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As of September 1, FCT President Miguel Seabra will head Science Europe, a European association that brings together 52 funding agencies and research centers from 27 European countries.

The 323 units under evaluation have received the opinions of the external experts. For the first time in an FCT Call , applicants have the opportunity to comment on these opinions before the panels meet.

Representatives from 10 Portuguese research centers visit leading institutions in São Paulo to implement the Memorandum of Understanding signed by FCT and FAPESP.

The partnership between the Safe Internet Center and the GNR aims to be an effective aid in preventive action in relation to the deficit of media literacy and citizenship.

A study by IBMC researchers, funded by FCT, reveals a possible key mechanism for understanding the regeneration of nerve fibers in the spinal cord.

The 'citizen science' platform for visual classification of galaxies was translated by the Center for Astronomy and Astrophysics of the Faculty of Sciences of the University of Lisbon.

Miguel Seabra received the Distinguished Service Medal - Gold for the "mark he makes on scientific research".

Cecília Arraiano, Coordinating Researcher at the Institute of Chemical and Biological Technology (ITQB), is the first Portuguese scientist to be elected as a Fellow of the American Academy of Microbiology.

The 2nd edition of the award honored researcher Sandra Morais Cardoso, for research funded by the FCT, which enabled new therapeutic possibilities for the disease to be identified.

Researchers from Universidade Nova de Lisboa identified Torvosaurus gurneyi, thus far considered the largest terrestrial predator in Europe.

Researchers from the Universidade Nova de Lisboa publish a study on Torvosaurus gurneyi, the largest predator discovered in Europe to date.

Portugal is part of the report Promoting Research Excellence: New Approaches to Funding, which looks at Research Excellence Initiatives as a means of targeting and funding R&D by governments.