UTAustin Portugal Program

Addressing different areas of knowledge through multidisciplinary research, and enhancing the transfer and commercialization of technology, in a collaborative way between Portugal and the University of Texas and other institutions.

Main areas

• Clean Energy;
• Advancd Computing;
• Nanotechnologies;
• Space-Earth Technologies.

Initiatives

• Education: advanced training program for Portuguese students, teachers and industry professionals, from thematic lectures and workshops to advanced training courses and research exchanges.
• Research: collaborative research projects, targeting important societal challenges, involving UT Austin researchers and Portuguese institutions, in close association with companies. Major cross-cutting research projects and exploratory research projects to leverage high-impact research activities of international strategic relevance;
• Innovation: activities to launch and accelerate Portuguese start-ups, providing professional guidance on corporate structure, strategy, developing business models, training professionals and business teams, facilitating access to job opportunities, the market and funding.

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.