FCT launches 2022 edition of the Arquivo.pt Award

The Foundation for Science and Technology (FCT) has opened applications for the 2022 edition of the Arquivo.pt Award. As in previous years, this Call reward innovative research work based on historical information preserved by the Arquivo.pt service and which highlights the importance of preserving and using information published on the web.

The works must use the search and access services made publicly available by Arquivo.pt and demonstrate the usefulness of the service.

Applications are open until May 4, 2022, for individual or group projects on any topic. At the end, three prizes will be awarded. The first is worth €10,000, the second €3,000, and the third €2,000.

Arquivo.pt preserves millions of files collected from the web since 1996 and provides a public service for searching this information.