Information systems

To register an institution in FCT's information systems you must do the following:

1. Enter the Science and Technology Portal and log in with a user previously registered in the FCT systems.
2. Choose the Register of Institutions option
3. Fill in the institution's details and click Save to submit the data.

The FCT will validate the data and the institution will be available within 24 hours.

To start using the FCT systems, the institution must follow these steps:

1. Confirm that the institution is registered in the FCT systems. If it is not yet registered, you can do so in the PCT under the Register of Institutions option.
2. Confirm that the head of the institution is registered in the FCT systems. If they are not yet registered, they can do so on myFCT.
3. Send a request to credenciais@fct.pt with the name of the head of the institution, their CIÊNCIA ID, the position they hold and a copy of a document proving their position.
4. The FCT associates the manager with the institution and sends an email informing the manager that from that date he can delegate permissions to the users of the systems in his institution.

The administrators are defined by the head of the institution who has been appointed in advance by the FCT.

To do this, the manager must log in to the PCT, in the Access delegation menu choose User groups and add and remove users from the Administrators group.

If no additional administrators are defined, only the manager will be able to manage access for all the institution's users.

Access is delegated in the PCT by any of the members of the administrators' group, by creating user groups and assigning access to these groups.

Please send an email to credenciais@fct.pt with the new details of your institution that you wish to update.

Search for the various words in the name of the institution and its NIF/NIPC. If you can't find the institution, you should request that it be registered in the FCT's database of institutions by filling in the form available at Registering Institutions on the Science and Technology Portal (PCT).

If the institution has a NIF or NIPC, the name must be exactly the same as that listed in the National Register of Legal Persons. If the institution does not have a NIF or NIPC, the name must be the official one contained in the applicable Statutes, Regulations, etc.

It is the translation into English, without legal value, of the name of the institution, for the purposes of scientific or other evaluation.

This is the Tax Identification Number. When this field is filled in, the name of the institution must match the name on the card issued by the Tax Administration. There are institutions registered in the FCT database that do not have a TIN.

This is the Corporate Identification Number. It will be blank if it matches the NIF. Some institutions have a NIPC but no NIF. In this case, this field must be filled in. Some institutions have neither a NIF nor a NIPC.

This is the Social Security Identification Number. There are institutions registered in the FCT Database that do not have a NISS.

It is the Code of Economic Activities - Revision 3. For more information see the document Portuguese classification of economic activities - rev 3 from INE.