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Scientific Research and Technological Development Projects (Calls)

Questions on the budget and budget justification

• Are there set limits for the various funding categories?
• Can we register national institutions at no cost?
• If companies are participating in the research projects, can the expenses borne by these companies be reimbursed at 100%?
• What is de minimis support?
• How does one estimate the amounts of the Contribution to Voluntary Social Security?
• Where in the budget can expenses related to voluntary social security contributions of individual grant recipients be included?
• Can members of the research team who are not faculty or hired researchers be remunerated (human resources or acquisition of services?)?
• Does the Human Resource budget item aims to fund preferably individual grants rather than contracts?
• In the Human Resources section, under Other Costs, what types of expenses can be included?
• Are project-related travel expenses for a member of the research team who is an FCT doctoral grant recipient considered eligible?
• Can mission expenses made by team member nonresident in Portugal be eligible within a project?
• Should the CVs of consultants be submitted?
• How to enter the CV of a Consultant?
• Can expenses relating to payments made to specialists who collaborate on the project be included?
• Can expenses relating to payments made to specialists who collaborate on the project be included?
• Which categories of costs are considered when calculating overheads and how are the overheads calculated?
• Can expenses related to technical/administrative personnel who provide direct support to the project be included?