SCIENCEVITAE

From now on, it is easier to build a CV. CIÊNCIAVITAE– the new Portuguese Scientific Curriculum – and CIÊNCIA ID – the National Science Identifier – were presented today at the Thalia Theater, in a session attended by more than 200 researchers and science and technology managers and representatives from institutions such as A3ES, ANI, CRUP, CCISP, DGEEC, DGES, PIC, and COMPETE2020. The presentation was given by the Secretary of State for Science, Technology, and Higher Education, Maria Fernanda Rollo, and the President of FCT, Paulo Ferrão.

CIÊNCIAVITAEis a unique, personalized, simple, harmonized, and structured curriculum vitae, hosted at http://cienciavitae.pt. It allows all information relating to the user, whether a student, researcher, or institution, which is currently scattered across multiple platforms such as FCT-SIG CV, DeGóis, RENATES, REBIDES, ORCID, and RCAAP, to be brought together on a single platform.

CIÊNCIAVITAEand CIÊNCIA ID are part of the“MoreScience, Less Bureaucracy”program, a program for rationalization, debureaucratization, and administrative simplification developed by the science, technology, and higher education sector in line with the European open science strategy.

The creation of this curriculum requires a unique identifier for each researcher: the CIÊNCIA ID, an access key, a form of authentication, which allows the aggregation and reuse of information. In this way, CIÊNCIA VITAE and CIÊNCIA ID can be adopted by all official entities associated with the science, technology, and higher education system, respecting the specificities of scientific areas.

At FCT, the new curriculum will be implemented in phases: initially, its use will be optional, gradually replacing FCT SIG and becoming mandatory for all Calls from summer 2019 onwards. Today's session also marked the commitment to use Ciência Vitae throughout the ecosystem, through the signing of collaboration protocols between FCT and A3ES, ANI, DGEEC, DGES, and COMPETE2020. 

In order to facilitate the adoption of these new services, in the coming months, FCT will promote and support training sessions, both in person and remotely, for the entire community, including researchers and S&T managers.

CIÊNCIAVITAEis developed by FCT based on the DeGóis platform, in conjunction with the PTCRIS technical and regulatory framework, and can be used by all national institutions in the field of science and higher education that choose to join.