Call for Applications for Exploratory Research Projects in all Scientific Fields 2024

Applications for the Call for Exploratory Research Projects in all Scientific Fields 2024 are open until February 25, 2025.

The aim of this Call is to fund exploratory projects (PEX) in all scientific fields, with a particular focus on innovative proposals aimed at researchers at the beginning of their careers, or original ideas and concepts that are highly novel and show the potential to disrupt previous work by more experienced researchers.

The planned duration of the projects to be developed is 18 months, and the maximum funding to be awarded has been increased from 50,000 euros to 60,000 euros per project, without reducing the total number of projects to be funded. The overall budget for this measure is 24 million euros, an increase of 4 million euros compared to previous Calls .

Applications must be submitted using a specific form, available on the myFCT platform, by 5pm on February 25, 2025 (mainland Portugal time).

After this date, there is the deadline for the respective agreement by the head of the Proposing Institution, or someone delegated by him, by submitting the Proposing Institution's Declaration of Commitment, which will be available on the myFCT platform after the deadline for submitting applications and until 5 pm on March 11, 2025 (mainland Portugal time).

For more information, see the Call page.