Call second Call the Data Science and Artificial Intelligence in Public Administration Program selected 13 projects.

The Foundation for Science and Technology (FCT) announced this week the results of the evaluation of the 2nd Call Scientific Research and Technological Development Projects in Data Science and Artificial Intelligence in Public Administration – 2019, with 13 IC&DT projects recommended for funding. In total, the Call an investment of almost €3 million over three years for the implementation of the selected projects.

This was the second of three Calls under the National Digital Skills Initiative e.2030, Portugal INCoDe.2030, specifically under Axis 5 – Research. The program involves a total budget of €10 million, with the main objective of promoting scientific knowledge based on the analysis of large amounts of data available in the Public Administration. Ultimately, the results are intended to help significantly improve the provision of services to citizens and businesses, as well as decision-making processes, which will be progressively based on in-depth knowledge of reality, technically supported by evidence rather than intuition.

The 13 projects proposed for funding in this second Call, which received 69 eligible applications, are distributed across the areas of Artificial Intelligence (5 projects) and Data Science (8 projects). In Call , held in 2018, 49 eligible applications were submitted, with 15 projects selected for funding. 15 projects in various areas of Public Administration, which are currently being implemented.