CoLAB – Start of the evaluation of proposals for the award of the CoLAB title

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Following the information sessions on Collaborative Laboratories that FCT has facilitated over the last few months, and as announced at the sessions held on October 23 and 24 in Lisbon, FCT confirms that the International Monitoring and Evaluation Panel for Collaborative Laboratories will begin its work on November 14 and 15, 2017, in Lisbon.

At this first meeting, the evaluation of applications submitted by November 8, 2017, will begin. Applicants who have submitted their applications by that date will be invited to participate in a public session to present and discuss their proposals with the International Monitoring and Evaluation Panel, to be held on November 15, at a location to be announced. At this session, each proposal may be presented for approximately 10 minutes by a representative of the applicants, followed by a period of discussion with the members of the Panel.

The FCT also informs that the International Monitoring and Evaluation Panel for Collaborative Laboratories will meet at least twice a year, preferably in April and October, to evaluate new applications. The application submission process is open on an ongoing basis.

The FCT also informs that a new information session on Collaborative Laboratories will be organized in due course by the end of March 2018.