UTAustin Portugal Program

Addressing various areas of knowledge through multidisciplinary research and promoting technology transfer and commercialization in a collaborative manner between Portugal and the University of Texas and other institutions.

Main areas

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

Initiatives

• Education: advanced training program for Portuguese students, teachers, and industry professionals, ranging from lectures and thematic workshops to advanced training courses and research exchanges.
• Research: collaborative research projects addressing important societal challenges, involving researchers from UT Austin and Portuguese institutions, in close association with companies. Large 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, business model development, training for professionals and business teams, facilitating access to employment, market, and financing opportunities.

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.