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Having completed its mandate, the FCT's Board of Directors has expressed its intention to step down in the coming months, in accordance with the law, and without prejudice to the FCT's activity.

FCT hosted a conference on "Actors in Science Policy", early in December, marking the opening of a series of conferences dedicated to the history of science. 

The review of the largest global event on Internet Governance, the World Summit on the Information Society (WSIS+10) was presented at the 70th United Nations General Assembly in New York, on 15 and 16 December.

The review of the World Summit on the Information Society (WSIS+10), the world's largest event on Internet Governance, was presented in New York on December 15 and 16 at the 70th UN General Assembly.

A team of researchers from the Institute of Astrophysics and Space Sciences contributed to the preliminary design review that gives green light for Euclid mission spacecraft and instruments to be built.

A team of researchers from the Institute of Astrophysics and Space Sciences contributed to the review that gave the green light for the construction of the Euclid mission's spacecraft and instruments.

Four young Portuguese participants received awards in the eSkills for Jobs 2015 competition, aimed at promoting ICT skills for increased job opportunities.

The European competition eSkills for Jobs 2015, organized in the context of the campaign to promote digital skills for employability, has awarded four young Portuguese prizes.

Research by ITQB-NOVA, supported by FCT, unravels the mystery and overturns the textbook description of a fundamental process in microbiology.

Research by ITQB-NOVA, supported by FCT, unravels a mystery and calls into question the description of a fundamental process in microbiology.

CRITICAL Software and the ISQ have been awarded contracts worth €1.5 million, for the supply of services towards the construction of ESO's European Extremely Large Telescope (E-ELT) in the Chilean Atacama desert.