FCT will be present at Futurália (FIL) from March 29 to April 1

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FCT is participating in Futurália, the education, training, employment, and youth fair, from March 29 to April 1. The fair will be 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 FCT has participated in the event, at the invitation of the Human Capital Operational Program (PO CH).

The Foundation will be represented at two stands, one institutional and the other with guests from the scientific community. The guests are four national researchers who began their research careers as FCT fellows supported in part by European funds and who, in recent years, have won Studentships European Research Council (ERC). 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 FCT are:

Marina Costa Lobo (March 29)
Winner of the ERC Consolidator Grant (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 – In Silico Pair Plasmas: 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)
Winner of the ERC Starting Grant (2013)
Project: PROTEINLOCALIZATION – Discovering new mechanisms for protein localization in bacteria
Institution: ITQB – Institute of Chemical and Biological Technology, New University of Lisbon

Bruno Silva-Santos (April 1)
Winner of the ERC Starting Grant and Consolidator Grant (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 will be present at the Human Capital Space organized by PO CH, under the slogan "Build your Path," similar to what happened 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 contribute to the promotion and dissemination of 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 received around 80,000 visitors, most of whom were young people.

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