FCT opens Call within the scope of the 5th Centenary of the Circumnavigation Voyage
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In 2019, the Celebrations of the 5th Centenary of the Circumnavigation Commanded by the Portuguese Navigator Fernão de Magalhães begin. The celebrations, which will continue until 2022, have the mission of “celebrating the first circumnavigation in a participatory and open manner, assuming the commitment to knowledge as a central strategic design, at the service of the social and economic development of the country and its affirmation in the world.”
The celebration plan includes a program of research and innovation in areas associated with circumnavigation. The FCT therefore joins the celebrations with the Call Scientific Research and Technological Development Projects within the Scope of the Celebrations of the 5th Centenary of the Circumnavigation Voyage – 2019 .
THE Call aims to stimulate the projection of circumnavigation into the future, developing new knowledge in various thematic areas from a perspective of scientific multidisciplinarity and contributing to the R&D agenda in “Atlantic Interactions” ( http://www.atlanticinteractions.org/ ). Its areas are:
1) Earth observation and knowledge: knowing and monitoring the oceans, land masses, atmosphere and nearby space; develop and apply innovative technologies, including the development and use of space technologies, for systematic measurements; data processing and analysis, data science and modeling and forecasting systems, integrating climate change, energy, ocean and earth science, with an emphasis on systems involving Atlantic interactions.
2) Climate and climate change: integrated study of the interactions between the atmosphere, ocean, land and space, and their effects on climate, meteorology and respective dynamics; data acquisition, analysis, processing and dissemination of data and development of integrated models, notably for the Atlantic regions.
3) Sustainable cities, mobility and sociocultural interactions: research on science, planning and engineering of cities and networks between cities, integrating energy use, transport and mobility systems, connectivity networks and quality of life; multiculturalism and demographic, population and sociocultural dynamics.
4) Biodiversity and biological resources: research on the dynamics of biological resources in relation to climate and pollution; ecosystems and biodiversity; systems for data acquisition, monitoring and modeling; application of data science methods for the sustainability of production systems, including fishing, agriculture and bioindustries; intelligent systems for the use and valorization of natural resources.
Projects must have a multidisciplinary perspective and an international context, facilitating partnerships with experts and institutions of recognized international merit in order to deepen the R&D agenda in Atlantic Interactions ( http://www.atlanticinteractions.org/ ). They will have a maximum duration of 36 months, extendable for up to 12 months in duly justified cases.
The maximum financing limit per project is R$300,000. The budget allocation of the Call is 2 million euros, and the FCT can reinforce it if justified.