Evaluation of R&D units 2022/2023

The FCT is awaiting guidance from the supervisory body for the publication of Notice of the Call applications for evaluation under the 2022/2023 multi-year R&D unit funding program. The Call page is already accessible on the website, with the regulations for the evaluation and multi-year funding of R&D units, and will be updated with more information as it becomes available.

R&D Units are evaluated periodically, every four years, by panels of international evaluators, who assign a rating and funding for the following multi-year period.

Currently, there are 312 R&D Units with approved funding for the period 2020-2023, resulting from the latest evaluation of R&D Units 2017/2018.

These R&D units funded by FCT are spread across various areas of knowledge and throughout the country. They may be entities integrated into different universities or polytechnics, or they may be partnerships between universities, or they may have independent status and operate autonomously. A total of around 19,000 PhD researchers carry out research activities in these units. You can consult the R&D units funded in the Atlas of R&D Units published by the FCT.