Call IC&DT Projects within the scope of the Celebrations of the 500th Anniversary of the Circumnavigation Voyage

The Pavilion of Knowledge hosted the Fernão de Magalhães Commemorative Session – 500 Years since the Discovery of the Strait, which took place on October 21, during which the eight projects selected in Call for Scientific Research and Technological DevelopmentCall within the scope of the Commemorations of the 500th Anniversary of the Circumnavigation Voyage, promoted by FCT, were presented. The event can be viewed here.

Each of the eight projects will receive funding of up to €300,000, representing a total investment of €2.3 million. Taking as its reference point the circumnavigation voyage and its conceptual framework of discovery of the land and oceans, interaction with peoples and cultures, and the natural world and biological wealth, this Call projects aimed to promote research that would develop new knowledge in various thematic areas from a multidisciplinary scientific perspective and contribute to the R&D agenda on "Atlantic Interactions." In this sense, the priority areas of research for this Call : Earth observation and knowledge, climate and climate change, sustainable cities, mobility and sociocultural interactions, biodiversity, and biological resources.

The circumnavigation voyage led by Ferdinand Magellan, beginning in 1519, was the first complete voyage around the globe, whose cultural heritage and significance remain to this day. The celebrations of its 500th anniversary are the subject of Council of Ministers Resolution No. 24/2017, and its program, contained in Council of Ministers Resolution No. 52/2018, includes a program of research and innovation in areas associated with circumnavigation.