2nd Call of the Data Science and Artificial Intelligence in Public Administration Program selected 13 projects

This week, the Foundation for Science and Technology (FCT) released the results of the evaluation of the 2nd Call for Scientific Research and Technological Development Projects in Data Science and Artificial Intelligence in Public Administration - 201913 IC&DT projects were recommended for funding. In total, the Call translates into an investment of almost 3 million euros, over three years, for the implementation of the selected projects.

This was the second of three annual Calls under the e.2030 National Digital Skills Initiative, Portugal INCoDe.2030, specifically under Axis 5 - Research. The program has a total budget of 10 million euros, with the central aim of promoting scientific knowledge based on the analysis of large amounts of data available in the Public Administration. Ultimately, it is intended that the results will help to 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 divided into the areas of Artificial Intelligence (5 projects) and Data Science (8 projects). In the previous Call , held in 2018, 49 eligible applications were submitted and the following were selected for funding 15 projects in various areas of Public Administration, which are currently being implemented.