidates must not have carried out more than four years of research activity before the closing date of the call.

Studies pursued: at the time of recruitment, candidates must have completed the studies that allow them to enrol in an official PhD programme in Spain/Portugal. The verification of the required level of studies will be carried out by the host university when the admission procedure begins. Candidates must not have been enrolled in a doctoral programme prior to the start of the fellowship.

Mobility: candidates must have resided or carried out their main activity (work, studies, etc.) in Spain/Portugal for more than twelve months in the three years immediately preceding the closing date of the call.

In addition, candidates who are awarded the fellowship must complete their doctoral studies at a university other than the university where they completed their undergraduate studies.

Level of English: candidates must accredit the required level of English by submitting one of the certificates specified in the rules for participation.

FAQ If you have any doubts about the call, please consult the list of frequently asked questions.

”la Caixa” Foundation grants 30 fellowships for researchers of any nationality who wish to pursue a doctorate in a STEM discipline at research centres of excellence in Spain or Portugal.

Status: Open

End: 24 January 2024, at 2 pm Peninsular Spain

LIP has submitted 10 PhD proposals under this call Centres of Excellence

Those receiving an Incoming Doctoral INPhINIT fellowship must carry out their research project at one of the Spanish research centres that have obtained a Severo Ochoa or María de Maeztu accreditation of excellence from the Ministry of Science and Innovation, a Carlos III Health Research Institute or a Portuguese R&D centre classified as "excellent" by the Fundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologia. Logically, these are centres and units that stand out for their impact and scientific leadership at an international level and that actively collaborate with their social and business environment. PhD positions offer The centers of excellence that agree to participate in this call offer outstanding PhD positions each year to future Doctoral INPhINIT Incoming fellows.

Check out the PhD open positions offered by the host institutions participating in the 2024 call.

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Key points

30 fellowships to pursue PhD studies in research centres accredited with the Spanish Seal of Excellence Severo Ochoa, María de Maeztu or Health Institute Carlos III and Portuguese units accredited as “excellent” according to the evaluation of the Fundação de Ciência e Tecnologia.

STEM disciplines (technology, engineering, physics, mathematics, health and life sciences).

Maximum duration: 4 years. Funding to cover labour costs, research costs and doctoral tuition fees. On-site training programme in multidisciplinary skills.

Requirements of the call

Experience: candidates must not have carried out more than four years of research activity before the closing date of the call.

Studies pursued: at the time of recruitment, candidates must have completed the studies that allow them to enrol in an official PhD programme in Spain/Portugal. The verification of the required level of studies will be carried out by the host university when the admission procedure begins. Candidates must not have been enrolled in a doctoral programme prior to the start of the fellowship.

Mobility: candidates must not have resided or carried out their main activity (work, studies, etc.) in Spain/Portugal for more than twelve months in the three years immediately preceding the closing date of the call.

Level of English: candidates must accredit the required level of English by submitting one of the certificates specified in the rules for participation.

FAQ

If you have any doubts about the call, please consult the list of frequently asked questions.

This event aims to inform potential applicants about the funding opportunities of the 2024 calls of Horizon Europe Cluster 4 'Digital, Industry and Space' Work Programme 2023-2024.

During the 2-day event, speakers from the European Commission will present the call topics, the evaluation and the award process. Potential applicants will have an opportunity to ask questions.

Under the pillar II of Horizon Europe, Cluster 4 focuses on digital, industry and space and aims to deliver on the following:

Climate neutral, circular and digitised production

Increased autonomy in key strategic value chains for resilient industry

World leading data and computing technologies

Digital and emerging technologies for competitiveness and fit for the Green Deal

Open strategic autonomy in developing, deploying and using global space-based infrastructures, services, applications and data

A human-centred and ethical development of digital and industrial technologies.

The ERC-Portugal Pre-Assessment program, launched in June of this year, continues to support ERC applicants who choose entities from the National Science and Technology System as host institutions. Please note that the deadline for submitting proposals to the ERC-PT Pre-Assessment program, referring to the "ERC Consolidator Grant 2024" Call, is October 12, 2023, about 2 months before the deadline for submitting applications established by the ERC for this typology, set for December 12, 2023.

This procedure allows applicants who submit their proposals to the ERC-PT Pre-Assessment program to receive the pre-assessments and respective reports with recommendations for improvement about a month before the deadline for submitting their application to ERC-COG-2024. For more information, including a set of frequently asked questions, see the ERC-PT Pre-Assessment program page.

ERC-PT Pre-Assessment: Call ERC StG 2024

For the first cycle of the ERC-PT Pre-Assessment program corresponding to the Call ERC Starting Grant 2024, the reports drawn up by the College of Evaluators, both in STEP 1 and STEP 2, will be submitted to the researchers by September 25.

Additional information

A set of additional information is also presented, useful for all researchers who are preparing applications for the ERC Consolidator Grant 2024:

As recently announced, the ERC will organize a public session to present Calls for the 2024 work program on September 20, where candidates will be able to find out about the new application procedures and evaluation criteria, including the new structure of CVs. The session will be broadcast on YouTube;

On September 22, at 10 a.m., the FCT will organize a session to clarify doubts about the Calls of the 2024 ERC. Anyone interested should register here;

Since September 12, applicants to Call ERC-COG-2024 have been able to start the process of preparing proposals and accessing the respective documentation on the Funding and Tenders Portal. The application guide for this Call can also be consulted here.

FCT is the entity responsible for promoting national participation in the ERC and for creating the ERC-PT Pre-Assessment program. Since the start of Horizon Europe in 2021, the framework program for European research and innovation funding, research carried out in SNCT institutions has managed to attract around 78 million euros from the Calls of the European Research Council.

The European Research Council ( ERC ) Executive Agency is hosting a dissemination session for the "ERC Grant Competitions 2024" to provide information on the Calls for the 2024 Work Programme.

The webinar,  is scheduled for 20 September at 11:15 AM (Lisbon time), and will announce the application submission deadlines for the last quarter of 2023 and 2024. The session will also introduce new features (see annex) of the Call, including the narrative CV and the simplified costs pilot project. Participants will have the opportunity to ask questions regarding the current and future Calls. The session will feature interventions by the Head of the Scientific Management Department of the European Research Council, Angela Liberatore, the Head of Unit "Support to the Scientific Council", Jose Labastida, and the Head of Communications, the moderator Anthony Lockett.

FCT ensures national representation and coordination of the promotion of research and innovation activities under the Scientific Excellence Pillar of Horizon Europe, within the context of the PERIN network. In this way, it coordinates support to the scientific and technological community for initiatives such as the ERC. The session can be followed here.

”la Caixa” Foundation grants 15 postdoctoral fellowships for researchers of any nationality to carry out a research project in a STEM discipline at any university or research centre in Spain or Portugal.

Key dates

Status: Open End: 5 October 2023, at 2 pm Peninsular Spain

Pre-selection results and call for interviews: 25 January 2024

Selection interviews: 21 and 22 February 2024

Publication of results: 19 March 2024

Key points

15 fellowships to carry out a postdoctoral research project at any university or research centre in Spain or Portugal. STEM disciplines (life sciences, experimental sciences, physics, chemistry, engineering, technology and mathematics).

Maximum duration: 3 years.

Maximum amount: €305,100.

Programme of training in multidisciplinary skills.

”la Caixa” Foundation grants 25 postdoctoral fellowships for researchers of any nationality to carry out a research project in a STEM discipline at universities and research centres of accredited excellence.

Key dates

Status: Open

End: 5 October 2023, at 2 pm Peninsular Spain

Pre-selection results and call for interviews: 25 January 2024

Selection interviews: 5 and 6 March 2024

Publication of results: 19 March 2024

Key points

25 fellowships to carry out a postdoctoral research project at Spanish centres accredited as excellent by the Severo Ochoa, María de Maeztu or Carlos III Health Institute seals of excellence, or at Portuguese centres accredited as excellent by the Fundação de Ciência e Tecnologia (FCT).

STEM disciplines (life sciences, experimental sciences, physics, chemistry, engineering, technology and mathematics).

Maximum duration: 3 years.

Maximum amount: €305,100.

Programme of training in multidisciplinary skills.

The programme aims to inspire and encourage young women to pursue a career in nuclear related field, by providing highly motivated female students with scholarships for Master’s programmes and an opportunity to pursue an internship facilitated by the IAEA. Scholarships are awarded annually, to 100+ female students, subject to availability of funds. In the selection of students, consideration is given to geographic and field of study diversity, in addition to eligibility requirements and other criteria.

The selected students are awarded up to €20,000 for tuition costs and up to €20,000 for living costs for their Master’s programme. Upon completion of their studies, students are also given an opportunity to pursue an internship for up to 12 months at the IAEA, its partner organizations or industry. 

Additionally, students are provided with opportunities to attend and participate in various educational, professional and networking  events. MSCFP recipients will also have a chance to become a part of the MSCFP LinkedIn Student and Alumni Group where they can exchange knowledge and experience, find out about technical events and career opportunities as well as connect to their peers.   

Since its launch in 2020, MSCFP has received 1563 applications, selecting 360 students from 110 nationalities studying in 65 countries worldwide. By end of 2022, 100 students have already completed their Master’s programme with support of MSCFP, embarking on internships facilitated by the IAEA or pursing PhD or employment in the nuclear field.  The programme is envisaged to grow each year to ensure more women have an opportunity to pursue advanced education in nuclear related fields.

The next application call is scheduled to open in mid-July 2023 and will close by end of September 2023.

To read more about the programme and eligibility requirements, please visit the link:  IAEA Marie Sklodowska-Curie Fellowship Programme | IAEA and Information for applicants | IAEA.

MSCA PostdoctoralFellowships 2023 |2024

Open: 10 April 2023 | 10 April 2024

Deadline: 13 September 2023|11 September 2024

MSCA Doctoral Networks 2023 | 2024

Open: 30 May 2023 | 29 May 2024

Deadline: 28 November 2023 | 27 November 2024

MSCA Staff Exchanges 2023 |2024

Open: 05 October 2023 | 10 October 2024

Deadline: 27 February 2024 | 05 March 2025

The ERC Scientific Council has agreed on a tentative calendar, which may be subject to change. For the 2024 ERC calls, there will be two cut-off dates for the Proof of Concept grant call.

Starting Grants | ERC-2023-StG Open: 11-07-2023 Deadline: 24-10-2023

Consolidator Grants | ERC-2023-CoG Open: 12-09-2023 Deadline: 12-12-2023

Advanced Grants | ERC-2023-AdG Open: 29-05-2024 Deadline: 29-08-2024

Synergy Grants | ERC-2023-SyG Open: 12-07-2023 Deadline: 08-11-2023  

The 2024 ERC Work Programme is expected to be formally adopted in July 2023 and some of the planned changes that the ERC Scientific Council has proposed to introduce have been made public last December (evaluation forms and processes) and in March this year (new panels and lump sum funding). This announcement gives further detail on research assessment, the evaluation process, lump sum funding, as well as the tentative schedule of the upcoming grant competitions.  

Research assessment: focus on the project

The proposals for ERC grants will continue to be evaluated based on the sole criterion of scientific excellence. ERC panels will primarily evaluate the ground-breaking nature, ambition, and feasibility of the research project. At the same time, they will evaluate the intellectual capacity, creativity, and commitment of the applicant principal investigator, with a focus on the extent to which the applicant has the excellence and required scientific expertise to successfully execute the proposed project.  

Broad assessment of the applicant

The ERC Work Programme will no longer include detailed prescriptive profiles of principal investigators. In the application, the Curriculum Vitae and Track Record will be merged into one document of up to four pages. The applicant will be expected to include – apart from standard biographical information – a list of up to ten research outputs that demonstrate how they have advanced knowledge in their field, with an emphasis on more recent achievements, and a list of selected examples of significant peer recognition (for example, prizes). A short explanation of the significance of the selected outputs, the applicant’s role in producing each of them, and how the applicant has demonstrated their capacity to successfully carry out the proposed project can also be included. The applicant may also include relevant information on, for example, career breaks, unusual career paths, as well as any particularly noteworthy contributions to the research community. These will not in themselves be evaluated but are important to provide context to the evaluation panels when assessing the principal investigator’s research achievements and peer recognition in relation to their career stage.  

Evaluation procedure

In Starting, Consolidator and Advanced Grants calls, ERC panels will be able to admit at most 44 proposals to step 2 of the evaluation. A distinction in the scoring at step 1 will be made between proposals obtaining a score of A and invited to step 2 of the evaluation, and proposals obtaining a score of A but not ranked among the 44 proposals admitted to step 2. A candidate whose proposal is scored A at step 1 of the evaluation, but not taken to interview, will be free to submit a proposal in the following year’s calls.

Lump sum funding in Advanced Grants

2024 Advanced Grants will be awarded as a single lump sum contribution for the entirety of the project, for a sum approved by the ERC panel. The payment of the lump sum will be based on the work carried out and reported, irrespective of the actual costs incurred for the project or the successful outcome of the project activities. Additional funding, for example to purchase major equipment or get access to research facilities, can be applied for and will be made part of the lump sum. Successful applicants will still be able to benefit from portability, meaning that they will be able to request to transfer their entire grant, or a part of it, to a new beneficiary, as has been the case under the funding based on the actual costs until 2023.

Prevê-se uma nova edição desta Bolsa para o ano académico de 2024/2025. Os requisitos necessários à candidatura são os seguintes: Ter nacionalidade portuguesa. Não ter beneficiado anteriormente de uma bolsa do Programa Fulbright. Não ter residido nos EUA durante um período igual ou superior a 5 anos, nos 6 anos anteriores à data do concurso. Não ter dupla nacionalidade, portuguesa e norte-americana. Não possuir autorização de residência (green card) nos EUA. Não possuir visto para os EUA válido entre a altura do concurso à bolsa e o início do período de estadia nos EUA. Ser detentor(a) de uma Bolsa de Doutoramento diretamente financiada pela FCT. Os(as) candidatos(as) que reúnam estas condições, têm ainda que apresentar uma affiliation letter, isto é, uma carta  de aceitação por parte da instituição norte-americana de acolhimento, duas cartas de recomendação e o diploma ou certificado de notas dos graus académicos concluídos.

For the 2023 – 2024 edition, the European Innovation Council and the European Institute for Innovation & Technology have teamed up to create a bigger and bolder European Prize for Women Innovators, with no fewer than 9 prizes to be awarded.

Applications are open until 27 September 2023 at 17:00 CET.

The European Prize for Women Innovators celebrates the women entrepreneurs behind Europe's most ground-breaking innovations. The prize awards women from across the EU and countries associated to Horizon Europe, whose disruptive innovations are driving positive change for people and planet. The prize is managed jointly by the European Innovation Council and SMEs Executive Agency and the European Institute for Innovation & Technology. The winners are chosen by an independent expert jury.

FCT launched this Monday, June 19, a new axis of the ERC-Portugal program, called ERC Portugal Pre-Assessment. This is a peer review service that FCT will provide to researchers from the national scientific community who are in the preparation phase of applications to Calls of projects of the European Research Council (ERC). The ERC Portugal Pre-Assessment will follow international peer review best practices, in which the pre-assessment model will mirror ERC's assessment criteria and assessor profiles. This new program is intended to be an important tool to improve the quality of national proposals and their preparation processes. Its ultimate goal will be to increase the number of national applications to the ERC's Calls and a greater naturalization in the submission of proposals to this leading European research funding agency. Proposals will be evaluated according to the ERC evaluation criteria for the respective Call, and evaluations will be carried out by international experts, with profiles of high experience in evaluation processes, preferably as panel members at Calls ERC. This program will support submissions for the next Call ERC Starting Grants, with an application deadline on October 24, 2023. To this end, the first round of ERC Portugal Pre-Assessment proposals will run until 20 July 2023 (Thursday). Pre-Assessment reports will be sent to researchers by 25 September 2023, approximately one month before the end of the period for submission of proposals to Call ERC Starting Grants, in order to constitute an effective contribution to the completion of the application preparation process to be submitted to Call ERC. In order to guarantee the timely submission of reports to the researchers, the program's calendar model will be as follows: (i) submission of application proposals up to about 2 months before the ERC deadline for submission of applications; (ii) submission of pre-evaluations and reports to the researchers up to about one month of the same deadline.

The Open Call 2023 is now open. The next collection date will be 25 October 2023 at 12.00 (noon) CEST. The following collection date is expected in Autumn 2024. Participants are invited to submit COST Action proposals contributing to the scientific, technological, economic, cultural or societal knowledge advancement and development of Europe. Multi- and interdisciplinary proposals are encouraged. The Open Call Action proposal submission, evaluation, selection and approval (SESA) procedure is fully science and technology-driven and will ensure a simple, transparent and competitive proposal evaluation and selection process, reflecting the bottom-up, open and inclusive principles of COST. Participants planning to submit a proposal for a COST Action will need to refer to the SESA guidelines and to the Open Call Announcement available on the Documents and Guidelines page.

For further information: https://www.cost.eu/funding/open-call-a-simple-one-step-application-process/

This online COST Info Day is open to all researchers and innovators at any career stage and from any field of research, especially young researchers, as well as R&I staff. The aim is to inform researchers and innovators about how to connect with COST Actions or submit a COST Action proposal, the role and impact of the COST programme, and the benefits of participating in COST for researchers’ careers, with a focus on young researchers.

For organisational reasons, registration through this webpage is necessary to receive the link timely to join on 24 May. Registration: https://www.cost.eu/registration-checkout/?uts=1681228192#checkout  

Programme overview

10:00 | Welcome and introduction | Director of the COST Association

10:10 | What is COST and how to participate in a COST Action? | COST Policy Officer

10:30 | How to submit an application? Tips & tricks | COST Science Officer

10:40 | Which activities are funded? | COST Administrative Officer

11:00 | What are the benefits of participating in COST? | COST Action Chair

11:15 | Q&A 11:30 | End of the session

Ao abrigo do Acordo de Cooperação, a FCT e o Campus France lançam o concurso para o financiamento de projetos internacionais de mobilidade de investigadores. O acordo de cooperação científica e tecnológica entre Portugal e França, estabelecido em 2004, prevê que os dois países estabelecem um programa destinado a promover a cooperação entre professores e investigadores, incluindo jovens investigadores em estabelecimentos de ensino superior e instituições de investigação afins em Portugal e França. Um dos objetivos previstos passa por fomentar ações de intercâmbio de investigadores através do apoio à sua mobilidade no âmbito de projetos internacionais.

Os projetos terão uma duração máxima de 24 meses, sendo renováveis anualmente nos termos do Artigo 13º e 14º do regulamento. O financiamento anual da FCT por projeto é de 2.000 euros.

As candidaturas devem ser elaboradas conjuntamente pelos investigadores responsáveis dos dois países e submetidas aos organismos executores do Acordo. Assim, a equipa portuguesa deverá remeter a sua candidatura à FCT e a equipa estrangeira ao organismo do seu país.

A candidatura a apresentar à FCT deverá ser submetida no portal de submissão de candidaturas até às 17:00 do dia 26 de junho de 2023, hora de Lisboa.

Informative session focused on the MSCA Doctoral Networks upcoming 2023 Call. Date: 09th May 2023  10h00 - 11h00

Link for registration

Informative session focused on the MSCA Postdoctoral Fellowships 2023 Call organized by FCT

Date: 04th May 2023 10h00-11h00

Link for registration

For your Information, especially for those who know young researchers who might be interested in coming to LIP

MSCA Postdoctoral Fellowships (2023/24) The goal of MSCA Postdoctoral Fellowships is to enhance the creative and innovative potential of researchers holding a PhD and who wish to acquire new skills through advanced training, international, inter-sectoral and interdisciplinary mobility. MSCA Postdoctoral Fellowships will be open to excellent researchers of any nationality. The scheme also encourages researchers to work on research and innovation projects in the non-academic sector and is open to researchers wishing to reintegrate in Europe, to those who are displaced by conflict, as well as to researchers with high potential who are seeking to restart their careers in research. Through the implementation of an original and personalised research project, MSCA Postdoctoral Fellowships aim to foster excellence through training and mobility and to equip researchers with new skills and competences in order to identify solutions to current and future challenges. Postdoctoral researchers are encouraged to engage with society at large to make the results of their research visible to citizens and to involve citizens, civil society and end-users in co-creation of research content when relevant.

The Individual Call is aimed at PhD holders of any nationality or stateless with a background in any scientific area who wish to develop their scientific research or technological development activity in Portugal.

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A Fundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologia (FCT) publicou o aviso de abertura da 6.ª edição do Concurso Estímulo ao Emprego Científico Individual (CEEC Individual), cujas candidaturas vão decorrer de 4 de abril de 2023 até às 17:00 (hora de Lisboa) de 3 de maio de 2023. Este concurso prevê a contratação de mais 400 investigadores doutorados ao abrigo do Regulamento do Emprego Científico (REC). O CEEC Individual é um concurso anual que apoia diretamente a contratação de investigadores doutorados, em todas as áreas científicas, que pretendam realizar a sua atividade de investigação científica ou de desenvolvimento tecnológico em Portugal, nas instituições que integram o Sistema Nacional de Ciência e Tecnologia (SNCT). Os contratos do CEEC Individual têm a duração até 6 anos e são atribuídos, nesta edição, em função de três categorias: Investigador júnior, Investigador auxiliar e Investigador principal.

The programme eligible area covers the whole European Union territory with its 27 Member States,
including insular and outermost regions. In addition, Norway and Switzerland are full members of the
programme and organisations from these countries are eligible1 to participate in projects. Partners from
other countries can participate at their own costs.

The IAEA Lise Meitner Programme provides early and mid-career women professionals with opportunities to participate in a multiweek visiting professional programme and advanced their technical and soft skills.

Qualified female professionals are invited to submit the application with the required supporting documents at the following link. The first professional visits under the IAEA Lise Meitner Programme are expected to take place in June 2023, in the United States of America. Candidates interested in this professional visit should submit their applications no later than Sunday, March 19, 2023 (11:59pm, Vienna time).

For eligibility and application requirements, please click here.

Consulte todas as oportunidades de parceria da Enterprise Europe Network AQUI 

We are looking for entrepreneurial scientists from research centres, hospitals and universities with a health innovation project that can have an impact on society. There will be an information session on March 2. Find out more here

Infoday organizado pela Comissão Europeia dedicado ao Cluster 1: Saúde - este evento não é organizado pela Rede PERIN - 19 de janeiro de 2023 -  8:00 – 16:00

Cluster 2: Cultura, Criatividade e Sociedade Inclusiva

Link aqui - 9 de fevereiro de 2023 - 10:00 – 12:30

Cluster 3: Segurança Civil para a Sociedade

Link aqui - 23 de fevereiro de 2023 - 11:00 – 12:30

Cluster 4: O Digital, a Indústria e o Espaço

Link aqui - 18 de janeiro de 2023 - 10:00 – 12:00

Cluster 5: Clima, Energia e Mobilidade

Link aqui - 19 de janeiro de 2023 - 14:30 – 16:30

Cluster 6: Alimentação, Bioeconomia, Recursos Naturais, Agricultura e Ambiente

Link aqui - 19 de janeiro de 2023 - 10:00 – 12:00

Pilar 3: Europa Inovadora

• European Innovation Council
• European Institute of Innovation and Technology
• European Innovation Ecossystems
• EUREKA
• Enterprise Europe Network

Link aqui - 17 de janeiro de 2023 - 10:00 – 16:00

Questões Legais e Financeiras

Link aqui - 20 de janeiro de 2023 -  10:00 – 12:00

A Agência Nacional de Inovação (ANI), em colaboração com as restantes agências da Rede PERIN, está a promover a Infoweek anual de apresentação dos tópicos a concurso em 2023 e 2024 do Programa Horizonte Europa, que decorre de 16 a 20 de janeiro de 2023. Esta Infoweek será celebrada com uma sessão de abertura presencial, em Lisboa, nas instalações do IAPMEI (sitas em Estrada do Paço do Lumiar, Campus do Lumiar, Edifício A, 1649-038 Lisboa), no dia 16 de janeiro de 2023, entre as 10:00 e as 16:00, seguida de sessões online organizadas pelos diversos Clusters do Pilar 2 e pelo Pilar 3, que irão decorrer durante a semana e nas semanas seguintes. Não perca esta oportunidade de reencontrar os seus Pontos de Contacto Nacional. A participação é gratuita, mas o registo é obrigatório.

Por favor, consulte a agenda aqui e registe-se aqui.

The Research Infrastructures Work Programme 2023-2024 is published, there you’ll find all the funding opportunities within this programme for 2023 and 2024.

Until the 9th March 2023, there are 4 calls open with 18 topics which will fund approximately 61 projects:

INFRADEV – Developing, consolidating and optimizing the European research infrastructures landscape, maintaining global leadership

INFRA-2023-DEV-01-01: Concept development for a RI to manage, integrate & sustain large medical cohorts

INFRA-2023-DEV-01-02: Early phase implementation of ESFRI Projects entering the ESFRI Roadmap in 2018

INFRA-2023-DEV-01-03: Consolidation of the RI landscape – Individual support for evolution and long term sustainability of pan-European research infrastructures

INFRA-2023-DEV-01-04: Consolidation of the RI landscape – development of complementarities, synergies and/or integration between a set of pan- European RIs

INFRA-2023-DEV-01-05: Preparation of common strategies for future development of RI technologies and services within broad RI communities

INFRA-2023-DEV-01-06: Strengthen bilateral cooperation on RI with Latin America

INFRA-2023-DEV-01-07: Strengthening the international dimension of ESFRI and/or ERIC RIs

INFRA-2023-DEV-01-08: Preparatory phase of new ESFRI RI projects

INFRAEOSC – Enabling an operational, open and FAIR European Open Science Cloud ecosystem

INFRA-2023-EOSC-01-01: Build on the science cluster approach to ensure the uptake of EOSC by RIs and research communities

INFRA-2023-EOSC-01-02: Development of community-based approaches for ensuring and improving the quality of scientific software and code

INFRA-2023-EOSC-01-03: Planning, tracking, and assessing scientific knowledge production

INFRA-2023-EOSC-01-04: Next generation services for operational and sustainable EOSC Core Infrastructure

INFRA-2023-EOSC-01-05: EOSC Architecture and Interoperability Framework

INFRA-2023-EOSC-01-06: Trusted environments for sensitive data management in EOSC

INFRASERV – Research Infrastructures services to support health research, accelerate the green and digital transformation, and advance frontier knowledge

INFRA-2023-SERV-01-01: RI services to enable R&I addressing main challenges and EU priorities

INFRA-2023-SERV-01-02: RI services advancing frontier knowledge

INFRA-2023-SERV-01-03: RI services advancing frontier knowledge: co-fund pilots with pan-European RIs and/or national RIs

INFRATECH – Next generation of scientific instrumentation, tools, methods, and advanced digital solutions for RIs

INFRA-2023-TECH-01-01: New technologies and solutions for reducing the environmental and climate footprint of RIs

Grants for research internships in the USA designed for master’s students, doctoral students, and junior researchers (with a PhD for no longer than 3 years) from Portuguese institutions.

Deadlines – 2023 Open Calls

Internships starting between January 1st and June 30th, 2023:

Applications: until October 31st, 2022.

Results: until December 31st, 2022.

Internships starting between July 1st and December 31st, 2023:

Applications: until April 30th, 2023.

Results: until June 30th, 2023. More details here:

https://www.flad.pt/en/rd-usa/

https://www.flad.pt/papers-usa/

Bolsas para apresentação de comunicações em conferências nos EUA.

A bolsa Papers@USA tem como objetivo internacionalizar o conhecimento científico produzido em Portugal e apoiar o desenvolvimento académico dos participantes. A bolsa terá um valor máximo de 1.200 euros. As candidaturas devem ser realizadas 4 meses antes da data de início da conferência norte-americana para o qual o participante foi aceite. Desta forma, os prazos de candidatura para apresentação de comunicações em conferências nos EUA com início em:

Janeiro de 2023: Candidaturas até 30 setembro 2022

Fevereiro de 2023: Candidaturas até 31 outubro 2022

Março de 2023: Candidaturas até 30 novembro 2022

Abril de 2023: Candidaturas até 31 dezembro 2022

Maio de 2023: Candidaturas até 31 janeiro 2023

Junho de 2023: Candidaturas até 28 fevereiro 2023

Julho de 2023: Candidaturas até 31 março 2023

Agosto de 2023: Candidaturas até 30 abril 2023

Setembro de 2023: Candidaturas até 31 maio 2023

Outubro de 2023: Candidaturas até 30 junho 2023

Novembro 2023: Candidaturas até 31 julho 2023

Dezembro de 2023: Candidaturas até 31 agosto 2023

Os resultados serão comunicados até 60 dias após o encerramento do prazo das respetivas candidaturas.

The link will be updated regularly by FCT

During its December plenary meeting the ERC Scientific Council decided on changes to the ERC’s application forms and evaluation procedures for the 2024 calls. The current CV and Track Record templates will be combined and simplified and applicants will be able to add short narrative descriptions to explain the information provided. Applicants will also be invited to explain career breaks or unconventional career paths and to describe exceptional contributions to the research community. One effect of these changes is that the Profiles of the ERC Principal Investigators which appeared in previous Work Programmes will no longer be necessary. The Scientific Council has furthermore decided to explicitly weigh the project proposal more than the past achievements of the applicant during the evaluation. Full details will be found in the ERC Work Programme 2024 and the associated guidance documents. The Scientific Council recognises that maintaining the quality of the ERC’s evaluation is critical to its success and has always been prepared to adapt and update the ERC’s specific processes and procedures as necessary. Proposals will continue to be evaluated by peer review panels composed of leading scientists and scholars using the sole criterion of scientific excellence. In a related development, the Scientific Council also decided to sign the Agreement on Reforming Research Assessment published in July this year.

Applicants submit proposals for new or existing doctoral or postdoctoral programmes with an impact on the enhancement of human resources in R&I at regional, national or international level. These programmes will be co-funded by MSCA COFUND. Proposed programmes can cover any research disciplines ("bottom-up"), but exceptionally can also focus on specific disciplines, notably when they are based on national or regional Research and Innovation Strategies for Smart Specialisation (RIS3 strategies). In this case, the range of covered disciplines should allow reasonable flexibility for the researchers to define their topic. Funding synergies with Cohesion policy funds and the Recovery and Resilience Facility (RRF) are strongly encouraged[1],[2].

A Career Development Plan must be jointly established by the supervisor and each recruited researcher upon recruitment. In addition to research objectives, this Plan comprises the researcher's training and career needs, including training on transferable skills, teaching, planning for publications and participation in conferences and events aimed at opening science and research to citizens.

The Plan must be established at the beginning of the recruitment and should be revised (and updated where needed) within 18 months. COFUND takes the form of:

A) Doctoral programmes

Doctoral programmes offer research training activities to allow doctoral candidates to develop and broaden their skills and competences. They will lead to the award of a doctoral degree in at least one EU Member State or Horizon Europe Associated Country. The training activities should be based on the EU Principles on Innovative Doctoral Training.

Substantial training modules, including digital ones, addressing key transferable skills and competences common to all fields and fostering the culture of Open Science, innovation and entrepreneurship will be supported. They will include, inter alia, training on the use of collaborative tools, opening access to publications and to research data, FAIR data management, public engagement and citizen science.

On top of compulsory international mobility, applicants are encouraged to include elements of cross-sectoral mobility and interdisciplinarity into their programmes. Collaboration with a wider set of associated partners, including from the non-academic sector, will be positively taken into account during the evaluation. These organisations may provide hosting or secondment opportunities or training modules in research or transferable skills. Particular attention is paid to the quality of supervision and mentoring arrangements as well as career guidance. The selection procedure for doctoral candidates must be open, transparent and merit-based, in line with the Code of Conduct for the Recruitment of Researchers. The vacancy notice (to be widely advertised internationally, including on the EURAXESS[3] website) must include the minimum gross salary (not including employer’s social contributions) offered to the researcher.

B) Postdoctoral Programmes

Postdoctoral Programmes fund individual advanced research training and career development fellowships for postdoctoral researchers. The programmes should offer training to develop key transferable skills and competences common to all fields, foster innovation and entrepreneurship and promote and (where appropriate) reward Open Science practices (open access to publications and to research data, FAIR data management, public engagement and citizen science, etc.). Postdoctoral Programmes should have regular selection rounds following fixed deadlines or regular cut-off dates, allowing fair competition between researchers. The selections should be open, widely advertised (including on the EURAXESS website), competitive, merit-based and with a transparent international peer review, in line with the Code of Conduct for the Recruitment of Researchers. The vacancy notice must include the minimum gross salary (not including employer’s social contributions) offered to the postdoctoral researcher. On top of compulsory international mobility, applicants are encouraged to include elements of cross-sectoral mobility and interdisciplinarity into their programmes. Researchers will be able to freely choose a research topic and the appropriate organisation to host them, fitting their individual needs.

MSCA Staff Exchanges involve organisations from the academic and non-academic sectors (including SMEs) from across the globe. Support is provided for international, inter-sectoral and interdisciplinary mobility of R&I staff leading to knowledge transfer between participating organisations. Mobility through secondments The organisations constituting the partnership contribute directly to the implementation of a joint R&I project by seconding and/or hosting eligible staff members. Such a project must explore activities that can be based on previous work but should go beyond and generate or strengthen long-term collaborations. Secondments must always take place between legal entities independent from each other. MSCA Staff Exchanges can address three dimensions of mobility: inter-sectoral, international and interdisciplinary. While exchanges between organisations within EU Member States and Horizon Europe Associated Countries should mainly be inter-sectoral, same-sector exchanges are also possible under the condition that they are interdisciplinary. Interdisciplinarity is not required for same-sector exchanges with non-associated Third Countries. Secondments between institutions established in non-associated Third Countries or within the same EU Member State or Horizon Europe Associated Country are not eligible. The collaborative approach of MSCA Staff Exchanges should exploit complementary competences of the participating organisations and create synergies between them. The secondments should be essential to achieve the joint project’s R&I activities.

The project should inter alia enable networking activities and the organisation of workshops and conferences, to facilitate sharing of knowledge and testing of innovative approaches for specific R&I topics. Skills’ development For participating staff members, the project should offer new skills acquisition and career development perspectives. Participating organisations must ensure that the seconded staff are adequately mentored. Interdisciplinarity means the integration of information, data, techniques, tools, perspectives, concepts or theories from two or more scientific disciplines. These aspects will be assessed during the evaluation.

Starting Grants | ERC-2023-StG

Open: 12-07-2022

Deadline: 25-10-2022

Consolidator Grants | ERC-2023-CoG

Open: 28-09-2022

Deadline: 02-02-2023

Advanced Grants | ERC-2023-AdG

Open: 08-12-2022

Deadline: 23-05-2023

Synergy Grants | ERC-2023-SyG

Open: 13-07-2022

Deadline: 08-11-2023

Proof of Concept Grant | ERC-2023-PoC

Open: 20-10-2022

Cut-off dates or deadline for applications:  24-01-202, 20-04-2023, 14-09-2023

Apply for "la Caixa" Foundation Postdoctoral Fellowships by 7th October

The "la Caixa" Foundation is now accepting applications for its annual Postdoctoral Junior Leader Fellowship call, aimed at researchers interested in conducting research projects in Spain or Portugal.

Researchers of any nationality working in the STEM disciplines can apply in the call.

There are two frames within the programme:

- Incoming: 25 fellowships for researchers coming to Spain or Portugal from abroad

- Retaining: 15 fellowships for researchers residing in Spain or Portugal

Find out more and apply: https://fundacionlacaixa.org/en/postdoctoral-fellowshipsjunior-leader-call

Date: 14th June 2022, 10h00-11h00 Informative session focused on the Horizon Europe Marie Sklodowska-Curie Actions Doctoral Networks 2022 Call.  

Link for Registration:  https://videoconf-colibri.zoom.us/meeting/register/tZItcuivqzosE91uZ1ygxx3SDx25VhDu5CFy

Date: 9th June 2022, 10h00 - 11h00

Informative session focused on the Horizon Europe Marie Sklodowska-Curie Actions Postdoctoral Fellowships 2022 Call

Link for Registration: https://videoconf-colibri.zoom.us/meeting/register/tZYuf-mqqzsiGtcsctU0QXiANhErYi-7qYmF

Date: 7^th June 2022, 10h00-11h00

Description: Informative session focused on the funding opportunities for 2023 on the Horizon Europe Research Infrastructures Programme, which are expected to open in December 2022. Link for Registration: https://videoconf-colibri.zoom.us/meeting/register/tZYoce-vqDosE9ZrW0v0mOeW1xZwUpXrZVdw

Date: 2^th June 2022, 14h00-15h30

Informative session focused on the Horizon Europe ERC Calls for the Work Programme 2023, ERA Talents 2022 Call, and an introduction to the Pilar I and Widening&ERA WP2023-2024 Link for Registration: https://videoconf-colibri.zoom.us/meeting/register/tZ0qceurpj0pGtTdie3zTVdG-P5VnS44FlA2  

MSCA Doctoral Networks will implement doctoral programmes, by partnerships of universities, research institutions and research infrastructures, businesses including SMEs, and other socio-economic actors from different countries across Europe and beyond. MSCA Doctoral Networks are indeed open to the participation of organisations from third countries, in view of fostering strategic international partnerships for the training and exchange of researchers. These doctoral programmes will respond to well-identified needs in various R&I areas, expose the researchers to the academic and non-academic sectors, and offer training in research-related, as well as transferable skills and competences relevant for innovation and long-term employability (e.g. entrepreneurship, commercialisation of results, Intellectual Property Rights, communication). Proposals for doctoral networks can reflect existing or planned research partnerships among the participating organisations.

The selection procedure for doctoral candidates must be open, transparent and merit-based, in line with the Code of Conduct for the Recruitment of Researchers. The vacancy notice (to be widely advertised internationally, including on the EURAXESS website) must include the gross salary (not including employer’s social contributions) offered to the researcher. MSCA Doctoral Networks are encouraged to lead to Industrial or Joint Doctorates. The MSCA Doctoral Networks aim to train creative, entrepreneurial, innovative and resilient doctoral candidates, able to face current and future challenges and to convert knowledge and ideas into products and services for economic and social benefit. The MSCA Doctoral Networks will raise the attractiveness and excellence of doctoral training in Europe. They will equip researchers with the right combination of research-related and transferable competences and provide them with enhanced career perspectives in both the academic and non-academic sectors through international, interdisciplinary and inter-sectoral mobility combined with an innovation-oriented mind-set.

Other Calls

•          Research Infrastructures: Funding&Tenders_Ris

•          Widening: Funding&Tenders_Widening

•          ERA Calls (former SWAFS): Funding&Tenders_ERA_Calls

•          Find these and other calls open or forthcoming here

The goal of MSCA Postdoctoral Fellowships is to enhance the creative and innovative potential of researchers holding a PhD and who wish to acquire new skills through advanced training, international, interdisciplinary and inter-sectoral mobility. MSCA Postdoctoral Fellowships will be open to excellent researchers of any nationality. The scheme also encourages researchers to work on research and innovation projects in the non-academic sector and is open to researchers wishing to reintegrate in Europe, to those who are displaced by conflict, as well as to researchers with high potential who are seeking to restart their careers in research. Through the implementation of an original and personalised research project, MSCA Postdoctoral Fellowships aim to foster excellence through training and mobility and to equip researchers with new skills and competences in order to identify solutions to current and future challenges. Postdoctoral researchers are encouraged to reach out to society at large to make the results of their research visible to citizens.

Fellowships will be provided to excellent researchers, undertaking international mobility either to or between EU Member States or Horizon Europe Associated Countries, as well as to non-associated Third Countries. Applications will be made jointly by the researcher and a beneficiary in the academic or non-academic sector. Postdoctoral Fellowships either can take place in Europe (i.e. in an EU Member State or a Horizon Europe Associated Country) or in a Third Country not associated to Horizon Europe: European Postdoctoral Fellowships are open to researchers of any nationality who wish to engage in R&I projects by either coming to Europe from any country in the world or moving within Europe. The standard duration of these fellowships must be between 12 and 24 months. Global Postdoctoral Fellowships are open to European nationals or long-term residents who wish to engage in R&I projects with organisations outside EU Member States and Horizon Europe Associated Countries. These fellowships require an outgoing phase of minimum 12 and maximum 24 months in a non-associated Third Country, and a mandatory 12-month return phase to a host organisation based in an EU Member State or a Horizon Europe Associated Country. Specific eligibility conditions apply to MSCA Postdoctoral Fellowships in the research areas covered by the Euratom Research and Training Programme 2021-2025.

HORIZON-EIC-2022-TRANSITIONOPEN-01

ExpectedOutcome: EIC Transition aims at maturing both your technology and business idea thus increasing its technology and market readiness. The expected outcomes of an EIC Transition project are a) a technology that is demonstrated to be effective for its intended application and b) a business model, its initial validation and a business plan for its development to market. It is also expected that the intellectual property generated by your EIC Transition project is formally protected in an adequate way. For more details, see the WP 2022. Objective: This topic has no predefined thematic priorities and is open to proposals in any field of science, technology or application. For any chosen field, EIC Transition projects should address, in a balanced way, both technology and market/business development, possibly including iterative learning processes based on early customer or user feedback. These activities should include, subject to the level of maturity of the technology, a suitable mix of research, technology development and validation activities to increase the maturity of the technology beyond proof of principle to viable demonstrators of the technology in the intended field of application (i.e. up to Technology Readiness Level 5 or 6). The activities must in all cases address market readiness towards commercialisation and deployment (market research, business case, prospects for growth, intellectual property protection, competitor analysis etc.) and other relevant aspects of regulation, certification and standardisation, aimed at getting both the technology and the business idea investment-ready. Scope: EIC Transition funds innovation activities that go beyond the experimental proof of principle in laboratory. It supports both the maturation and validation of a novel technology from the lab to the relevant application environments (by making use of prototyping, formulation, models, user testing or other validation tests) as well as explorations and development of a sustainable business case and business model towards commercialisation. Expected Impact: At the end of the EIC Transition project, it should be ready for the next stage, which can be to apply for EIC Accelerator (if you are a SME, including start-ups or spin-offs), to seek other investors or sources of funding, to enter licensing or collaboration agreements with third parties, or other routes to market deployment. In case the project is not led by an SME or commercial partner, the formation and spin out of a new company can be included as part of the activities. It will be expected to describe the intended pathway and route to market in the proposal, and to specify milestones and KPIs during the implementation of your project to assess progress towards the market.  

You should apply to this call if you are looking for support from EIC Pathfinder Open to realise an ambitious vision for radically new technology, with potential to create new markets and/or to address global challenges. EIC Pathfinder Open supports early stage development of such future technologies (e.g. various activities at low Technology Readiness Levels 1-4), based on high-risk/high-gain science-towards-technology breakthrough research (including ‘deep-tech’). This research must provide the foundations of the technology you are envisioning.

EIC Pathfinder Open may support your work, especially if it is highly risky: you may set out to try things that will not work; you may be faced with questions that nobody knows the answer to yet; you may realise that there are many aspects of the problem that you do not master. On the contrary, if the path you want to follow is incremental by nature or known, EIC Pathfinder Open will not support you.

Before applying you should verify that your proposal meets all the following essential characteristics (‘Gatekeepers’): Convincing long-term vision of a radically new technology that has the potential to have a transformative positive effect to our economy and society. Concrete, novel and ambitious science-towards-technology breakthrough, providing advancement towards the envisioned technology. High-risk/high-gain research approach and methodology, with concrete and plausible objectives.

1. Admissibility and eligibility conditions: This call is open for collaborative research. Your proposal must be submitted by the coordinator, on behalf of a consortium that includes at least three independent legal entities, each one established in a different Member State or Associated Country and with at least one of them established in a Member State. The legal entities may for example be universities, research organisations, SMEs, start-ups, industrial partners or natural persons. The standard admissibility and eligibility conditions are detailed in Annex 2, and the eligibility of applicants from third countries in Annex 3 of the EIC Work Programme 2022.

2. Proposal page limits and layout: described in Part B of the Application Form available in the Submission System Sections 1 to 3 of the part B of your proposal, corresponding respectively to the evaluation criteria Excellence, Impact, and Quality and Efficiency of the Implementation, must consist of a maximum of 17 A4 pages. Excess pages will be automatically made invisible, and will not be taken into consideration by the evaluators. Please also consult Annex 2 of the EIC Work Programme 2022.

3. Financial and operational capacity :described in Annex 2 of the EIC Work Programme 2022.

4. Evaluation and award: Submission and evaluation processes: described in Section II.1 of the EIC Work Programme 2022 and the Online Manual.  

A rebuttal procedure after the remote phase will provide you with the opportunity to reply with a strict page limit (maximum two A4 pages) to the evaluators’ comments, which you will receive about 1.5-2.5 months after the call deadline via the EU Funding & Tender Opportunities Portal. The deadline for sending your replies will be eight calendar days (at 17h00 Brussels local time) after you have received the evaluators’ comments.

Your replies cannot be used to alter or add to the content of the proposals, but must strictly focus on responding to potential misunderstandings or errors by the evaluators.

Your replies will be made available to the evaluation committee. Award criteria, scoring and thresholds: described in Section II.1 of the EIC Work Programme 2022. Indicative timeline for evaluation and grant agreement: described in Section II.1 of the EIC Work Programme 2022.    

You will be informed about the outcome of the evaluation within 5 months from the call deadline (indicative), and, if your proposal is accepted for funding, your grant agreement will be signed by 8 months after call deadline (indicative).

 5. Legal and financial set-up of the grants: Please refer to the Model Grant Agreement (MGA) used for EIC actions under Horizon Europe  

Documents Call documents:

EIC Work Programme 2022

Frequently Asked Questions (FAQs)

Standard Application Form (EIC Pathfinder Open 2022)

Call

Next generation of scientific instrumentation, tools and methods (2022) (HORIZON-INFRA-2022-TECH-01)  

Type of action HORIZON-RIA HORIZON Research and Innovation Actions

Type of MGA HORIZON Action Grant Budget-Based [HORIZON-AG]  

Deadline model single-stage

Planned opening date 19 January 2022

Deadline date 20 April 2022 17:00:00 Brussels time  

Partnerships in Health (2022) (HORIZON-HLTH-2022-DISEASE-03)

Types of action    HORIZON Programme Cofund Actions

Deadline model    single-stage

Opening date    12 January 2022

Deadline date    21 April 2022 17:00:00 Brussels time

Expected Outcome:

This topic aims at supporting activities that are enabling or contributing to one or several expected impacts of destination 3 “Tackling diseases and reducing disease burden” and destination 1 “Staying healthy in a rapidly changing society”. To that end, proposals under this topic should aim for delivering results that are contributing to all of the following expected outcomes:

• Based on a trusted governance and effective working modalities, research funders, health policy-makers and the research community work together in order to identify and prioritise topics of common interest and European benefit;
• Research funders and policy-makers:

Caros Investigadores e Gestores de Ciência,   Gostaríamos de vos convidar para uma sessão online no dia 21 de dezembro, terça feira, pelas 14h00. Iremos abordar várias questões relacionadas com o Pilar I e WIDERA (Widening&ERA) do Horizonte Europa, em particular o ERC e os concursos do WIDERA que têm deadlines no primeiro trimestre de 2022. A sessão será em formato de reunião zoom, limitado a 300 participantes. É necessário registo, e poderão fazê-lo aqui: https://videoconf-colibri.zoom.us/meeting/register/tZMtf-yppzsqH9UPtlx4oQzpqMWtNRKywpCs Melhores cumprimentos, A Equipa de NCPs do Pilar I e WIDERA do Horizonte Europa

Estando a decorrer os concursos do Programa de Infraestruturas de Investigação do Horizonte Europa, biénio 2021-2022, cujo programa pode ser consultado aqui, com vista à preparação dos próximos concursos, estão a ser organizadas sessões de divulgação do Programa de Infraestruturas de Investigação do Horizonte Europa:

- 15 de novembro de 2021 às 14h00: Sessão de informação centrada nos concursos INFRAEOSC e INFRATECH. Para assistir a esta sessão por favor registe-se aqui.  

Estando a decorrer os concursos do Programa de Infraestruturas de Investigação do Horizonte Europa, biénio 2021-2022, cujo programa pode ser consultado aqui, com vista à preparação dos próximos concursos, estão a ser organizadas sessões de divulgação do Programa de Infraestruturas de Investigação do Horizonte Europa:

- 12 de novembro de 2021 às 14h00: Sessão de informação centrada no concurso INFRADEV. Para assistir a esta sessão por favor registe-se aqui.    

The 2nd edition of the Al Moonshot Challenge was launched this Thursday, November 4th, during the last day of Web Summit. As part of the launch, the application submission period was also opened. It will run until the end of May 2022 and proposals will be evaluated between June and October of the same year. The finalist teams will have the opportunity to pitch during the 2022 edition of Web Summit, during which the winner(s) will be known.

https://ptspace.pt/the-second-edition-of-the-ai-moonshot-challenge-observes-the-earth-but-also-looks-to-space/

Vimos por este meio divulgar a sessão de esclarecimento sobre o concurso do Horizonte Europa “Excellence Hubs”, que será organizada pelos NCPs do Widening, Rui Munhá e David Marçal. Portugal, como país do Widening, encontra-se numa posição privilegiada neste concurso já que serão exigidas propostas em Co-Coordenação entre pelo menos 2 Ecossistemas de 2 países Widening. Um “Ecossistema” está definido como um conjunto de entidades com 4 tipologias diferentes (Instituições de I&D, Empresas, Autoridades Locais ou Regionais e Sociedade Civil). Neste concurso serão financiados projetos de 3-5 M€ com uma duração de 4 anos. O concurso irá abrir no início de novembro e com prazo de submissão em março de 2022. Poderão aceder ao texto do concurso aqui. O “Excellence Hubs” complementa as atividades do Widening que são do vosso conhecimento, nomeadamente Twinning, ERA-CHAIRs ou Teaming. Está também relacionado com a iniciativa dos “ERA Hubs” (info adicional LINK1 e LINK2), mas centrada na componente do Widening. A tipologia das candidaturas é particularmente indicada ao nosso Sistema Científico e Tecnológico, e os projetos incluem financiamento para atividades de I&D para além das tradicionais atividades financiadas no âmbito de Ações de Coordenação e Suporte. A Equipa PERIN na FCT

STRATEGIC AUTONOMY IN DEVELOPING, DEPLOYING AND USING GLOBAL SPACE-BASED INFRASTRUCTURES, SERVICES, APPLICATIONS AND DATA 2022 (HORIZON-CL4-2022-SPACE-01)

Topic description

Expected Outcome:

Projects are expected to contribute to the following outcomes: Enable breakthroughs in technologies and scientific instrumentation for space science and exploration missions including those described in the Global Exploration Roadmap from the International Space Exploration Coordination Group (ISECG).

Validation of novel space/planetary robotic technologies and instrumentation through analogue tests. Increased collaboration of scientific, engineering and industrial teams both within and outside Europe across different domains.

To strengthen European scientific excellence and support the development of leading edge scientific and technologic research in Europe  Scope:

The development of innovative instrumentation (payload) and technologies enabling space science and exploration missions requires timely technology development associated with future space science and exploration missions, including robotic exploration technologies, early stage scientific instrumentation and component technologies for space resources utilisation and space observatories.

The development of new and innovative approaches, such as instruments for Cubesats and other small space platforms, including planetary entry probe, or the use of Commercial off-the-shelf (COTS) components is encouraged as long as it contributes to the implementation of space science and exploration missions with significant scientific outputs.

Advances are expected in support to on-site activities such as innovative measurement techniques, increased sensitivity, increased robustness, faster and more accurate data processing or in-situ sample and data analysis.

The proposed activities should target primarily European and European-led space science and exploration missions or international missions where the participation of European partners provides demonstrated added value in technological development and scientific output.

In this topic the integration of the gender dimension (sex and gender analysis) in research and innovation content is not a mandatory requirement.  

Space Weather TOPIC ID: HORIZON-CL4-2022-SPACE-01-62

Planned opening date 28 October 2021

Deadline date 16 February 2022 17:00:00 Brussels time

Budget 2022: 2 000 000 EUR

Topic description

Expected Outcome:

Commonly occurring space weather events (SWE) have the potential to affect the performance of critical space and ground infrastructure by disrupting operations and communications in multiple sectors of society. In addition, “extreme SWE” could have devastating societal and economic consequences with potential costs for disruptions and damages estimated in tens or even hundreds of billions of Euros. Space weather technological research for new precursor services: the worldwide goal of space weather activities should be to monitor and forecast SWE just like terrestrial weather. However, direct physical simulation is currently not achievable for an operational Sun to Earth system, due in part to the lack of measurements and to the complexity of the involved processes, as well as different timescales involved. Current space weather models are generally not capable of forecasting events over several days. A longer forecasting horizon would require access to data from new observation infrastructure coupled with new and improved modelling capabilities. Research and innovation activities should address application domains that may include space as well as terrestrial infrastructure. Proposals should include architectural concepts of possible European space weather services in relation to the application domains addressed and they should demonstrate complementarity to Space Weather services developed through the Space Situational Awareness component of the EU Space Programme. . Prepare Europe for a full exploitation of space weather data by a renewed effort on modelling and forecasting using currently available data. . Develop concepts to provide space weather data, forecasts and warnings with criteria on (timely) availability, harmonized (data) standards and quality control similar to the best-practices of meteorological services (as e.g. documented by the World Meteorological Organisation WMO). . Improve scientific understanding of the origin and evolution of space weather phenomena. . Improving SWE restitution and prediction capabilities using artificial intelligence / deep learning techniques. . Develop new services for both scientific purposes and terrestrial infrastructure monitoring. . Acceleration innovation of enabling technologies (maturing, prototyping, on ground tests including exploratory ground based instrumentations research) . Identified and matured concepts up to TRL 3-4

Scope:

New modelling including ab-initio simulations to understand fundamental Sun-Earth physical mechanisms and their sensitivity to parameter change for improved forecasting skills, and forecasting techniques capable of improving the restitution quality and extending the time horizon of a future space weather forecasting capability to several days. .

Proposals should address the development of modelling capabilities and/or the delivery of prototype services able to interpret a broad range of observations of the Sun’s corona and magnetic field, of the Sun-Earth interplanetary space and of the Earth magneto/iono/thermo-sphere coupling relying on existing observation capacities. .

Validate and harmonize the currently available data from existing services and identify gaps in data and model availability. .

Training of models using deep-learning techniques based on existing large aggregated databases from space measurements.

. Inventory of potential early indicators of extreme space weather events.

. Complementary and coherent activities with the ESA on-going or future activities in particular those decided at the last ESA Ministerial held in November 2019. .

On ground demonstration tests .

Ground instruments: densification of ground instrument networks and development/improvement of new instrument concepts .

Complementary and coherent activities with existing space weather services with a significant involvement of European and national scientific institutions and stakeholders.

O Nuclear Innovation Prize, que pretende destacar e premiar a excelência em inovação nuclear neste campo de investigação, bem como a qualidade de investigadores e empresas envolvidas. Existem duas categorias específicas para este prémio: 1. Nuclear Innovation Prize in safety of reactor systems; e 2. Nuclear Innovation Prize in radioactive waste management. As candidaturas já se encontram a decorrer até 15 de dezembro de 2021.

MSCA Doctoral Networks 2021 - 2022 T

Two calls:

Open: 22 June 2021 Deadline: 16 November 2021

Open: 03 May 2022 Deadline: 15 November 2022

MSCA Postdoctoral Fellowships 2021 - 2022

Two calls

Open: 22 June 2021 Deadline: 12 October 2021

Open: 13 April 2022 Deadline: 14 September 2022

MSCA Staff Exchanges 2021 - 2022

Two calls

Open: 07 October 2021 Deadline: 09 March 2022

Open: 06 October 2022 Deadline: 08 March 2023

MSCA Researchers at Risk 2021

Open: 02 September 2021 Deadline: 06 January 2022

TOPIC ID: HORIZON-WIDERA-2022-ERA-01-60

Type of action
HORIZON-CSA HORIZON Coordination and Support Actions
Type of MGA
HORIZON Action Grant Budget-Based [HORIZON-AG]

Deadline model
single-stage

Planned opening date
19 January 2022
Deadline date
20 April 2022 17:00:00 Brussels time

Widening Participation and Strengthening the European Research Area - Work Programme 2021-2022  

A pallet of different funding instruments aimed at i) individual and institutional connectivity (COST and Twinning), ii) balanced brain circulation in Europe (ERA-Chairs, and ERA Policy linked to MSCA), iii) institutional and regional reform and transformation (Teaming and Excellence Universities), iv) linking science and business (Excellence Hubs and EIC Accelarator), and v) capacity building and inclusiveness (NCP Support, "Hop On", Seal of Excellence). Main widening actions described below.

Twinning stands for institutional networking, aimed at strengthening a specific research field. Widening organisation linked to at least 2 leading research organisations. Projects of 1.5M€ for 3 years.

Teaming to create new (or significant update of existing) centres of excellence in Widening countries through a coupling process with a leading scientific institution. Projects of 6-8 years with around 15 M€ funding.

ERA-CHAIRs: bringing excellence to institutions by attracting outstanding scientists and their teams as game changers to universities or research organisations. Projects of around 2.5M€ for 5-6 years.

Cooperation in Science and Technology (COST): bottom-up and open networking projects aimed at individuals, and in all domains of knowledge. Each thematic network runs for 4 years with an average budget of 0.5 M€.