FCT and Berkeley University sign memorandum of understanding

On March 13, FCT and the University of Berkeley formally signed a memorandum of understanding between the two institutions for the first time, as a result of talks during a visit to California in February by the Minister of Science, Technology, and Higher Education, Elvira Fortunato, the President of FCT, Madalena Alves, and the Executive Director of the Luso-American Development Foundation (FLAD), Rita Araújo. The agreement was signed on the Portuguese side by the Consul General of Portugal in San Francisco, Pedro Pinto.

The implementation of this memorandum of understanding is already being defined, taking into account that Portuguese students' attendance at the University of Berkeley is co-financed by the Pinto-Fialon Fund. The FCT is designing a complementary support program to promote Portuguese students' access to this university, which is one of the best in the world.

It should be noted that in February, FCT had already signed a memorandum of understanding with Stanford Doerr School of Sustainability following the visit of the President of the Republic in September last year. This is a new school at Stanford University, also in California, focused on research into solutions with a high impact on the challenges of sustainability and climate change. It should be noted that this was the first memorandum signed by this school and another institution.