FCT publishes results of the Evaluation of R&D Units

( Only available in Portuguese)

The R&D Units Assessment process within the scope of the Multiannual Financing Program is complete for 31* of the 32 panels in which the Units are organized. The FCT publishes the results proposed within the scope of this process ( see here ) already communicated to the coordinators of the candidate units. 348 R&D units were candidates for this evaluation process, of which 62 correspond to new units, including 4 that resulted from mergers between existing units, totaling 19,418 integrated researchers. Applications, submitted by February 9, 2018, consisted of the presentation of an activity report for the last 5 years, the research team and a strategic plan for the next 5 years.

This evaluation exercise involved 224 highly competent and experienced international evaluators from 26 countries, 35% women, distributed across 32 panels ( list of panels ) who remotely reviewed the applications and carried out visits to all competing R&D units during the period from September 17, 2018 to June 21, 2019. The panels also had the support of 31 external experts from 12 countries.

The results show that 64% of the R&D Units evaluated had a classification proposed by the evaluation panels as Excellent or Very Good: Excellent 31%, Very Good 33%, Good 24%, Poor 11% and Insufficient 1%. Integrated researchers are distributed across the R&D Units as follows: 43% in units classified as Excellent, 35% Very Good, 17% Good, 5% Poor and 0.2% Insufficient.

As a result of this evaluation, the FCT will grant funding to R&D Units that obtained the Excellent, Very Good and Good rating. These R&D Units were also awarded a total of 1,600 new Studentships doctorates that will correspond to an investment of €106 million.

The FCT provides the List of Proposed Results, the preliminary Final Report of the Evaluation Process Coordination Team and the evaluation reports for each R&D Unit, grouped by panel. ( Check here )

Note: * Visits to the units evaluated by the Management panel will be carried out on a date to be established in the last quarter of 2019.