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The deadline for submission of proposals for Strategic Projects 2013-2014 was extended until 22nd May 2013 at 5pm (GMT).

2013-2014 Funding for Strategic Projects developed by R&D Units and Associate Laboratories

Fundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologia funds Strategic Projects developed by R&D Units and Associate Laboratories, in accordance with the Regulations governing access to funding for scientific research and technological development projects – 2010 (amended in 2011).

Information on funding for 2013 and 2014:

  • R&D Units evaluated as “Excellent” and Associate Laboratories officially located in regions falling the European Convergence objective (North, Centre and Alentejo) are invited to submit an application for funding for the 2013-2014 Strategic Project, to be co-funded by the European Regional Development Fund (ERDF) through the Programa Operacional Fatores de Competitividade (COMPETE) of QREN (National Strategic Reference Framework).
Public Invitation
Submission of Application
Application Guide
  • Applications are open between 3rd May and 17th May 2013, at 5pm (GMT).
  • R&D Units evaluated as “Excellent” and Associate Laboratories officially located in the remaining regions are asked to submit a proposal by filling in the form below, to apply for funding for the 2013-2014 Strategic Project from the State Budget.
Proposal submission
Application Guide
  • Applications are open between 3rd May and 17th May 2013, at 5pm (GMT).
  • Strategic Projects from R&D Units evaluated as “Very Good” and “Good” may be reprogrammed for one more year, until 31/12/2013.
    The POFC COMPETE (Programa Operacional Fatores de Competitividade – COMPETE) is available to proceed to a new extension until 31/12/2014, of the strategic projects of the R&D Units classified as “Very Good”. The same procedure applies to R&D Units classified as “Very Good” and “Good”, funded exclusively by the State Budget.

The call for evaluation of R&D Units will take place in June and it is expected that the approval of the funding resulting from the evaluation regards the 2015-2020 period.

For projects that are eligible for co-funding from ERDF, within COMPETE, the following regulations apply (in Portuguese only):
Regulamento Específico do Sistema de Apoio a Entidades do Sistema Científico e Tecnológico Nacional [Specific Regulations for Support of Institutions of the National Scientific and Technological System]
Regulamento Geral FEDER e Fundo de Coesão [General Regulation on ERDF and the Cohesion Fund]

For more information:

For information regarding the application form and submission process, please contact projectosestrategicos@fct.pt.
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