MIT-Portugal Program

The MIT Portugal Program (MPP2030) aims to develop collaborative research between MIT and Portuguese universities, research institutes, laboratories, and companies, fostering innovative, high-impact ideas and research projects with the potential to address complex challenges with global and social impact.

Main Areas

• Climate Science and Climate Change;
• Earth Observation: Oceans-Space;
• Digital transformation in manufacturing;
• Sustainable Cities.
  (areas supported by Data Science)

Initiatives

• Flagship projects: large collaborative research projects between MIT and Portuguese universities, research institutes, laboratories, and companies;
• Seed Projects: funding for collaborative research ideas between MIT and Portuguese universities, research institutes, laboratories, and companies;
• Sprint ideas: Short events/competitions, i.e., various different activities and events, such as competitions and hackathons, for developing and testing ideas;
• Studentships : under the MIT Portugal program, FCT awards 40 (forty) FCT-MPP2030 Studentships each year for doctoral studies in the main areas of the MIT Portugal Program.

This program benefits or has benefited from funding from the Recovery and Resilience Plan, being one of the measures included in investment RE-C06-i06 – Science Plus Training and contracted between FCT and the Recuperar Portugal Mission Structure.