The Associate Laboratories are formally consulted by the Government on the definition of programs and instruments of national scientific and technological policy.
The Statute of Associate Laboratory is attributed by dispatch of the member of the Government responsible for the area of science and technology, for a period of up to 10 years, and aims to encourage the aggregation and organization of human and material resources with the quality and dimension necessary to respond to specific objectives of national scientific and technological policy. The FCT is responsible for conducting the process of evaluating proposals for the creation and renewal of Associate Laboratories, as well as its follow-up.
Check out the Atlas of Associate Laboratories.
Results of the last Call for granting Associate Laboratory (LA) status:
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40
Associate Laboratories
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100
R&D units
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9700
researchers
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24
M€ annual investment period 2021-2025
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Associate Laboratories
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