MIT-Portugal Program

The MIT Portugal Program (MPP2030) aims to develop collaborative research between MIT and Portuguese universities, research institutes, laboratories and companies, boosting high-impact innovative ideas and research projects with the potential to tackle complex challenges with a 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: major collaborative research projects between MIT and Portuguese universities, research institutes, laboratories, 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. several different activities and events, such as competitions and hackathons, to develop and test ideas;
• Doctoral Studentships : within the scope of the MIT Portugal program, the FCT awards 40 (forty) FCT-MPP2030 doctoral 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, and is one of the measures included in investment RE-C06-i06 - Ciência Mais Capacitação and contracted between the FCT and the Recovering Portugal Mission Structure.