Calls Exploratory Projects within the framework of international partnerships between FCT and North American universities

Applications for Exploratory Project Calls under the international partnerships between FCT and the US universities Carnegie Mellon University (CMU), Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) and University of Texas at Austin (UT Austin) are open until January 22, 2025.

The international partnerships, CMU-Portugal, MIT-Portugal and UT Austin-Portugal, promote Calls for exploratory projects every year, with the aim of developing disruptive, high-risk scientific projects, but with a high potential impact on the development and valorization of the scientific results obtained.

In each of these Calls, the projects to be developed are expected to last 12 months, with total funding of €400,000 allocated to each partnership.

FCT supports the internationalization of the national scientific and technological community by representing Portugal in international forums, funding innovative projects and the mobility of highly qualified human resources.

For more information, see the news published on the FCT website about the Calls Exploratory Projects of the CMU-Portugal, MIT-Portugal and UT Austin-Portugal 2024 Programs.