Call for IC&DT Projects within the scope of the Commemorations of the V Centenary of the Circum-Navigation Voyage

The Pavilion of Knowledge was the stage for the Fernão de Magalhães Commemorative Session - 500 Years of the Discovery of the Strait, which took place on October 21, during which the eight projects selected in the Call Scientific Research and Technological Development Projects as part of the Commemorations of the 5th Centenary of the Circum-Navigation 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 euros, for a total investment of 2.3 million euros. Taking the voyage of circumnavigation and its conceptual framework of discovery of the land and oceans, interaction with peoples and cultures and the natural world and its biological wealth as a reference point, 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 in "Atlantic Interactions". To this end, the priority research areas for this Call were: Earth observation and knowledge, climate and climate change, sustainable cities, mobility and socio-cultural interactions, biodiversity and biological resources.

The circumnavigation voyage commanded by Fernão de Magalhães, starting in 1519, was the first complete voyage around the globe whose cultural legacy and relevance in terms of heritage continue to this day. The commemorations of its V Centenary 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 research and innovation program in the areas associated with circumnavigation.