Call R&D Projects

The scientific evaluation process for projects submitted in Call R&D projects in all fields (Notice No. 02/SAICT/2017) has been completed. The approximately 4,600 applications were evaluated by more than 400 evaluators of recognized international merit, distributed across 33 evaluation panels, and are currently being allocated to different sources of funding, according to their framework in Portugal2020. The communication of results by the Portugal2020 Operational Programs and the FCT is being coordinated in a context of significant reinforcement of Call allocation, which makes the process particularly demanding. As such, the communication that began on February 9 will be carried out in phases, according to the framework of the projects in each of the funding sources. 

As stipulated in Call Notice of the Call Call Notice of the Call the best projects from each panel will be co-financed by EU funds, when eligible for such financing, or financed solely by national funds, in cases where there is no framework in Portugal 2020. If the allocation for a regional operational program is insufficient to finance projects considered to be of high merit, these may be financed by: i) COMPETE2020 funds, if, after analysis, they are eligible under the National Strategy for Research and Innovation for Smart Specialization (ENEI), or ii) national funds, if there is no such framework or if they are not eligible for COMPETE2020 funding. In this context, notification that a project will not be financed through the Operational Programs does not necessarily mean that it will not be financed, if the merit of the project so determines. The results communication process will only be closed after final notification by the FCT. 

The Call projects in all scientific fields is a joint initiative of the FCT and the six operational programs of Portugal 2020: COMPETE 2020, Norte 2020, Centro 2020, Lisboa 2020, Alentejo 2020, and CRESC Algarve 2020. Given the high number of applications received and the scientific quality of the projects, FCT and the Operational Programs are making every effort to substantially increase the planned financial envelope of €110 million in order to fund as many projects as possible. At the end of the process, FCT will provide information on the overall balance of projects supported.