The circumnavigation voyage led by Ferdinand Magellan, beginning in 1519, was the first complete voyage around the globe, whose cultural heritage and significance remain to this day. The celebrations of its 500th anniversary are the subject of Council of Ministers Resolution No. 24/2017, and its program, contained in Council of Ministers Resolution No. 52/2018, includes a program of research and innovation in areas associated with circumnavigation.
Taking as a reference the circumnavigation voyage and its conceptual framework of discovery of the land and oceans, interaction with peoples and cultures, and the natural world and biological wealth, the aim is to project this into the future, developing new knowledge in various thematic areas from a multidisciplinary scientific perspective and contributing to the R&D agenda on "Atlantic Interactions," including:
- Earth observation and knowledge: understanding and monitoring the oceans, land masses, atmosphere, and near space; developing and applying innovative technologies, including the development and use of space technologies, for systematic measurements; data processing and analysis, data science, and modeling and forecasting systems, integrating climate change, energy, ocean and earth science, with an emphasis on systems involving Atlantic interactions.
- Climate and climate change: integrated study of the interactions between the atmosphere, ocean, land, and space, and their effects on climate, meteorology, and their dynamics; data acquisition, analysis, processing, and dissemination, and development of integrated models, particularly for the Atlantic regions.
- Sustainable cities, mobility, and sociocultural interactions: research on the science, planning, and engineering of cities and networks between cities, integrating energy use, transportation systems and mobility, connectivity networks, and quality of life; multiculturalism and demographic, population, and sociocultural dynamics.
- Biodiversity and biological resources: research on the dynamics of biological resources in relation to climate and pollution; ecosystems and biodiversity; systems for data acquisition, monitoring, and modeling; application of data science approaches to the sustainability of productive systems, including fisheries, agriculture, and bioindustries; intelligent systems for the use and valorization of natural resources.
The FCT has therefore created an R&D program for research in these areas, as part of the program of celebrations for the 500th anniversary of the circumnavigation voyage.
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