Signing of the contract for the future FCT premises

The signing of the contract for the future premises of the Foundation for Science and Technology (FCT) will take place on March 22 at 3pm in the LNEC Auditorium in Lisbon (Avenida do Brasil). The ceremony will be presided over by the Minister for Science, Technology and Higher Education, Elvira Fortunato. See the event program here.

With the signing of this document by the FCT and ESTAMO, the first step will be taken towards the creation of the Campus Ciência XXI, a support measure for the scientific community included in the PRR - Recovery and Resilience Plan (Investment C05 - i08 - Ciência Mais Digital) with funding of 3.7 million euros.

The main aim of this investment is to promote the digital transition in science and technology. The creation of a science and technology campus, open to society and oriented towards the future, means, in a first phase, the rehabilitation and adaptation of two buildings on Avenida do Brasil in Lisbon, transferring the FCT services currently installed on Avenida D. Carlos I to this location, where the FCT's digital services already operate (through its FCCN Unit).

The intervention, which will now begin, will result in the creation of modern, functional spaces that are adaptable to the current needs of the FCT and the scientific and technological community, in a measure that contributes to a more efficient and modern Public Administration, greater efficiency in the provision of public services in the area of Science, better working conditions for the FCT and a reduction in costs in the public budget. This is seen as the first step in a larger project, to be promoted by the Ministry of Science, Technology and Higher Education, to create a vast and articulated Science Campus, which in the future will incorporate, according to an organic and harmonious strategy, other entities of the National Science and Technology System (SNCT).

These and other measures for science, planned under the reprogramming of the RRP with an investment of 93 million euros and developed by the XXIII Constitutional Government, can be consulted at:

Ciência Mais Digital (45 million euros)

Science Plus Training (48 million euros)