FCT participates in Futurália (FIL) from March 29th to April 1st

FCT is taking part in Futurália, the education and training, employment and youth fair, from March 29 to April 1. The fair is being held at the Lisbon International Fair (FIL), in Parque das Nações, under the theme "Industry 4.0 - Learning, Working and Competing". This is the second time that the FCT has taken part in the event, at the invitation of the Human Capital Operational Program (PO CH).

The Foundation will be represented at two counters, one institutional and the other with guests from the scientific community. The guests are four Portuguese researchers who began their research careers as FCT fellows, partly supported by European funds, and have won European Research Council (ERC) Studentships in recent years. The purpose of these researchers' participation will be to present the research projects they are developing, together with their work teams.

The researchers invited by the FCT are:

Marina Costa Lobo (March 29)
ERC Consolidator Grant winner (2016)
Project: MAPLE - Analysis and measurement of the politicization of Europe before and after the eurozone crisis
Institution: Institute of Social Sciences, University of Lisbon

Luís Oliveira e Silva (March 30)
Winner of two ERC Advanced Grants (2011 and 2016)
Project: InPairs - Pair Plasmas in Silico: from ultra intense lasers to relativistic astrophysics in the laboratory
Institution: GoLP/IPFN - Institute of Plasmas and Nuclear Fusion, Instituto Superior Técnico, University of Lisbon

Mariana Pinho (March 31)
ERC Starting Grant Winner (2013)
Project: PROTEINLOCALIZATION - Discovering new mechanisms of protein localization in bacteria
Institution: ITQB - Institute of Chemical and Biological Technology of Universidade Nova de Lisboa

Bruno Silva-Santos (April 1)
ERC Starting Grant and Consolidator Grant winner (2010 and 2015)
Project: DEVOTED_MIR - Mechanisms of differentiation and anti-tumor action of Gamma-Delta T lymphocytes
Institution: IMM - Institute of Molecular Medicine (Lisbon)

The FCT's presence will be part of the Human Capital Space promoted by the CH OP, under the slogan "Build Your Way", as was the case at the Qualifica training fair, which took place in Porto (Exponor) from March 16 to 19. The aim of this PO CH initiative is to help promote and disseminate the program's various support and intervention measures. This space will bring together other partners in the areas of education, training and employment supported under Portugal 2020, such as ANESPO, ANQEP, Centro 2020, DGE, DGES, DGESTE, IEFP, Norte 2020 and the European Commission Representation in Portugal. In 2016, Qualifica welcomed around 80,000 visitors, most of them young people.

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