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Paulo Ferrão (Chairman), Miguel Castanho (Vice-Chairman), Isabel Ribeiro (Member) and Ana Sanchez (Member) took office today on the new FCT Board of Directors.

In three calls, a total of 597 post-doctoral scientists have been selected to receive 5-year contracts, to carry out innovative research at Portuguese research centers. 

In three Calls, 597 PhD students were selected to develop innovative research projects in Portuguese institutions for a maximum period of five years.

Life sciences and social science researchers secure 10 European Research Council grants for Portugal, totaling just under €13 million in funding.

Life Sciences and Social Sciences researchers have secured 10 European Research Council (ERC) Studentships for Portugal, worth a total of almost 13 million euros.

A team led by an FCT investigator reveals how fractionation of cells into compartments contributes to better analyses of the effects of drugs on the cells.

According to a team coordinated by an FCT researcher, the fragmentation of cells into their compartments increases the effectiveness of analyzing the effect of drugs on cells.

This cooperation with the National Program for Cerebrovascular and Cardiovascular Diseases funds Portuguese research teams that successfully apply for European funding.

Through national co-funding, this cooperation makes it possible to support the national scientific community in obtaining European funding.

Research underpinning the new technology was carried out for a PhD from the MIT-Portugal program, funded by FCT.

The research was carried out as part of a PhD program at MIT Portugal, funded by FCT.

Researchers at the Multidisciplinary Centre for Astrophysics (CENTRA), in Portugal, are on the team that built the instrument GRAVITY, recently installed and successfully tested on ESO's Very Large Telescope Interferometer, in Chile.