New Call of R&D&I in Co-promotion – International partnerships

During the month of February, PORTUGAL2020, ANI and FCT will open a Call to finance projects in co-promotion between companies and non-business entities of the R&I system.

The release of this Call marks the third phase of the International Partnerships with Carnegie Mellon University, MIT and the University of Texas at Austin (UT Austin), which began in 2018 and runs until 2030. The estimated budget is €18 million. and applications must be made through Balcão Portugal 2020 .

The aim is to assign national companies the role of driving networks and collaborative projects, with the support of Portuguese R&D institutions and taking advantage of the experience and knowledge of North American universities. The objective is to build a model in which national companies lead the process of modernizing the economic fabric, reinforcing the innovation ecosystem in Portugal.

Co-promotion projects led by Portuguese companies carried out in partnership with national academic entities that contribute to consolidating the intergovernmental initiative “Atlantic Interactions” may apply. The projects are intended to help develop or consolidate partnerships with researchers from Carnegie Mellon University, MIT and the University of Texas at Austin, in one or more topics of their respective programs, namely:

 RESEARCH AREAS

 Within the scope of the CMU-Portugal Program

• DATA SCIENCE AND ENGINEERING
• ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE AND MACHINE LEARNING
• MOBILITY AND AUTONOMY
• DESIGN AND ENGINEERING APPLIED TO COMPLEX SOCIAL PROBLEMS

Within the scope of the MIT-Portugal Program

• CLIMATE AND CLIMATE CHANGE
• EARTH SYSTEMS: FROM THE OCEANS TO SPACE
  
• DIGITAL TRANSFORMATION IN INDUSTRY
• SUSTAINABLE CITIES

 Within the scope of the UTA-Portugal Program

• SPACE-EARTH INTERACTIONS
• MEDICAL PHYSICS FOR EMERGING THERAPIES
• ADVANCED COMPUTING, QUANTUM COMPUTING, DATA ANALYSIS AND VISUALIZATION
• NANO MATERIALS FOR NEW MARKETS

Applications must be submitted within 3 months after the opening of the Call .

GoPortugal – Global Science and Technology Partnerships Portugal (2018-2030)

Its objective is to stimulate scientific and business development, promote Portugal's affirmation in the world through the scientific and economic valorization of an innovative agenda on “Atlantic Interactions”, attract funding and mobilize various national and international actors, with an innovative approach in various areas of knowledge. This new phase will provide the creation of qualified employment, attracting human resources of recognized international merit to Portugal.