Call 4 COVID-19 selected 12 projects

The Foundation for Science and Technology (FCT) has announced the results of its evaluation Call IC&DT Projects“AI 4 COVID-19: Data Science and Artificial Intelligence in Public Administration to strengthen the fight against COVID-19 and future pandemics – 2020," which recommends 12 projects for funding out of 39 applications evaluated. The implementation of the selected projects, with a duration of 24 to 36 months, represents a total investment of €3 million. The selected projects can be viewed here.

Call 4 COVID-19 is part of the National Digital Skills Initiative e.2030, Portugal INCoDe.2030, under Axis 5 – Research. This corresponds to the third edition of Calls program's Calls for research in Data Science and Artificial Intelligence in Public Administration. This program involved a total budget of €10 million and has now concluded with a total of 44 projects funded. The FCT has produced a brochure presenting the first 32 projects under the program, which includes projects selected in the 2018 and 2019 editions and four pilot projects, which can be consulted here.

The main objective of the program in Data Science and Artificial Intelligence in Public Administration was to promote scientific knowledge based on the analysis of large amounts of data available in Public Administration. The aim is that the results of the ongoing research will help to find solutions to significantly improve the provision of services to citizens and businesses, as well as decision-making processes, which will be progressively based on knowledge of reality, technically supported by evidence rather than intuition.