R&D Units - Financing 2020-2023

Expenditure arising from "the results of funding in the context of scientific activity" is considered eligible, in accordance with point 2.5.1(e), referring to the Demonstration, Promotion and Dissemination (DPD) heading of the Financial Implementing Rules.

This heading should include travel, accommodation and subsistence expenses for members of the research team when they take part in scientific events with an intervention or communication that falls within the objectives of the funding.

Expenditure under this heading is related to the objective of disseminating the results of funding within the scope of scientific activity, namely in compliance with national open access policies. Thus, when members of the research team take part in scientific events with intervention or communication within the objectives of the funding, all the expenses inherent to this participation are presented under this heading.

Scientific events, as long as they fall within the scope of the Unit's activity, may be those that the Unit considers relevant to its activity.

All these interventions may be valid depending on the context, framework and their direct relationship with the fulfillment of the R&D Unit's activity plan.

In order for publication processing costs to be accepted as eligible, scientific publications (articles or books) must comply with the rules for informing and publicizing the support that led to them, have a DOI or ISBN assigned and be open access. Publication costs are not accepted as eligible if they are commercialized.

Yes, the expenses mentioned are eligible as direct expenditure, as they fall within the scope of the unit's activity and comply with the NEF.

When submitting expenditure, a framework should be drawn up, justifying the non-acceptance of the article with evidence so that the situation can be analyzed on a case-by-case basis.

No. The regulations in force must be complied with, namely the Information and Publicity Regulations. References to funding and identification of the R&D Unit and FCT should be as complete and up-to-date as possible, in accordance with the aforementioned regulations.

No. Any publication whose costs are borne by the FCT must comply with the information and publicity rules in force. In the case of books, the FCT logo must be accompanied by a reference to the funding and identification of the R&D Unit.

No. According to point 2.9 of the Financial Implementing Rules, "the following expenses are considered ineligible for funding R&D Units: (...) Transactions between the institutions participating in the funding", i.e., expenses supported by documents issued by the unit's own management institutions are not eligible for funding.

Only expenses arising from Merchandising produced to publicize the R&D Unit directly related to the dissemination of the activities or scientific results of the funding are eligible.