Associate Laboratories Draft Regulation on the Granting of Status and Allocation of Funding

The FCT is submitting the draft Regulation on the Granting of Status and Funding to Associate Laboratories public consultation (here) for a period of 30 days from the publication ofnotice no. 10377-C/2019 in the Official Gazette, 2nd series, no. 177 of June 21, 2019. Within the scope of public participation, and in accordance with the provisions of Article 101 of the CPA, interested parties should submit their suggestions to the FCT via email toavaliacao.las@fct.pt.

Under the legal framework for research and development (R&D) institutions, approved by Decree-Law No. 63/2019 of May 16, 2019, the FCT is responsible for conducting the evaluation process for proposals for the creation and renewal of Associate Laboratories, as well as for monitoring them.

An Associate Laboratory an R&D institution, or a consortium of R&D institutions, established to pursue specific national science and technology policy objectives. In this context, and within the scope of the strategy for diversifying and densifying R&D institutions, Associate Laboratories have as their main objective to bring together the critical mass necessary to pursue specific national scientific and technological policy objectives and to further the development and promotion of their own scientific or technical careers, provided through permanent employment contracts or open-ended employment contracts, depending on the applicable legal regime. 

The draft Regulation on the Granting of Status and Funding to Associate Laboratories to clarify the rules for recognizing or granting Associate Laboratory status Associate Laboratory that apply for it, thereby ensuring the transparency and rigor of the process, as well as the equitable treatment of interested parties. This draft Regulation has been drawn up under the provisions of the legal regime for research and development institutions, Decree-Law No. 63/2019 of May 16, 2019.