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Approved the Regulation for the attribution of the titles of Collaborative Laboratory

The Minister of Science, Technology and Higher Education has approved the Regulation for Awarding the title of Collaborative Laboratory (CoLAB). The regulation will come into force after its publication in the Diário da República, and the first phase of Call, for the recognition and award of the title of Collaborative Laboratory, will begin in September.

Collaborative Laboratories should be set up as private non-profit associations or companies, consisting of companies, research units, Associate Laboratories, higher education institutions, technology interface centers and other intermediate institutions, technology centers, business associations and other relevant partners of the productive, social or cultural fabric, national or international, such as scientific institutions, government laboratories, municipalities and institutions associated with local organizations, hospital and health care units, museums, archives, or social institutions. Their main objective is to create, directly and indirectly, qualified employment and scientific employment in Portugal through the implementation of research and innovation agendas oriented to the creation of economic and social value.

CoLABs must meet the challenge of densification of the national territory in terms of knowledge-based activities, through an increasing consolidation of forms of collaboration between science, technology and higher education institutions and the economic and social fabric, namely companies, the hospital and health system, cultural institutions and social organizations.

The documents supporting the applications will be made available on the FCT website after the publication of the regulations in the Diário da República.