FCT joins Call for Social Research Projects from the ”la Caixa” Foundation

The application period for the 2025 edition of Call the Social Observatory of the ”la Caixa” Foundation is now open and will remain so until 1:00 p.m. (Mainland Portugal time) on January 22, 2025.

This Call to support social research projects based on quantitative data that stand out for their excellence and which, through an original and innovative approach, generate robust and solid information that allows for an in-depth understanding of the present and future social challenges facing Spain and/or Portugal.

Support will be given to selected applications led by individual researchers of any nationality who carry out their research activities in a non-profit organization—public or private universities or research centers based in Portugal or Spain.

FCT has been involved in the annual editions Calls Social Research Calls since 2020, under the agreement signed with the ”la Caixa” Foundation, which provides for the mobilization of support for the financing of projects led by researchers from research institutions based in Portugal. The collaboration with FCT has already enabled the financing of a total of 25 projects led by Portuguese institutions, with a joint investment of more than €2.5 million, of which €800,000 comes from FCT.

For more information about the Call the application process, please visit the ”la Caixa” Foundation website and the information about this Call on the FCT website.

See also the winning projects from the latest edition (2024).