Call Bilateral Cooperation Portugal – France 2025 (PESSOA Program)

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

This joint action comes under the French-Portuguese Partenariat Hubert Curien (PHC) – Pessoa Program, implemented in France by the Ministry for Europe and Foreign Affairs and the Ministry of Higher Education and Research, and in Portugal by the FCT.

The main objective of Call to promote scientific and technological exchange 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 new areas of cooperation.

This Call the mobility of researchers within the scope of their projects, strictly intended for 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 belonging to the National Science and Technology System (SNCT) and companies of any nature and legal form.

Applications may be submitted until 5:00 p.m. (Lisbon time) on June 25, 2025. For more information, please visit the Call page.