FCT opens Call proposals for the 5th Centenary of the Circum-Navigation Voyage
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In 2019, the V Centenary Commemorations of the Circumnavigation Commanded by the Portuguese Navigator Fernão de Magalhães begin. The commemorations, which will run until 2022, have the mission of "celebrating the first circumnavigation in a participatory and open way, assuming the commitment to knowledge as a central strategic design, at the service of the country's social and economic development and its affirmation in the world."
The plan for the celebrations includes a research and innovation program in the areas associated with circumnavigation. FCT is therefore joining in the celebrations with the Call Scientific Research and Technological Development Projects in the Context of the Commemorations of the 5th Centenary of the Voyage of Circumnavigation - 2019.
The Call aims to stimulate the projection of circumnavigation into the future, developing new knowledge in various thematic areas from a multidisciplinary scientific perspective 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 near space; developing and applying 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 atmosphere, ocean, land and space interactions, and their effects on climate, meteorology and respective dynamics; data acquisition, analysis, processing and dissemination of data and development of integrated models, particularly for the Atlantic regions.
3) Sustainable cities, mobility and socio-cultural interactions: research into the 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 socio-cultural dynamics.
4) Biodiversity and biological resources: research into the dynamics of biological resources in relation to climate and pollution; ecosystems and biodiversity; systems for data acquisition, monitoring and modeling; application of forms of data science for the sustainability of productive systems, including fisheries, agriculture and bio-industries; intelligent systems for the use and enhancement of natural resources.
The 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 by up to 12 months in duly justified cases.
The maximum funding limit per project is 300,000 euros. The Call 's budget is 2 million euros, which the FCT may increase if justified.